关键词: 应用翻译; 译者行为; 自主性; 规范化

Abstract:

In the 1950s, behavioral psychology found itself in a predicament. However, translation subjectivity has remained a hot topic ever since the 1980s, which has resulted in the profound exploration into the translator action or behavior. As it is, this paper tends to use translation action rather than translation behavior due to the fact that translation behavior has turned out to be a specific term used in the western psychological research context. Actually, translator action has distinctive characteristics of the times and contains a number of innate contradictions, of which the autonomy of translator action and its normalization become interrelated and unsolvable because of some intrinsic and extrinsic factors of subjectivity. Based on the theory of translation norms, this paper argues that translators may act intentionally or unintentionally, reasonably or unreasonably in a particular social context, and in the meantime they have the innate tendency to pursuit their own autonomy. However, it has long been held that translator action is governed by the external situation, which overlooks the fact that translators consciously as well as subconsciously intend to free themselves from those constraints. Therefore, with respect to the translator’s subjectivity, translators should keep in mind the systematic translation norms, which helps modulate effectively the degree of autonomy they may have in the process of translation.

Keywords: pragmatic translation; translator behavior; autonomy; normalization