Abstract The influences that translational practice has on other social systems, especially literary polysystems have been attracting scholarly attention from both inside and outside translation studies. Translational activities are considered as a kind of cultural importation bringing new genres and styles of writing to the literary target polysystem. Besides, translation is also believed to be an integral means of canon formation, not only introducing a foreign literary work to the target audience but also making its way to the centre, that is the canon of the target literary polysystem. The present article will suggest a mechanism of canonization of translated literature on the basis of the investigation of influential factors in translation. The mechanism will then be applied to a historical review of the Chinese translations of H. C. Andersen’s tales, hoping to offer some insights into the dynamics and complexity of the canonization of translated literature and the roles that translational activities play in the process. The article also attempts to show that historical accounting of translation should be humanist. Perspectives taken by the narrator and other human factors are vital for the composition of a history of translation.

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翻译文学典范化：安徒生童话故事汉译的历史回顾

摘要翻译实践对其他社会制度，尤其是文学多元制度的影响，已引起国内外翻译研究的学术关注。翻译活动被认为是一种文化输入，它将新的体裁和写作风格带入文学目标多元系统。此外，翻译也被认为是经典形成的必不可少的手段，不仅向目标受众介绍了外国文学作品，而且也成为了中心，即目标文学多系统的经典。本文将在研究翻译影响因素的基础上，提出翻译文献规范化的机制。然后将该机制应用于H.C.的中文翻译的历史回顾。安徒生的故事，希望对翻译文学经典化的动态和复杂性以及翻译活动在此过程中扮演的角色提供一些见解。本文还试图表明翻译的历史记录应该是人本主义的。叙述者的观点和其他人为因素对于翻译历史的构成至关重要。