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On Translation and Interpretation (continued) A Lecture by Dr. Henry Rosemont, Jr. at Berkeley Buddhist Monastery on April 5, 2013 Chinese Translation by Wei Zhang and Yihuan Shi 翻譯與詮釋 （續） 亨利 •羅斯蒙博士講於柏克萊佛寺 2013年4 月5 日 張煒、石義環 中譯 BODHI F IELD 菩 提 田 This point bears emphasis. An important aspect of developing 在這裏，我要強調詮釋作品的一點重要觀念，那就 an interpretation of what is a text is saying is to contextualize it: 是要將所翻譯的文本置放在它所依存的時空脈絡裏， what cultural, political or religious issues were confronting the 也就是要了解作者們當時書寫時所面對的文化、政治 authors of the time? 及宗教背景。 What motivated Hobbes and Locke, for example, to say 例如，當初是什麽背景激發了霍布斯（Hobbes ）和 what they did and when they did about the grounds of political 洛克（Locke ）各自提出了社會契約論？接著，我們 obligation? Then we must ask the same question of ourselves: 必須反問自己同樣的問題：擺在我們眼前的文化、政 what cultural, political or religious issues are confronting us that 治、宗教問題是什麼? 我們所要肩負的責任為何? we feel a responsibility to confront? 舉例來說，我們試想在100年前，當科技時代尚未 Think of how much more pressing concerns about privacy, 出現，人們從來沒有想要迫切關注隱私問題，或者是 for instance, or the rules of engagement in warfare have become 網路使用規則，然而在當今的社會已經越來越受到重 since the advent of technologies undreamed of 100 years ago. There is another reason I believe translators should be native 視。 speakers of the target language; the nuances of meaning in the 我堅持使用母語翻譯的另外一個原因是：翻譯者所 words and phrases you select can be extremely important beyond