从接受理论角度论重译现象——《孙子兵法》两个英译本的比较.研究

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1、ChapterOneIntroductionThetranslator,astheexpertcommunicator,is‘‘atthecrucialcenterofalongchainofcommunicationfromoriginalinitiatortoultimatereceiverofamessage：ahumanlinkacrossaculturalfrontier'’(Chesterman，1997：74)．Generationsoftranslatorshavebeenproducingcoun

2、tlesstranslationsandhavecontributedgreatlytothepromotionsbetweendifferentcultures．Itisinterestingtonoticethephenomenonthatconsiderableliteraryworksenjoyedpopularityamongtranslatorsandweretranslatedagainandagainaftertheywerefirstintroducedintoaparticularlanguag

3、e．Usuallytwoorthreeorevenasmanyastentranslatedversionscorrespondtothesameoriginalliterarywork．TaketheliterarytranslationsbetweenChineseandEnglishforexample，thereareatleastnineEnglishversionsavailablenowforLiBai’s《静夜思》．ConventionalChinesetranslationstudieshaveb

4、eenattachinggreatimportancetotheseRingupofacriterionfortranslationpractice．Forexample，YanFuproposedthethree—wordcriteria，“faithfulness，expressivenessandelegance’’；LuXunargued“preservationoftheoriginalflavor”；FuLeiclaimed“likenessinspirittotheoriginalwork”；andQ

5、ianZhongshucameupwith“transmigrationofsoulsfromtheoriginalworktothetranslatedversion．’’LuoXinzhangsummarizesthat“textualtranslation”．“faithfulness”．“likenessinspirit’’and‘‘transmigrationofsouls’’arethefouressentialconceptswhichconstitutetheself-containedsystem

6、ofChina’stranslationtheories(罗新璋，1984：18．19)．ThisshowsthattraditionalChinesetranslationstudiesfocusonthecomparisonbetweentheoriginalandtranslatedtextsandsetstandardforthetranslatedversiontobeequivalenttotheoriginaltextintheperspectivesofform，contentandartistic

7、flavor．Itisgenerallybelievedthatthetranslationprocessstartsfromtheoriginaltextandendsinthetranslatedversion．Thisbeliefleadstothedichotomyoftheoriginaltextvs．thetranslatedversionwhichproposestheideathat2thetranslatedversionderivesdirectlyfromoriginaltextandshou

8、ldbeareflectionoforiginal．Therearetwopresuppositionsinthosetraditionaltranslationcriteria：authoroforiginaltextcreatesafixedmeaninginoriginaltextandoriginaltextisstandardagainstwhic