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1、+1heTaskoftheTranslatorAn1ntroductiontothe:1ranslationofBaudelaire'sTABLEAUXPARISI'ENSIntheappreciationofaworkofartoranartform,consid~erationofthereceiverneverprovesfruitful.Notonlyisanyreferencetoacertainpublicoritsrepresentativesmisleading,buteventheconceptofan"ideal"rece
2、iverisdetrimentalinthetheoreticalconsiderationofart,sinceallitpositsistheexistenceandnatureofmanassuch.Art,inthesameway,positsman'sphysicalandspiritualexistence,butinnoneofitsworksisitconcernedwithhisresponse.Nopoemisintendedforthereader,nopictureforthebeholder,nosymphonyfo
3、rthelistener.Isatranslationmeantforreaderswhodonotunderstandtheoriginal?Thiswouldseemtoexplainadequatelythedivergenceoftheirstandingintherealmofart.Moreover,itseemstobetheonlyconceivablereasonforsaying"thesamething"repeatedly.Forwhatdoesaliterarywork"say"?Whatdoesitcommuni•
4、cate?It"tells"verylittletothosewhounderstandit.Itsessentialqualityisnotstatementortheimpartingofinformation.Yetanytranslationwhichintendstoperformatransmittingfunctioncannottransmitanythingbutinformation-hence,somethingin•essential.Thisisthehallmarkofbadtranslations.Butdowe
5、notllJumi'fllltionsgenerallyregardastheessentialsubstanceofaliteraryworkwhatitcontainsinadditiontoinformation-asevenapoortrans•latorwilladmit-theunfathomable,themysterious,the"poetic,"somethingthatatranslatorcanreproduceonlyifheisalsoapoet?This,actually,isthecauseofanotherc
6、haracteristicofin•feriortranslation,whichconsequentlywemaydefineasthein•accuratetransmissionofaninessentialcontent.Thiswillbetruewheneveratranslationundertakestoservethereader.However,ifitwereintendedforthereader,thesamewouldhavetoapplytotheoriginal.Iftheoriginaldoesnotexis
7、tforthereader'ssake,howcouldthetranslationbeunderstoodonthebasisofthispremise?Translationisamode.Tocomprehenditasmodeonemustgobacktotheoriginal,forthatcontainsthelawgoverningthetranslation:itstranslatability.Thequestionofwhetheraworkistranslatablehasadualmeaning.Either:Will
8、anadequatetrans•latoreverbefoundamongthetotalityofitsreaders?Or,morepel"tinently:D
