玄奘“五不翻”理论范式的传统哲学疏解

The Traditional Philosophical Interpretation of Xuan Zang’s“Five Non-translations”

“五不翻”理论是中国古代传统译论之一,根植于中国传统文化,它将古代传统哲学思想与翻译理论相结合,相较于前人的佛典译论有了明显的创新发展;其理论不仅只停留于狭义翻译质量的提升,还从读者的可接受性,译文文本的可读性出发,将传统“无为”“和而不同”的哲学思想与佛典译论相结合,寻求梵语与汉语翻译之间的平衡;其所表现的文化特质正是中国传统哲思与翻译理论的有机融合。“五不翻”理论的所蕴含的哲学思想以及翻译思想内涵较之于先前的佛典译论,显然是一种超越,也是对中国传统哲思的一种升华。

The theory of“five non-translations”is one of the traditional translation theories in ancient China.It is rooted in Chinese traditional culture.It combines the ancient traditional philosophy with translation theory.Compared with the previous Buddhist translation theories,it has made obvious innovation and development.The theory not only focuses on the improvement of translation quality in a narrow sense,but also starts from the acceptability of readers and the readability of the translated text and combine the traditional philosophy of“inaction”and“harmony but difference”with the translation theory of Buddhist scriptures to seek the balance between Sanskrit and Chinese translation.Its cultural characteristics are the organic integration of traditional Chinese philosophy and translation theory.Compared with the previous translation theory of Buddhist scriptures,the philosophical thought and translation thought contained in the theory of“five non-translations”is obviously a transcendence,and also a sublimation of traditional Chinese philosophy.