Foreignization-and-Domestication

龙源期刊网：theTranslationofIdiomsintheEnglishVersionofTheWaterMargin作者：赵红来源：《校园英语·上旬》2018年第03期【Abstract】Inrecentyears，foreignizationanddomesticationhavealwaysbeenthefocusoftranslation.Inthispaper，IwillusethereversionsofTheWaterMarginasanexample，throughtheanalysisoftranslationstrategiesthatchoosenbytheretranslator，itisconcludedthatthetranslatorshouldbeflexibleinaccordancewiththespecificcircumstancesofthetranslation.Itcanbeusedeitherforeignizationordomestication，orthecombinationofthetwo，totranslatethebestworks.【KeyWords】Foreignization；Domestication；TheWaterMargin【作者简介】赵红（1993.4.15-），女，汉族，西安外国语大学英文学院，现就读于西安外国语大学英文学院2016级翻译学专业，主要研究方向：翻译理论与实践。1.IntroductionSapir，afamousAmericanlinguist，oncesaid，“Hereissomethingbehindthelanguage，andthelanguagecannotexistwithoutculture.”Asatoolofhumancommunication，languageisthecarrierofculture.Asatranslator，howtobefaithfulandtomaintainthecharacteristicsoftheforeignculture？2.ForeignizationandDomesticationTheso-calledforeignizationistheuseoftheoriginaltextinthetranslationprocess，sothatthetranslationisfullofexotic.Foreignizationnotonlyenrichesandimprovestheexpressivepowerofthetargettext，butalsoenablesthereadertounderstandthecultureofothercountriesbyreadingthetranslatedtext.Venutihasmadethefollowingdescriptionofdomestication：tocomplywiththecurrentmainstreamvaluesofthetargetlanguageculture，andtoadoptaconservativemeansofassimilationtotheoriginaltext，soastomakethetranslationconformtothelawsofthelocalcustoms，publishingtrendsandpoliticalneeds.3.ThePracticalApplicationofForeignizationandDomesticationintheEnglishVersionofTheWaterMargin龙源期刊网，itisPearlBuck’stranslationthatmostlyconsistent，itisinseparablefromhergoalsthatshewantsreaderstounderstandtheforeignculture，promotetheculturalexchange.WhileJacksonandShapiro’stranslationholdinformationreceiverasthecore，byusingfluentidiomatictargetlanguage.Lookatthefollowingcases：（1）有毫厘昧心，天诛地灭。（施耐庵罗贯中，1992：410）IftherehasbeentheleastdishonestymayHeavenstrikemeandEarthdestroyme.（Buck，1933：816）ShouldtherebesomeslightmistakeintheaccountsthenmayHeavenpunishmeforit.（Jackson，1963：637）TheforeignizationusedbyBuckcanbeseenedfromthe“leastdishonesty”and“HeavenstrikemeandEarthdestroyme”.Translationisnotonlyfaithfultotheoriginalbutalsoretainstheculturalelementsofforeigncountries.Jackson’s“slightmistake”apparentlyfailedtoconveytheoriginalintentionoftheauthor.（2）正是叫俺望梅止渴，画饼充饥。（施耐庵罗贯中，1992：456）Itisasthoughyougavemethepictureofaloafandbademebefed.（Buck，1933：912）Itseemsasthoughyouwereshowingmeaplumtoquenchmythirstandapaintedcaketosatisfymyhunger.（Jackson，1963：687）Slakemythirstlookingatasourplumorassuagemyhungerwithadrawingofamuffin.（Shapiro，1980：1545）ThusitcanbeseenthatintheintroductionoftherealChineseculturetothewesternreaders，foreignizationismoreeffective.While，JacksonandShapiro’sdomesticationembodiedintheirchooseofwords.It’spurposeistomakethetargetlanguagereaderseasiertounderstandandaccept.Inthetranslationpractice，thetwomethodsshouldbesyntheticallyconsidered，usingthebestmatchofboth.4.ConclusionWecannotseparateforeignizationfromdomestication.Theyaretwokindoftranslationstrategiesthatareindispensableinliterarytranslation，bothcomplementeachother.Foreignizationordomesticationortheircombination，aslongasitcanachievethepurposeandintentionoftranslation，itshouldbeconsideredasasuitabletechnique.Therefore，thechoiceofforeignization龙源期刊网：[1]Nida，EugeneA.[M].Language，CultureandTranslating.ShanghaiForeignLanguageEducationPress，1993：121.