Analysis of the translators’ social and psychological trends from the perspective of intertextuality

Abstract

Translation is an intertextual and cross-cultural communication. It refers not only to the representation of source-text information on the perspective of intertextuality, but also a social activity which is closely linked to the mental activities of the translators. From the theory of intertextuality and translation psychology, the paper aims to study and discover translators’ social and psychological trends during the process of translating. And it also analyzes many factors that effect translators’ social and psychological changes as well as the impact on the translation process and its result that is caused by translators’ mental activities.