翻译适应选择论的批判性研究

论文摘要

在相当长的时期内,翻译研究主要采用规范式研究。其重点一般都集中于对翻译的性质、标准和技巧进行探讨,忽视了对翻译过程中最具活力的因素——译者的系统研究。20世纪70年代之后,西方翻译研究出现了重要转折,文化研究取向盛行。翻译研究的文化转向发现了译者,译者的主体性成为了翻译研究的新课题。胡庚申教授提出的“译者为中心”的翻译适应选择论将译者推至中心。胡庚申从译者的角度把翻译定义为“译者适应翻译生态环境的选择活动”,翻译过程是译者对以原文为典型要件的翻译生态环境的“适应”和以译者为典型要件的翻译生态环境对译文的“选择”。作为一门新兴理论,翻译适应选择论受到了译界的广泛关注,但是目前的研究往往停留在探讨该理论对翻译研究的贡献,很少系统地揭露它的局限性。鉴于此,本文采取批判性的视角来研究翻译适应选择论,首先阐述它的整个理论框架,然后揭露它的种种局限性,最后针对这些局限,提出了一些完善该理论的建议。笔者以此抛砖引玉,期望引起更多学者对翻译适应选择论局限性的关注并进行深入研究和探讨,从而进一步推动这个新兴理论的发展。

论文目录

• 摘要
• Abstract
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Chapter One Framework of the Approach to Translation as Adaptation and Selection
• 1.1 Background
• 1.2 Theoretical Props
• 1.2.1 Darwin’s Principle of Natural Selection
• 1.2.2 Adaptation, Selection and the Translational Eco-environment
• 1.3 Nature of Translation
• 1.3.1 Definition of Translation
• 1.3.2 Translator-centeredness
• 1.3.2.1 Translator’s Adaptation
• 1.3.2.2 Translator’s Selection
• 1.4 Explanatory Function
• 1.4.1 Explanation of the Process of Translation
• 1.4.2 Explanation of the Principle of Translation
• 1.4.3 Explanation of the Strategy of Translation
• 1.4.4 Explanation of the Criteria for the Evaluation of Translation
• 1.5 Contribution to Translation Studies
• 1.5.1 Theoretical Meaning
• 1.5.2 Practical Meaning
• Chapter Two Criticisms of the Approach to Translation as Adaptation and Selection
• 2.1 Criticism of Theoretical Props
• 2.1.1 Global Eco-cultural Academic Trend and Darwinian Principle of Natural Selection
• 2.1.2 Translational Eco-environment and Natural World
• 2.2 Criticism of Translator-centeredness
• 2.2.1 Translator’s Turn in Translation Studies
• 2.2.2 The Degree of Translator’s Subjectivity
• 2.2.3 Two Stages in the Process of Translation
• 2.2.3.1 Translator’s Adaptation
• 2.2.3.2 Translator’s Decision-making and Selection
• 2.3 Criticism of Criteria for the Evaluation of Translation
• 2.3.1 Operability of Multi-dimensional Transformations
• 2.3.1.1 Multi-dimensional Transformations
• 2.3.1.2 Difficulty in Operability
• 2.3.2 Readers’Feedback
• 2.3.2.1 Role of Readers’Feedback
• 2.3.2.2 Proper Treatment of the Role of Readers’Feedback
• Chapter Three Thoughts on Improving the Approach to Translation as Adaptation and Selection
• 3.1 Proper Handling of the Degree of Translator’s Subjectivity
• 3.2 Skopos as the Determining Factor of Translational Eco-environment
• 3.3 Perfection of the Criteria for the Evaluation of Translation
• Conclusion
• Works Cited