Gideontoury翻译理论学习教案

1、会计学1Gideontoury翻译理论翻译理论Life and workTranslation theory 2.1 Gideon Tourys theory of translational norms (first period 1972-1976) 2.2 Descriptive Translation Studies (second period ) 第1页/共12页Gideon Toury is Professor of Poetics, Comparative Literature and Translation Studies at Tel Aviv University, wh

2、ere he holds the M. Bernstein Chair of Translation Theory. He is the founder and General Editor of Target: International Journal of Translation Studies and for years General Editor of the important Benjamins Translation Library. He has published three books, a number of edited volumes and numerous a

3、rticles, in both English and Hebrew, in the fields of translation theory and comparative literature. His articles have also appeared in translation in many other languages, and he is himself an active translator too (with about 30 books and many articles to his credit). He is a member of the editori

4、al or advisory boards of a number of international journals. In 2000, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Middlesex University, London.Life and work 第2页/共12页The theory of translational norms, formulated by the Israeli scholar Gedion Toury in 1980s, contributes a lot to the “cultural turn” of tra

5、nslation studies. This theory constructs a multi-dimensional framework, which includes the historical, social and cultural factors influencing the translation activity. The first period第3页/共12页What is Gideon Tourys normIn his definition, norm is the general criteria accepted by a community. But what

6、 is emphasized here is that norm is a sociological term, referring to a category applicable to all the aspects of the society, so is to translation, of course.In Tourys opinion, translation is a kind of activity which involves at least two languages and two cultural traditions. He considers that “tr

7、anslation is a norm-governed activity”. Hence, translation is a kind of personal behavior; however, it is not random of accidental at all. Instead, it can be traced and analyzed according to various kinds of norms governing it. 第4页/共12页6The Principles of Translational Norms第5页/共12页起始准则起始准则（initial n

8、orms): 译者个人的倾向初级准则初级准则（preliminary norms): 决定译文选择的因素以及整个多元体系 中的翻译策略运作准则运作准则 （operational norms): 实际翻译过程中影响抉择的准则第6页/共12页The application of the norms in the translation prologueFor us and for our tragedy,Here stooping to your clemency,We beg your hearing patiently.序诗序诗今天悲剧上演今天悲剧上演谬承谬承诸位赏脸诸位赏脸还求海量包涵还求海

9、量包涵耐性把戏听完耐性把戏听完-Matricial norms 第7页/共12页The second periodIn the second period, Toury devoted himself to the exploration and construction of descriptive translation studies, the most famous monograph Descriptive Translation Studies and Beyond was published in 1995.第8页/共12页Descriptive translation stud

10、ies believe that a translation will be any target language text which is presented or regarded as such in a target system, on whatever grounds.“翻译就是在目的系统当中，表现为翻译或者被认为是翻译的任何一段目的的语文本，不管所根据的理由是什么”As Gideon Toury points out, “what constitutes the subject matter of a proper discipline of translation stud

11、ies are observable or reconstructable facts of real life rather than merely speculative entities resulting from preconceived hypotheses and theoretical models” (Toury 1995:1)第9页/共12页11Examples of the Descriptive Translation Studies 原文原文： Lumber and boat and junk yard. The bare behind of industry, its dirty underwear, so beautifully disguised by winter.译文一译文一 ： 还有木材，小船和废物场。