The Language of Translation

IF 1 2区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice Pub Date : 2022-12-20 DOI:10.46991/tstp/2022.2.2.016

Davit Sahakyan, Gurgen Karapetyan

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Abstract

The paper discusses the translatorial attitudes to language applied by the translator during the process of translation. It views two types of 'language'- "language and its discourses" (language proper) and "discourses and its language" (langue), respectively ascribing them as prescriptivist and descriptivist approaches to interlingual transfer and argues that a solely prescriptivist approach to any text based on the linguistic material of the language without considering the larger discourse wherein the text is portrayed delimits or alters the original content and leads to aberrations from the source context and discourse. The paper posits that much higher levels of inter-lingual and inter-discursive equivalence can be accomplished by the translators when descriptivism and prescriptivism as translation approaches are applied in a combined (successive, and not amalgamated) form. The paper substantiates the complementarity of these two by using the indivisibility and unexclusiveness of the plains of content and expression further elaborated in the stranding of "language" and "discourse" as a single genetic ladder allowing endless transfer and interaction between the two. The paper then goes on to discuss the relationship between "language" and "language" (discourse) by offering a combined, complex approach to translation.

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翻译的语言

本文探讨了译者在翻译过程中对语言的翻译态度。它将“语言”分为两类——“语言及其话语”(语言本身)和“话语及其语言”(语言)。将它们分别归为语际迁移的规定主义和描述主义方法，并认为对任何基于语言材料的文本采用单独的规定主义方法，而不考虑文本所描绘的更大的话语，会划界或改变原始内容，并导致与源上下文和话语的偏差。本文认为，当描述主义和规定主义这两种翻译方法结合使用(相继而非合并)时，译者可以实现更高水平的语际和语篇间对等。本文将“语言”与“话语”的搁浅所进一步阐发的内容与表达平原的不可分割性和非排他性，作为一个单一的基因阶梯，使两者之间能够不断地转移和互动，从而证实了这两者的互补性。然后，本文通过提供一个综合的、复杂的翻译方法来讨论“语言”和“语言”(话语)之间的关系。

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Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice Multiple-

CiteScore

3.30

自引率

7.70%

发文量

期刊介绍： Perspectives: Studies in Translatology encourages studies of all types of interlingual transmission, such as translation, interpreting, subtitling etc. The emphasis lies on analyses of authentic translation work, translation practices, procedures and strategies. Based on real-life examples, studies in the journal place their findings in an international perspective from a practical, theoretical or pedagogical angle in order to address important issues in the craft, the methods and the results of translation studies worldwide. Perspectives: Studies in Translatology is published quarterly, each issue consisting of approximately 80 pages. The language of publication is English although the issues discussed involve all languages and language pairs.