【图文】福柯 权利话语理论

1、 The translators voice Discursive presence called by Theo Hermans (1996:27- the translators voice is always present, even if it is sometimes obscured, and may manifest itself (1 because of temporal or geographical distance from the ST, (2 in self-referential texts marked by wordplays, and (3 in case

2、s of contextual overdetermination where a complex chain of identification may lead to omission or explanation by footnote (1996:40. Example I want translations with copious footnotes, footnotes reaching up like skyscrapers to the top of this or that page so as to leave only the gleam of one textual

3、line between commentary and eternity. I want such footnotes and the absolutely literal sense, with no emasculation and no padding. (Nabokov 1955/2000:83 Of course, Nabokovs translation approach is also ideologically informed, an expression of his favoured poetics, and is a demonstration of his power

4、 as an author-translator. Such translations are by their very nature elitist and deliberately marginalize readers who do not share Nabokovs view of language. 3. 权力话语理论的指导意义 福柯的权力话语理论对于翻译研究、翻译批评、翻译史、 翻译实践和翻译教学都有深远的指导意义: (1 为翻译研究提供了宏观视角, 将社会之维、历史之维引 入翻译研究, 从广度和深度上拓宽了翻译研究的领域。 深刻揭示了翻译活动的社会性、背后的操控因素和它 在文化建构中的重大作用, 使翻译研究更为全面、辩证 和客观。 (2 没有绝对忠实的翻译, 翻译批评的标准应是: 知识的客 观性、解释的合理性、文本的定向限制性和译作的目 的功能性。这种批评才能揭示译作的效应史和文化建 构意义。 (3 能够解释翻译实践中一些特殊现象: 译者选择特定的 原作、特定的翻译策略(如直译或意译、归化或异化、 节译或全译 、译作的社会影响力, 都受到译入语社会 和译者个人的权力话语的操控。 (4 翻译活动和译者在跨文化交流和文化建构中发挥不 可低估的作用。但译者并没有任意改造原作的特权, 必