第三章归化与异化.ppt

Lead-in (1) “ the Milky Way” ——牛奶路 (2) “拂袖而去” to translate the westerners who are angry Questions: Do the Chinese readers understand what “牛奶路” refers to? Is it appropriate to say “詹姆士先生气得拂袖而去” in the translated version of a foreign novel? cultural information: (1) the Galaxy (2) in the Greek mythology: the way from the human world to Zeus’ palace formed by the milk dripping from Hera’s breast when she fed her baby More Examples Yang Xianyi’s tr. of 《红楼梦》 谋事在人，成事在天。 Man proposes, Heaven disposes. 世人都晓神仙好。 All men long to be immortals. retaining the original foreignness; source-oriented Hawkes’ tr. of 《红楼梦》 Man proposes, God disposes. All men know that salvation should be won. Questions 1 what is foreignization? 2 what is domestication? 3 differences between literal tr. vs. free tr. and foreignizaition vs. domestication 4 case analysis *Lawrence Venuti（劳伦斯·韦努蒂）, the American translation theorist The Translator’s Invisibility 《译者的隐形》, in 1995 First put forward these two opposing concepts 1 what is foreignization?Foreignization is a strategy in which a target text is produced which deliberately breaks target conventions by retaining something of the foreignness of the original. 在一定程度上保留原文的异域性，故意打破目标语言常规的一种翻译策略。 It is source/source-culture oriented. 2 what is domestication? Domestication is a strategy in which a transparent, fluent style is adopted in order to minimize the strangeness of the foreign text for target language readers. 在翻译中采用透明、流畅的风格，最大限度淡化原文陌生感的翻译策略。 It is target/target-culture oriented. 3 differences between literal tr. vs. free tr. and foreignizaition vs. domestication A question: literal tr. = foreignization free tr. = domestication *The focus of literal tr and free tr. is how to deal with the form and meaning in the linguistic level. *Foreignization and domestication, however, breaking through the limitation of linguistic elements, broaden their vision / field of vi