A Study on Translator's Subjectivity from the Perspective of Intertextuality

摘要

The theory of intertextuality emphasizes that the formation of a text can not be a closed or self-sufficient system. All the texts are related to one another, producing textual interaction, where texts always point to the past, reflect the present, and find the traces in the relevant text. Therefore, a translator, acting as a reader, an interpreter and an author, plays a decisive role in the transmission of the meaning of the original text and the generation of the translation. However, from the original text to the target text, as different translators have different cultural backgrounds, experiences, knowledge, etc, their understanding of the original meaning, inheritance of the original and the creative development of the original text differ greatly. Through the comparative study of the two English versions of lantern riddles in A Dream of Red Mansions, this paper explores the translator's subjectivity in the process of translation with the application of intertectuality.