译者姿态理论对中华文化外译的解释力——以梁社乾英译《阿Q正传》为例

本文认为,英国学者查尔斯顿最近提出的'译者姿态'理论对中华文化外译译者的决策具有一定的解释力,并提出如下假设:因其文化身份及向西方读者阐释中华文化的翻译目的使然,有着中华文化身份、从事中华文化外译的译者采取的翻译策略往往体现出一种旨在寻求中华文化荣耀的译者姿态。本文对美籍华人梁社乾英译《阿Q正传》的个案研究验证了以上假设,但译者姿态理论的解释力也有限度。

This paper argues that the theory of translatorial hexis recently developed by the British scholar David Charlston can account for certain decision-makings by translators of Chinese culture for Western audiences.It posits the hypothesis that a Chinese cultural honor-seeking bodily stance observable in certain translation strategies might be embodied in the translated text produced by translators of Chinese cultural identity seeking to interpret Chinese culture for Western audiences.A case study of American-Chinese scholar George Kin Leung’s English translation of Lu Xun’s A Q Zhengzhuan can substantiate the above hypothesis.Meanwhile,it is pointed out that the explanatory power of the theory of translatorial hexis is somewhat limited.