“改写理论”视域下的翻译文化过滤现象——以庞德英译《送孟浩然之广陵》为例

The Phenomenon of Cultural Filtering in Translation from the Perspective of Rewriting Theory—A Case Study of Pound’s English Translation of Separation on the River Kiang

摘要: 安德烈·勒菲弗尔的“改写理论”指出，翻译并非在真空中进行的语言转换，而是深受意识形态、诗学观念与赞助人力量影响的文化重构过程。本文以埃兹拉·庞德英译李白诗作《送孟浩然之广陵》为案例，以安德烈·勒菲弗尔的“改写理论”为指导，从意识形态、诗学与赞助人三个维度深入分析“文化过滤”现象。庞德英译本在意识形态层面隐去儒家思想与地名文化，在诗学层面借助意象派美学重塑唐诗意境，在赞助人层面回应时代需求以驱动翻译策略，庞德译本中体现出显著的文化过滤特征。文化过滤是译者在特定历史文化语境中主体性发挥的能动体现，既可能导致文化信息的损耗与变形，也可能在目的语文化中催生新的美学价值与文化意涵。正视并理性分析文化过滤现象，对深化跨文化传播理解、丰富翻译批评维度具有重要的理论意义。

Abstract: André Lefevere’s Rewriting Theory posits that translation is not a mere linguistic transfer conducted in a vacuum, but rather a process of cultural reconstruction profoundly influenced by ideology, poetics, and patronage. This paper takes Ezra Pound’s English translation of Li Bai’s poem Seeing Meng Haoran Off at Yellow Crane Tower as a case study. Guided by Lefevere’s Rewriting Theory, it conducts an in-depth analysis of the phenomenon of “cultural filtering” from three dimensions: ideology, poetics, and patronage. At the ideological level, Pound’s translation obscures Confucian thought and place-name cultures; at the poetic level, it reshapes the imagery of Tang poetry through the lens of Imagist aesthetics; at the level of patronage, it responds to the demands of the era to drive translation strategies. Pound’s translation exhibits notable characteristics of cultural filtering. Cultural filtering is a dynamic manifestation of the translator’s subjectivity within a specific historical and cultural context. It may lead to the loss or distortion of cultural information, but it can also generate new aesthetic values and cultural meanings within the target language culture. Recognizing and rationally analyzing the phenomenon of cultural filtering holds significant theoretical importance for deepening the understanding of cross-cultural communication and enriching the dimensions of translation criticism.