Translator s subjectivity under George Steiner s hermeneutic translation theory——a case study of two Chinese versions of Tess;

In this thesis,two selected English versions of Tao Te Ching which were translated by Arthur Waley and Gu Zhengkun are compared on the basis of George Steiner\'s Hermeneutic Translation Theory,with the purpose to systematically analyze the embodiment of the translator\'s subjectivity in the process of translating Tao Te Ching.

However,as far as C-E poetry translation is concerned,hermeneutic approach would betray some disadvantages by fixing the integration mode,freezing the logical relations of images,weakening the rhetorical effectiveness and ruining the original sense of poetry.