译者的任务TheTaskoftheTranslator要点.pptVIP

The Task of the Translator Made by Kyky and Canney ( 张琦 和 吴樱) Contents 1. Introduction 1.1 The author 1.2 About the book 2. Specifics Kyky 2.1 Translatability 2.2 Kinship 2.3 Pure Language 2.4 The task 2.5 Translation principles 2.6 Some problems Canney 3. Conclusion Introduction About the author 瓦尔特·本雅明 (Walter Benjamin, 1892-1940)德国人，思想家、哲学家和马克思主义文学批评家，是 20 世纪初最具创造性和最富争议的批评家之一，出版有《发达资本主义时代的抒情诗人》和《单向街》等作品。 有人称之为“欧洲最后一位文人”。在颇具传奇色彩的一生中，他涉足了多个领域的研究，他独树一帜的理论思想对后现代主义、解构主义、接受美学等学派影响深远。 About the book 1923 年，本雅明为其翻译的法国诗人波德莱尔( Charles Boudelaire, 1821-1867) 的诗集《巴黎画景》（Tableau Parisiens）写了一篇导言。这篇导言就是后来被译学界视为翻译研究圣经的《译者的任务》( The Task of the Translator)此文虽是最具影响力的翻译理论之一。 本雅明借翻 译之名 , 讨论的是他一直关注的 “ 纯语言 ” 问题 。 而本雅 明赋予译者的任务 , 是通过翻 译找 到两种语言的亲缘关系 , 弥合纯语言的碎片 , 重新找回失落的上帝语言。 Consideration of the receiver never proves fruitful. Art posits man’s physical and spiritual existence. No poem is intended for the reader, no picture for the beholder, no symphony for listener. Is a translation meant for readers who do not understand the original? ?Its essential quality is not statement or the imparting of information. Bad translation 1. intends to perform a transmitting function, cannot transmit anything but information—hence, something inessential. 2.unfathomable,the mysterious, the “poetic”, only if he is also a poet. If a translation undertakes to serve the reader Translation is a mode—translatability To comprehend it as mode one must go back to the original, for that contains the law governing the translation: its translatability. Dual meaning 1.在所有的读者当中，是否有完全合格的译者？(Contingently) 2.这个作品本身是否需要翻译，也即，从这种方式意义看，需要翻译？ (Apodictically，不容置疑) The translatability of linguistic creations ought to be considered even if men should prove unable to translate them. Translatability life translatability Translatability– an essential quality of certa