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讲座主题

以异求解：翻译、伦理与未竟之知

主讲人

Seán Hand

华威大学荣休教授

讲座时间

10月8日 14:00  

讲座地点

闵行校区人文楼4330室  

主讲人简介

Sean Hand教授现为英国华威大学荣休教授，先后获得牛津大学和华威大学学位，并拥有欧洲工商管理学院（INSEAD）高管教育资质。他获授法国“教育棕榈骑士勋章”（Chevalier des Palmes Académiques），并当选欧洲科学院（Academia Europæa）院士。他同时是英国高等教育学会（Higher Education Academy）高级院士、英国皇家艺术学会（Royal Society of Arts）院士。迄今已撰写、主编或翻译专著及专题专辑13部，发表论文、章节及报告62篇，并在各类学术场合发表论文或作学术讲座100余次。

     Professor Seán Hand is Emeritus Professor at the University of Warwick. He holds degrees from the universities of Oxford and Warwick, and an executive qualification from INSEAD. He is a Chevalier des Palmes Académiques and a member of the Academia Europæa. He is a Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He has written, edited or translated 13 books and special issues; published 62 articles, chapters and reports; and delivered over 100 papers and lectures.

讲座内容简介

与将翻译视为对既定意义进行二次转移的通常理解不同，翻译本身就是理解得以生成的重要实践。围绕阐释、伦理与不完备知识之间的关系，Seán Hand 教授将结合自己翻译吉尔·德勒兹（Gilles Deleuze）、埃里克·布隆代尔（Eric Blondel）和伊曼纽尔·列维纳斯（Emmanuel Levinas）等法国哲学家著作的经验，探讨翻译如何在差异中生成意义，如何面对不稳定、层累叠加的源文本，并如何成为一种负责任的对话实践。

讲座还将评析三种具有重要影响的荷马《奥德赛》英译本，并延伸至其电影改编，由此进一步讨论翻译与跨文化理解的关系。尽管对文本和文化的理解始终不可能穷尽，翻译仍为不同语言与文化之间持续的交流、阐释与理解提供了不可或缺的路径。

Contrary to common-sense views of translation as a secondary act of transferring static meaning, this lecture argues that translation is a primary practice through which understanding emerges. Examining translation at the intersection of interpretation, ethics, and incomplete knowledge, Professor Seán Hand reflects on his own experience of translating French philosophers Gilles Deleuze, Eric Blondel, and Emmanuel Levinas. The lecture demonstrates how translation generates affirmative difference rather than exact replicas, grapples with inherently unstable or palimpsestic source texts, and functions as an ethical act of responsible dialogue. By then evaluating three influential English translations of Homer’s Odyssey—and commenting on a subsequent cinematic adaptation—the lecture reflects on the fact that while exhaustive knowledge is impossible, translation provides a vital framework for continuing cross-cultural understanding and communication.