재(再)-번역은 무엇인가

Abstract

Re-translation may vary depending on scope, context, historical situation, and era. Therefore, it has an uncertain aspect that cannot be defined on its own. This research aims to look at forms and features of re-translation as well as examine the necessity of re-translation. Revised edition, which is one of the most common forms of re-translation, includes a vast range of translation methods. In order to assess re-translation in consideration of relevant situation and context of a particular time, one must look at the entire area it intersects with double translation. This is because re-translation and double translation are intrinsically intertwined throughout the long history of Korean literature through translated literature that experienced significant turning points, exchanging of texts and influences. A great number of Korean literature pieces have traces of “translation” in them. Re-translation is also closely related to creative writing. As an example, Haruki’s novel is a translation and at the same time carries uniqueness that is based on the “expansive” quality of re-translation. Re-translation is a task that demands extensive thinking and knowledge on what has already been translated, which is why Henri Meschonnic claims translation is inevitably retranslation. The necessity of re-translation is emphasized as a mother language changes and becomes outdated. Walter Benjamin finds the reason for re-translation in “how the original text survives.” According to Benjamin, the original texts whose survival hinges solely on translation bestows the validity of re-translation. Re-translation reveals yet again that all languages are a language of here and now that is worn down with various forms and kinds of translation, and thereby gains its alibi. Hwa-Young Kim accurately perceives that a mother language ages and this fact is the most significant basis for her re-translation of The Stranger. Kim’s re-translation expands the horizon of the Korean language as well as practices the translation ethics against domestication and annexation of translation. Each translation has historicity and can be a material that allows an insight into linguistic and cultural horizon as well as literary features. Re-translation shows, proves, and puts it to practice that the history of translation and the history of literature are not unrelated.