浅谈尤金·奈达的“功能对等”和德国功能派“目的论”的差异性

在当今翻译界,尤金·奈达和德国功能派无人不知无人不晓。作为著名的美国语学派翻译大师,其关于翻译的功能对等核心理论更是影响深远。然而,功能对等和德国功能派翻译理论的奠基理论——目的论既有相似之处,也有不同之处。对这两种翻译理论的比较研究,在两者相似性的基础上,着重谈二者的相异性,说明后者在一定程度上克服了前者的缺陷,拓宽了翻译研究视角,是对前者的重大突破和重要补充。

On the Differences of Nada's Functional Equivalence and Germany Functionalist Skopos Theory

Eugene A. Nida is famous and honorable in translation field. Compared Functional Equivalence Theory,the core theory of Eugene A. Nida with Skopos Theory which is the fundamental theory of German functionalist translation theory,there are not only similarities but also dissimilarities. This paper will try to focus on their dissimilarities. There is a comparative analysis and study of these two theories. The purpose is to show that Skopos Theory gets rid of the limitations of Functional Equivalence Theory to some degree,which is a great breakthrough and an important supplement to Functional Equivalence Theory. Meanwhile,we can study translation theory from a multi-dimensional perspective.