摘要
从鸦片战争前"夷"字的翻译史可以看出,翻译赞助人的种种现实目的对"夷"字翻译策略的选择影响最大,而欧洲的文明话语只不过被译者有选择地用来为翻译赞助人的需求服务。无论"夷"字被译为"foreigner"还是"barbarian",都无法成为深刻影响中英关系的"翻译事件"。
It can be deduced from the the translation history of the Chinese Character＂Yi＂before the Opium War that the choices of the translation strategies concerning the very character is dictated largely by the pragmatic purposes of various translation patrons,who only resort to the European discourse of civilization to serve the purposes. The English translations of the character,either ＂barbarian＂or ＂foreigner＂,can not be the influential event affecting the Sino- UK relationships in later years.
出处
《外国语文》
北大核心
2014年第5期143-148,共6页
Foreign Languages and Literature
