번역철학 - 그 계보학적 탐구

Abstract

In the philosophy of translation, “language” means a natural language, and it deals with relations between at least two natural languages. At the heart of Plato’s philosophy of translation posited by Antoine Berman is that the formal aspect of language can be separated from the meaningful(i.e. conceptual/ideal) aspect. The metaphysical divisibility of language places Plate into the category of sense-oriented translation theorists. Insisting on the unity of the author’s thought and expression, Friedrich Schleiermacher cites the level of the author’s intervention as the dividing factor between translation and interpretation. He can be justifiably called the founder of the literal translation theory. While Walter Benjamin is known as the most difficult theorist, he mounts the most profound refutation and resistance to the subordinate and marginal status of translation. Known to have laid the groundwork for linguistics-based translation studies in France, Georges Mounin maintains that translation should be transparent(or unobtrusive) so that the reader doesn’t feel any involvement of the translator. Therefore he can be considered a sense-oriented translation theorist. As a theorist armed with practical experience, Berman has built his own realm in the field of Translation Studies and is regarded as the most serious thinker of translation, going beyond the sense-oriented translation to propose what he terms ‘translation-to-the-letter.’ While acknowledging his indebtedness to Berman and Deleuze, Lawrence Venuti takes the position of challenging and resisting the mainstream and standard tendency of the target language, and advocates foreignizing translation, following the footsteps of Schleiermacher, Benjamin and Berman.