论译者的翻译个性——以霍克思英译《红楼梦》为例

创作个性是文论中的重要论题,受之启发,提出翻译个性的概念,指译者基于自己对翻译活动的独特认识与体验而形成的独特的审美心理结构。文学翻译是一种再创造活动,这就决定了译者翻译个性不同程度的存在。由于译者与作者的个性差异,译作偏离原作的现象普遍存在,创造性偏离越明显,译文往往越有审美性与艺术性,译者的翻译个性也就越鲜明,如霍译《红楼梦》体例的更新与变异、整合补偿的广泛运用等。翻译个性有利于推进译作与译者本人的经典化进程,为翻译研究提供了一个新的论题。

On the Translator's Individuality: Exemplified by D.Hawkes' Translation of Hong Lou Meng

A writer''s individuality is an important topic in literary theory, and this paper, enlightened by writer''s individuality, introduces the concept of translator''s individuality which refers to a translator''s unique esthetic and psychological structure based on his or her unique understanding and experience of translation activities.Due to the different individualities of the writer and translator, there are bound to be deviations of the translated text from the source text, which proves the existence of the translator''s individuality.Generally speaking, the more evident and creative the deviations, the more prominent the translator''s individuality, as can be seen from the unique artistic features of D.Hawkes'' translation of Hong Lou Meng.A translator''s individuality helps to accelerate the canonization process of both the translator and the translated works and it also provides a fresh topic for translation studies.