Double-Entry
Journal 5-Jungshih
Translation
and semiosis in semiosphere by Shuoyu Wu (2012,p1-18)
Keywords:
1.
According
to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiosis),
semiosis is
any form of activity, conduct, or process that involves signs, including the
production of meaning. Briefly – semiosis is sign process. The term was
introduced by Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914) to describe a process that
interprets signs as referring to their objects, as described in his theory of
sign relations, or semiotics.
2.
Semiosphere
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiosphere)
is the
sphere of semiosis in which sign processes operate in the set of all
interconnected Umwelten (self-centered
world). The
concept was coined by Juri Lotman in 1982 and is now applied to many fields,
including cultural semiotics generally, biosemiotics, zoosemiotics,
geosemiotics, etc. The concept is treated more fully in the collection of
Lotman's writings published in English under the title "Universe of the
Mind: A Semiotic Theory of Culture"(1990).
This paper regards
translation as a dynamic processes, bridging cultures due to gaps of their
asymmetry, and thus it causes needs for intralingual and interlingual
communication. I agree with both Jacobson and Wu about the fundamental property
of translation is based on communicability
(Wu, p2; p9). Under this essence, cross-cultures mapping occurs. Language itself
functions not only as linguistic units to deliver meanings but the mechanism of
transformation processes instead. In contrast to Jacobson, it seems that viewing
translation as a passive perspective of homogenous transforms, meaning that the
addresser and addressee are considered to be homogenous individuals, and the
message itself is somewhat fixed. Wu’s discussion stems from Lotman’s point of
view, a series of different functions within the semiosphere of the modeling
system. Wu examines how translation generates as infinitum semiosis from two
types of translation mechanism in the semiosphere: translation as restructuring
and translation as explosion. Couple
questions to think about:
1.
Based
on Wu’s assertion, supposedly C1 (culture 1), C2 (culture 2), C3…, etc. are
diver cultures and every of them possesses their own sub-cultures such as C1-1,
C1-2; C2-1, C2-2…, etc. Would the RT (response time) take longer due to the
transparency of the boundaries of cultures particularly for those who are
bilinguals or trilinguals?
2.
Based
on Question 1, might the collective memory be enlarged due to the frequent
interpretation of communication? However, might the cost of it be the
fluctuation of self-identity and sense of belonging?
1.Based on Wu’s assertion, supposedly C1 (culture 1), C2 (culture 2), C3…, etc. are diver cultures and every of them possesses their own sub-cultures such as C1-1, C1-2; C2-1, C2-2…, etc. Would the RT (response time) take longer due to the transparency of the boundaries of cultures particularly for those who are bilinguals or trilinguals?
回覆刪除根據吳碩禹（2012）年的文章中提及洛德曼稱這種「溝通即變化(communication as transformation)」的歷程為「翻譯」。從1960 到1980 年代初期，洛德曼之論述重點落在「文化即訊息(culture as information)」、「文化即共同記憶(culture as collective memory pool)」以及「文化之詩學結構(structural poetics of culture)」等。
而語際翻譯的語義生成機制分為兩類：一是「結構重組翻譯」(translation as restructuring)，二是「爆炸性翻譯」(translation as explosion)。對於雙語或三語以上的學習者是處在一個「結構重組翻譯」(translation as restructuring)之中，說話在翻譯的過程中是同一文本組成，體現不同語碼結構之過程，而使序列中每一文本皆因翻譯產生不同變化。
對於雙語和三語以上的說話者，其實他們在翻譯的過程中是處在一個語言深層結構之中，可以透過接收譯文而得知文化背景知識，進而得到不同解讀而文本產生新的意義。這種連鎖式的翻譯被作者稱之為「解釋性語義生成過程」(interpretative semiosis)。
所以對於文化的吸收、教學格外的重要，身為華語教師的我們更需要體諒雙語、三語以上的華語學習者，他們可能因為本身的母語、文化背景束縛，而無法翻譯、理解中國文化，進而學華文學到停滯期，無法向前。這時候我們應該挺身而出，讓那些華語學習者能夠克服「結構重組翻譯」(translation as restructuring)，進而融合多種語言、文化背景。
2. Based on Question 1, might the collective memory be enlarged due to the frequent interpretation of communication? However, might the cost of it be the fluctuation of self-identity and sense of belonging?
對於這部分我是認同的，語言的翻譯本來就沒有所謂的必然性。如果需要百分之百的翻譯，那是更不可能的。只能在「結構重組翻譯」(translation as restructuring)不斷的修改自己的認知，一次又一次的重組，找到最佳的語言翻譯機制。語言翻譯又是一種過於主觀，但又要藉於客觀的角度。所以產生了「爆炸性翻譯」(translation as explosion)，在兩者結構中找到可譯性(相互理解)和不可譯性(創造新訊息)之間徘徊。須取得一定平衡點，並落實於實際的文本中。