人二自介｜人二譯社搞邊科：人二・二人・仁義

2021 年 3 月 16 日

某年暑假到翻譯公司實習，希望能多揣摩各領域的優秀翻譯。實習過後，老闆問「係咪學到好多嘢呢？」，我卻只能禮貌地微笑。嗯，還是學到一點東西的。比如說，不要對翻譯公司發給譯者的薪酬有太大期望，也不要對如此環境下的翻譯質素有過多執著。身為翻譯系畢業生，在只要懂兩種語言就能應徵譯者的年代，如何秉持對語言的堅持，實在是種修煉。

「人二譯社」，當中「人二」合而為「介」。「介」，意即「兩者之間」，對應英文「InBetween」，又有「引介、中介」之意，指的是譯者不僅能流暢運用兩種語言，更能遊走於兩種語言之間，梳理當中沙石，打破文化隔閡，與作者二人共舞，成為原文作者與譯文讀者間的牽線人。說來浪漫，但實踐起來並非易事。如何掌握原文的語調、目的、風格，也是一門學問。而譯者本身也處於「in-between」的狀態，既要隱去自身風格，傳達作者訊息，也難免帶有主觀詮釋和判斷。如何平衡兩者，也是專業的體現。

啊，最重要的，還是心存「仁」、「義」，在紛亂的時代做好工作，尊重專業，同時莫忘以自己的力量幫助有需要的人。

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