文档介绍：TheWritingLifeByHowardGoldblattSunday,April28,2002;How'upationaltestimonial:",alltranslatorsmustbecloselywatched."Orthis:"Oyetranslators,donotsodonymizeus!"Or:"Traduttore-traditore."(Translator=traitor.)Whoarethesepeopleeveryonelovestohate,and,ifthey'resobad,howdotheygetawaywithwhatthey'redoing?Well,Iconfess:I''?(1978),thankstoahostoftranslators,hereceivedtheNobelPrizeforLiteratureandchangedhistune:"Sinceeverylanguagecontainsitsownuniquetruths,"headmitted,"translationistheveryspiritofcivilization."esMilanKundera,thereigningbêtenoireofourfraternity,whoshedstranslatorsthewaysnakesshedskin,andissaidtodevotealmostasmuchtimetooverseeingforeigneditionsofhisworkashedoestowriting(inthequoteabove,heisinveighingagainstatranslator'sdecisiontouseasynonymfromtimetotime).Finally,,orwhat?Oh,sure,Pushkincalledus"carriersofthehumanspirit,"andGoethereferredtoliterarytranslationas"merceoftheworld."Buttheirswasakinder,,es,whoserelationshipwithhisEnglishtranslator,NormanThomasdiGiovanni,resemblednothingsomuchasaStephenKingnovel,wroteinasurprisinglypositivevein:"Thetranslator'sworkismoresubtle,morecivilizedthanthatofthewriter:e