Thomas Wilson’s demosthenes and the politics of tudor translation
Thomas Wilson’s demosthenes and the politics of tudor translation
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托马斯·威尔逊的德摩斯梯尼与都铎翻译的政治
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10.1007/s12138-005-0010-7
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发表时间：
2005
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0.2
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Tracey A. Sowerby
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Alastair J. L. Blanshard;Tracey A. Sowerby
1570年，托马斯·威尔逊在英西关系相当紧张的时期翻译了德摩西尼的《奥林蒂亚斯》和《菲律宾书》。乍一看，这是一部古典人文主义作品，同时也是一篇猛烈的反西班牙宣传文章，同时也是对伊丽莎白时代外交政策的批评。通过控制译文的排版，加入争议性的旁白和其他外围材料，威尔逊巧妙地指导了读者对文本的解读。他明确主张对荷兰进行军事干预，因为不采取行动的后果将是可怕的：英国将失去目前对抗西班牙军事力量的堡垒，就像雅典失去奥林瑟斯一样。威尔逊特意提到了伊丽莎白政府中那些与剑桥有联系的都铎政治家的知识背景。此外，他清楚地表达了他的信息，而不损害德摩斯提尼文本的完整性或他自己的人文主义资历。通过巧妙地将德摩斯提尼的角色从演说家重新定位为政治家，威尔逊赋予了他的演讲更大的政治权威。威尔逊的《德摩斯提尼》也标志着英国思想史上的一个重要时刻：它显然将古典翻译政治化了。
In 1570, Thomas Wilson translated Demosthenes'OlynthiacsandPhilippicsduring a period of considerable tension in Anglo-Spanish relations. What appears at first sight to be a work of classical humanism was simultaneously a hard-hitting piece of anti-Spanish propaganda and a critique of Elizabethan foreign policy. By controlling the typography of the translation and adding polemical marginalia and other peripheral material, Wilson masterfully directed his readers’ interpretation of the text. He unequivocally advocated military intervention in the Netherlands as the consequences of inaction would be dire: England would lose its current bulwark against Spain's military might, just as Athens had lost Olynthus. Wilson deliberately appealed to the intellectual background of those Tudor statesmen who formed the ‘Cambridge Connection’ in the Elizabethan government. Moreover, he articulated his message without compromising the integrity of Demosthenes' text or his own humanist credentials. By subtly recofiguring the role of Demosthenes from orator to statesman, Wilson gave his orations greater political authority. Wilson's Demosthenes also marked an important moment in English intellectual history: it clearly politicises classical translation.