Translation Studies in the View of Deconstructionism 

Jingyi Sun, Lun Wang 

Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, 333403, China

Abstract: In traditional translation theories, the translator and target language text are subordinate to the writer and ｓｏｕｒｃｅ language text, so the target text should be exactly faithful to the ｓｏｕｒｃｅ text. However, in the view of deconstructionism, the target text serves as the afterlife of the ｓｏｕｒｃｅ text, and it can implement and extend the meaning of the ｓｏｕｒｃｅ text, thus making the ｓｏｕｒｃｅ text continue to live in other linguistic contexts. Deconstructionism enhances the status of the translator and the target text and broadens the view of translation studies.

Keywords: Translation; Deconstructionism; Criteria; Faithfulness; Expressiveness