碩士 / 國立臺灣師範大學 / 翻譯研究所 / 100 / Yin Hai-kuong was a pioneer in the struggle for democracy in Taiwan. He had advocated for "democracy" and "science" by translating and introducing western liberalism and logical positivism for more than twenty years. His achievements as a democracy fighter, a liberalist, an enlightenment thinker and a philosopher have drawn considerable attentions from the academic community. However, most of his evaluators or researchers ignore or neglect his role as a translator and the fact that he translated over one million words from English into Chinese, some of which were hugely influential to society. The purpose of this thesis is to compensate the deficiency. From the point of view of translation studies, this paper will review Yin’s contribution and accomplishments as a translator, and reveal how he responded to the need of time in translation. Yin produced translations in a way which went against the translational norms of his time. He manipulated the originals he worked with to some extent, usually to make them fit in with his personal ideology and goal of enlightenment. His translations, as a kind of rewriting, embodied an enlightenment thinker’s intentions and expectations, making them by no means as transparent as glass. From the strategies, methods and materials Yin chose to translate, we see how a translator shows his agency during the process of knowledge introducing.
To sum up, the main concern of this paper will be what, how and why Yin translated. The aim is to contribute to the construction of a translation history in Taiwan and to provide a new perspective to think about Yin’s legacy.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/100NTNU5526004 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Gao, Yu-cih, 高育慈 |
| Contributors | Lee, Ken-fang, 李根芳 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | zh-TW |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 102 |
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