An analysis of the cultural translation of traditional textile technology texts in the context of global narratives of contemporary Chinese discourse: a case study of Records of Artificers (Kao Gong Ji)
当代中国话语全球叙事语境下传统纺织技术文本的文化转译探析——以《考工记》为例

摘要

本文以《考工记》纺织相关篇章为例，结合文化转译理论，通过对比中外译者的两个译本，探讨传统纺织技术文本的文化特质与在当代中国话语全球叙事语境下的翻译传播策略。研究发现，《考工记》虽以技术叙事，但承载着如“天人合一”的哲学与社会秩序符号。传统纺织技术文本的文化转译需遵循“技术-文化双维适配”原则，通过文化语境重构、文化基因解码等翻译策略，在保留文化本质的基础上实现全球受众的有效理解。研究揭示，文化转译对于译者的素质提出了更高的要求，需兼具技术专业认知与跨文化传播意识。

Abstract

This article takes the textile-related chapters of " Records of Artificers (Kao Gong Ji)" as an example, combines the theory of cultural translation, and through the comparison of two translation versions by Chinese and foreign translators, explores the cultural characteristics of traditional textile technology texts and the translation and dissemination strategies in the context of global narrative of contemporary Chinese discourse. The research finds that although " Records of Artificers " is a technical narrative, it carries philosophical and social order symbols such as "the unity of heaven and man". The cultural translation of traditional textile technology texts needs to follow the principle of "technical-cultural dual adaptation", and through translation strategies such as cultural context reconstruction and cultural gene decoding, achieve effective understanding by global audiences on the basis of retaining cultural essence. The research reveals that cultural translation puts forward higher requirements for the quality of translators, who need to have both technical professional knowledge and cross-cultural communication awareness.