Gendered Translator:Subjectivity and Construction of Identity

Translators' identities and status have been remaining unnoticed for quite a long time in conventional translation studies. 'Faithfulness' definitely works as a bondage to translators' subjectivity. Visible translators and gendered translators suggest an image of full emancipation. From the perspective of feminist translation theory,the article tries to surpass the paradigm of hermeneutics and reception theory in the study of translator's subjectivity for a reconsideration of the issue. The construction of translators' identity through translation proves to be a very representation of their subjectivity. By 'thick translation',translators turn diverse meta-texts into many sites of construction of specific identities.