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The Openness of Text’s Meaning in the Light of Fusion of Horizons

Author: ZhangZuoChao
Tutor: LiShuChun
School: Beijing Jiaotong University
Course: Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Keywords: Hermeneutics Gadamer Fusion of horizons Dynamic Openness
CLC: H315.9
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2009
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Abstract

With Hermeneutics and Translation Studies Philosophy theoretical research are getting closer, philosophical hermeneutics of translation studies has opened up new research directions. Although hermeneutics does not provide translation studies bring methodological guidance, but it provides for the translation of philosophical perspectives, especially the understanding of the process of translation and interpretation brings a philosophical interpretation methods. In this paper through the use of Gadamer's \results. This openness, decided because of the time, place, because of various factors such as different people will continue to get the same text reinterpretation. All these show that the text now Retranslation phenomenon is inevitable, but also very necessary. This paper attempts sight fusion theory analysis of Tao Qian's poetry under the guidance of the dynamic nature of the translation process. Horizon Fusion is a hermeneutics of Gadamer's point of view, the application of the translation mainly refers to the translator text will involve lots of sights, including the sight of the source text, the translator current sight, aim Text sight and sight the target reader, these sights in the translation process will occur integration. This fusion process is dynamic, in the fusion process any change in sight, will make the target text vary widely, which leads to the purpose of this paper and conclusions - meaning of the text openness. This paper is divided into three parts. The first part of the basic theory of hermeneutics focused on the vital introduction, and to Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics represented schools do a brief introduction. The second part describes Gadamer's \This section will show in detail the process of translation needs - first sight translator original source text and the integration of sight, followed by the sight of the target text with the first sight of fusion's second integration, Through the analysis of these two processes, demonstrating the dynamic nature of the translation process. In the translation process any element changes, including translators, time, ideology, the environment, such as changes in the target language readers will have an impact on the translation, thereby affecting the purity of translation. The third part will be combined with Tao Qian Three English Versions of three poems from the translator to understand the purpose of the interpretation of the language and purpose of the language requirements of the three perspectives on the dynamic nature of the translation process, revealing the meaning of the text openness. Translation of poetry by Tao Qian, this paper aims to demonstrate the Hermeneutic Translation Studies not only from the theoretical to bring new research direction, but also to the translation and the original meaning of the text comparison as well as the openness of research provides a new perspective .

The Openness of Text’s Meaning in the Light of Fusion of Horizons

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