对归化和异化翻译的再思考——兼谈韦努蒂在归化和异化问题上观念的转变

归化和异化是译者的翻译取向而不是翻译方法,意译和直译是具体的翻译方法,它们与归化/异化并不一定有一一对应的关系。在我国目前的社会文化语境中,语言层面的翻译应采取归化的翻译取向,文化层面的翻译应采取异化的翻译取向。韦努蒂在归化和异化问题上观点的转变客观上帮助我们明确了有关归化和异化方面的问题,同时促使我国译界反思那种盲目推崇西方译论的现象。

Issues of domestication and foreignization revisited

Domestication and foreignization,which do not necessarily have one-to-one corresponding relationship with literal or free translation,should be defined as translation orientation rather than translation methods.In the present social and cultural context of China,domesticating orientation should be adopted in the translation of syntactical and lexical elements,while foreignizing orientation should be applied to the translation of cultural elements.The change in Venuti's attitude toward the issues regarding d...