生态翻译学视角下的译者主体性研究-以闵福德《鹿鼎记》英译本为例_英语论文   

On Translator’s Subjectivity under the Perspective of Eco-translatology ----A Case Study of John Minford’s English Translation of The Deer and the Cauldron

摘要

20世纪70年代,西方哲学的“语用学转向”和90年代翻译研究的“文化转向”为我们开辟了译学研究的新视角。越来越多的学者开始倡导以译者为中心的翻译观,否认了译者的从属地位,译者的主体性成为研究的重要课题。

翻译一词本身蕴含着“人”的含义,人即译者是翻译活动的主体。译者在协调作者与读者、源语和译入语的中间环节中起着重要作用。可以说,译者的主体性地位体现在整个翻译过程中。

而作为传承了中华五千年丰富历史文化的武侠小说，成为了极其重要的翻译对象。但其翻译的过程极其考验译者的功力。如何完美的体现译者主体性更是翻译一部好的武侠小说的重中之重。

本文以译者主体性在闵福德的《鹿鼎记》英译本中的具体表现形式为研究对象，在生态翻译学理论的指导下，就如何翻译好武侠小说，解决译者主体性在武侠小说翻译运用中的冲突，得出译者与翻译环境应相互适应和相互选择的结论，一方面译者选择适合的作品并作出恰当取舍，另一方面为了生存，译者还要不断提高自身的翻译能力，为作品和读者负责，更好的将武侠小说中的中国文化、精神传递给全世界。

关键词：译者主体性；武侠小说；闵福德；《鹿鼎记》；生态翻译学

Abstract

The pragmatic turn of western philosophy in 1970s and the cultural turn of translation studies in 1990s opened up a new perspective for translation studies. More and more scholars began to advocate the translation view of translator-centered and deny translator’s subordinate status. The translator's subjectivity has become an important research topic.

The word of “translation” itself contains the meaning of “people”, which means the translator is the subject of translation that coordinates the writer and the reader as well as the source language and the target language. It can be said that the translator's subjectivity is reflected in the whole translation process.

Martial arts novels, which inherited five-thousand years of Chinese history and culture, have become an extremely important translation object. However, the translation process requires highly of the translators’ ability. Therefore, how to perfectly embody the translator's subjectivity is the most essential part of a good martial arts novel translation 

In this paper, the author regards the specific manifestation patterns of translator's subjectivity in Minford's English version, The Deer and the Cauldron as the research object. Under the guidance of Eco-translatology, the author aims to find out how to translate the martial arts works well and resolve the conflicts of the use of translator's subjectivity in the translation of them. In doing so, the author comes to the conclusion of the mutual adaptation and selection between translators and translation environment. On one hand, translators need to choose the suitable work and make proper acceptation and rejection. On the other hand, in order to survive, they should constantly improve their translation ability so as to be responsible for both works and readers, and deliver the Chinese culture to the world better.

Key words: Translator’s Subjectivity; Martial Arts Novel; Min Ford;The Deer and the Cauldron; Eco-translatology

Contents

Abstract i

摘  要 ii

1. Introduction 1

 1.1 Research Background and Purpose 1

 1.2 Structure of the Thesis 3

2. Literature Review 4

 2.1 Introduction to the Translator’s Subjectivity 4

  2.1.1 The Definition of the Translator’s Subjectivity 4

  2.1.2 Studies on the Translator’s Subjectivity 5

 2.2 Introduction to John Minford and his translation of The Deer and the Cauldron 6

  2.2.1 Minford and The Deer and the Cauldron 6

  2.2.2 Studies on the Minford’s translation of The Deer and the Cauldron 7

3. Theoretical Framework 9

 3.1 The Development of Eco-translatology 9

 3.2 Key Views of Eco-translatology 9

  3.2.1 Translator-centeredness 9

  3.2.2 Translational Eco-environment 10

  3.2.3 Translation as Adaption and Selection 11

4. Analysis of Translator’s Subjectivity from Eco-translatology 12

 4.1 The Translational Eco-environment of The Deer and the Cauldron 12

  4.1.1 The Translational Eco-environment of the Source Culture 12

  4.1.2 The Translational Eco-environment of the Target Culture 13

 4.2 Minford’s Adaption and Selection in Translating The Deer and the Cauldron 13

  4.2.1 Minford’s Adaption to Translational Eco-environment 14

  4.2.2 Minford’s Selection in Translation Process 14

   4.2.2.1 Translator’s Responsibility 14

   4.2.2.2 Translation Behavior 15

  4.2.3 Multi-dimensional Transformation 15

 4.3 Summary 17

5. Conclusion 19

 5.1 Major Findings of the Study 19

 5.2 Limitations of the Study 19

Bibliography 21

Acknowledgments 23