论翻译策略的文化内因

On the Cultural Motivation of Translation Strategies

译者对异化和归化策略的选择受众多文化因素制约。一个民族的文化既有求新发展的需要,也有内在的稳定性。翻译中的异化策略可满足求新的需要,归化则往往是民族文化的稳定性所致。民族文化要生存就必须趋新求异,而求新的基础是民族文化的稳定性。异化策略不影响民族文化的根本,却能促进民族文化的发展。

Foreignizing and domesticating as two strategies in translation are on the whole motivated by various cultural factors. These factors reflect both the need for development and the stability of a nations culture. Therefore culturally speaking, foreignizing can meet the need for development of a nation and domesticating accords with its hope to keep its status quo.