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1、TANZAIXIandSHAOLUTRANSLATIONANDTHERELATIVITYOFCULTURALIDENTITIESTranslationasabridgingmeansofcommunicationacrosslanguage-cultureshasadoubleroletoplay:itbothconstructsanddeconstructs,ordeconstructsandconstructs,thenationalculturalidentityofthesourceandtargettexts.Thepresentpaperattemptst
2、oexplorethenatureofthisdoubleroleoftranslation.Bylookingatwhatisconstructedanddeconstructedinthetranslationprocess,andhow,itarguesa'reciprocalrelationshipbetweenthetwo,emphasizingthatneitherthe'deconstruction'ofthesourcenorthe"construction^ofthetargetistobetakenintheabsolute.Whilethecor
3、eareaofwhatisregardedasaparticularculturalidentityisdistinct,theperipheralareasarebynomeansasclear-cut.Themoreaccessthereistootherculturalidentities,themorecultural'commonground，theremaybebetweenone'sownidentityandtheidentityoftheOther,hencethelessdistinctivetheidentityofOneisfromthatof
4、theOther.Thepaperarguesthatthereciprocalrelationsbetweenthevariousprocessesintranslationareinfactthereflectionofanunderlyingpostulation,namelytherelativityofculturalidentityintranslation.Tosupporttheargument,thepapermakesacasestudyofLuXunandhisbother9stranslationofShortStoriesfromAbroad
5、byexaminingboththereasonsbehinditsinitialreceptionfailureinChinesesociety,andthereasonsthatcanbeusedtoaccountforanoppositeviewthattheseeminglyfailedtranslationhasinfactbeenapositivecontributiontotheevolutionofmodernChineseliterature・1.INTRODUCTIONThecultureofaparticularpeopleisthesumtot
6、aloffeaturescharacteristicofandactivitiesundertakenbythatpeopleofwhichtranslationasaformofcommunicationisaconstantconstituent.Bothwithinandacrosscultures,u[a]nymodelofcommunicationisatthesametimeamodeloftrans-lation,ofaverticalorhorizontaltransferofsignificance^(Steiner2001:47),andsotru
7、eisthereverse,namelyanymodeloftranslationisatthesametimeamodelofcommunicationorinNida'swords''Translatingiscommunicating^(WaardandNida1986:9).'Horizontally5(i.e.,synchronically),translationbridgesthegapbetweenpeopleincommunicatingwithonean-0324-4652/$20.00AkademiaiKiado,Budapes
