Study on Translator Subjectivity under Steiner’s Hermeneutic Translation Theory—A Case Study of Hsien-Yung Pai’s Self-Translation of <i>Taipei People</i>

本文以乔治·斯坦纳的阐释学翻译理论为框架，以白先勇《台北人》的自译本为例，探讨译者主体性在文学翻译中的体现。斯坦纳认为翻译是一个包含信任、侵入、吸收和补偿四个步骤的阐释过程，译者在这一过程中扮演着积极主动的角色。本文通过分析白先勇在翻译《台北人》过程中对文本的选择、理解和再现，揭示译者主体性如何影响翻译策略的选择和翻译文本的最终形态。This paper explores the manifestation of translator subjectivity in literary translation through the lens of George Steiner’s hermeneutic translation theory, using Hsien-Yung Pai’s self-translation of Taipei People as a case study. Steiner posits that translation is an interpretive process comprising four steps: trust, aggression, incorporation, and compensation, wherein the translator plays an active and dynamic role. By analyzing Hsien-Yung Pai’s choices, interpretations, and representations of the text in translating Taipei People, this study reveals how translator subjectivity influences the selection of translation strategies and the final form of the translated text.