Text and Translation : In Relation to Language and Culture

本研究的基本目的是通过探讨翻译的本质特征，为翻译研究开辟一条新的天地。更具体地说，我们实现了以下几点：1.翻译不一定是所指内容的传递。意义的交流只是翻译的一部分。翻译关注的是形式而不是内容或意义。我们已经通过研究翻译成日语的西方文学和哲学作品，以及翻译成西方语言的日本作品来仔细研究这一点。我们考察了翻译与语言的存在和功能密切相关的方式。我们已经考虑了翻译的任务。翻译中最重要的一点是译者应该记住并理解语言的形式主义和概念性方面(包括原文和自己的语言)是不可分割的。这一点在2006年10月在东京大学小叶分校举行的国际研讨会“莫里斯·布兰肖、文学和语言”中进行了讨论。在本次研讨会上阅读的论文将于2007年秋季发表在期刊《Gendaishi Techo》(布兰肖特特刊)上。这一项目的全部成果将以杂文集的形式出版，其中包括汤浅、宫下和野崎骏的论文。

The basic aim of this research project is to open a new horizon in the study of translation by exploring the essential features of translation. More specifically we have achieved the following:1. Translation is not necessary a transmission of the signified = content. Communication of meaning is only a part of translation. Translation concerns itself with form rather than content or meaning. We have scrutinized this point by studying Western works of literature and philosophy translated into Japanese, and Japanese works translated into Western languages.2. We have examined the ways in which translation is deeply related to the being and function of language.3. We have considered the task of the translator. The most important thing in translation is that the translator should remember and understand the inseparability of the formalistic and conceptual aspects of language (both original and his own).These points were discussed in the international symposium "Maurice Blanchot, literature and language", which was held at the University of Tokyo, Komaba, in October 2006. The papers read at this symposium will be published in the journal "Gendaishi Techo" (special number on Blanchot) in autumn 2007. And the entire achivement of this project will be published as an anthology of essays including those by Yuasa, Miyashita and Nozaki.