The Translator’s Exertion of Subjectivity.pptVIP

17 * Chapter 5 The Translator’s Exertion of Subjectivity 17 * 5.1 The Necessity of the Translator’s Exertion of Subjectivity To Guarantee the Successful Advancement of Translation （确保翻译工作的顺利进展） To Extend the Life of the Original Work （延长原作的生命） To Disseminate Cultures （传播文化） 17 * 5.2 The Requirements for the Translator’s Exertion of Subjectivity Good Language Competence Cultural Background Knowledge Extensive Knowledge Earnest Devotion to the Task 17 * 5.3 Manifestations of the Translator’s Exertion of Subjectivity Selection of the SLT Comprehension of the SLT Selection of the Translation Strategy Domestication or foreignization Selection of Language Form Formal or informal, written or colloquial Reproduction of the SLT in the TLT Improvement of TLT 17 * 5.4 Restrictions of the Translator’s Exertion of Subjectivity The translator can mobilize his dynamic role to fulfill translation tasks, but he or she is restrained by some factors at the same time. First of all, the translator is restrained by the original author and the SLT. Secondly, the translator is limited by the age, region and environment in which he or she lives. Thirdly, the translator is limited by the TLT readers. 17 * Examples 直等到两个半月以后，尸身为人在无意中发现时，那个狡猾强悍的煤矿工人，在辰谿与芷江两县交界处的土匪队伍中称小头脑，干打家劫舍捉肥羊的生涯已多日了。(沈从文) [原译] Two and a half months later, his body was accidentally discovered; but by then the tough, crafty miner was already a bandit chief in the border region between Chenxi and Zhijiang, looting the villages and stealing fat sheep. “捉肥羊” in the dialect of the west of Hunan, means the deed of kidnapping the rich and extorting money from them. 17 * Examples It now writhed in convulsion of pain, and was a forcible type in its little frame, of the moral agony which Hester Prynne had borne throughout the day. (The Scarlet Letter) [原译] 她这时正在痛苦的痉挛中扭捩着，她小小的身体，成了海丝特·白兰当天所忍受过来的精神痛苦的一个强有力的模型。 [改译] 女婴正在痛苦中抽搐着，扭动着她那小小的身躯。这完全象征着海丝特·白兰在白天里所经受的一切精神痛苦。 17 * Examples 严复的译文 （为什么这样译？） It may be safely