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1、再現/系統/人:班雅民論翻譯與複製科技林建光國立中興大學外文系副教授5月12日於國立中正大學外文系WalterBenjamin(1892-1940)LifeTheoryWalterBenjamin(1892-1940)TranslationandMechanicalReproduction“TheTaskoftheTranslator”(1923)“WorkofArtintheAgeofMechanicalReproduction”(1936)BothessayscanbefoundinIlluminations,trans,Harry

2、Zohn(NewYork:Schocken,1969).Literatureandhuman“Nopoemisintendedforthereader,nopictureforthebeholder,nosymphonyforthelistener….Forwhatdoesaliterarywork‘say’?Whatdoesitcommunicate?It‘tells’verylittletothosewhounderstandit.Itsessentialqualityisnotstatementortheimpartingofin

3、formation.”(“Task”69)“Meaning”/modeofsignification(1)“Inthesamewayatranslation,insteadofresemblingthemeaningoftheoriginal,mustlovinglyandindetailincorporatetheoriginal’smodeofsignification,thusmakingboththeoriginalandthetranslationrecognizableasfragmentsofagraterlanguage

4、,justasfragmentsarepartofavessel…(nextpage)“Meaning”/modeofsignification(2)Forthisveryreasontranslationmustinlargemeasurerefrainfromwantingtocommunicatesomething….”(78)Translation/afterlife/system(1)“…notranslationwouldbepossibleifinitsultimateessenceitstroveforlikenesst

5、otheoriginal.Forinitsafterlife—whichcouldbecalledthatifitwerenotatransformationandarenewalofsomethingliving—theoriginalundergoesachange.Evenwordswithfixedmeaningcanundergoamaturingprocess….(nextpage)Translation/afterlife/system(2)Translationissofarremovedfrombeingthester

6、ileequationoftwodeadlanguagesthatofallliteraryformsitistheonechargedwiththespecialmissionofwatchingoverthematuringprocessoftheoriginallanguageandthebirthpangsofitsown.”(73)Translationandsystemchange“Intranslationtheoriginalrisesintoahigherandpurerlinguisticair,asitwere.I

7、t…pointsthewaytothisregion:thepredestined,hithertoinaccessiblerealmofreconciliationandfulfillmentoflanguages.Thetransfercanneverbetotal,butwhatreachesthisregionisthatelementinatranslationwhichgoesbeyondtransmittalofsubjectmatter.”(75)Translation/representation/mechanical

8、reproductionOriginal/translationNature/artSystemchange:Whatkindofchangedoesthereproductivetechnologybri