CAJ | 학술논문

有一个迄今尚无人注意的现象，即在早期英国唐诗英译实践中，存在夸大原诗阴性特质，从而使唐诗英译文本呈现为“阴性化”（femininization）的倾向。这一倾向表现为在选择译介对象时，回避歌颂战争、抒发豪情等类型的篇章；以及在译介过程中通过特定策略弱化原诗的阳性特征。译介唐诗时的阴性化倾向，是要凸显出阴性的东方／中国与阳性的西方／英国之间的对比，从而理顺大英帝国“君主”与东方“臣民”之间的文化关系。或许译者并无贬抑中国的本意，但其翻译策略仍受到无形的操控，在其译作中不自觉地遵循了阳性英国和阴性中国之间的二元对立逻辑。
유일개흘금상무인주의적현상，즉재조기영국당시영역실천중，존재과대원시음성특질，종이사당시영역문본정현위“음성화”（femininization）적경향。저일경향표현위재선택역개대상시，회피가송전쟁、서발호정등류형적편장；이급재역개과정중통과특정책략약화원시적양성특정。역개당시시적음성화경향，시요철현출음성적동방／중국여양성적서방／영국지간적대비，종이리순대영제국“군주”여동방“신민”지간적문화관계。혹허역자병무폄억중국적본의，단기번역책략잉수도무형적조공，재기역작중불자각지준순료양성영국화음성중국지간적이원대립라집。
It has rarely attracted notable attention that, in the early English translation of Tang poetry, there is a feminizing inclination, which reduces masculinity and magnifies femininity of the original texts through specific methods, such as text selection and translation strategy, to avoid those which sing praises to the war and lofty sentiments. The feminizing inclination presents the comparison between ＂feminine＂ East or China and ＂masculine＂ West or Britain to construct a steady cultural hierarchy of British Empire and its subjects. Although the early translators might have no intention to depreciate China, their translation strategies are under an invisible control, and their translation works automatically follow the binary opposition logic.