关键词: 应用翻译研究; 应用性; 范畴; 功能

Abstract:

The practical and instrumental rationalities of translation have significantly influenced the perception of the function and value of translation studies. A major reason for the long-term marginalization of translation studies in institutionalized academia lies in its failure to systematically and effectively explore translation’s practical value, and to construct a scientific disciplinary, academic, and discourse system. The disciplinary construction of translation studies began when linguistics incorporated it as a subdiscipline, followed by a wave of cultural translation studies that focused on literary text translation. Language serves as the medium of translation, culture as one of its contextual elements, and literary translation encompasses complex translation issues. Therefore, the traditional research approaches and orientations in translation studies are not only justified but will continue to constitute essential components of the field. However, the function of translation studies should not be limited to exploring the intrinsic value of translation; it should also investigate its extrinsic effects, namely how translation impacts the development of human civilization. Extending this to pragmatic translation studies, its scope should encompass practical translation studies, pragmatic translation studies, and appliable translation studies. This paper emphasizes that constructing a discourse system for pragmatic translation studies and strengthening its pragmatic research have urgent disciplinary needs and practical significance.

Keywords: pragmatic translation studies; appliability; scope; function