学术翻译是一件功德无量的事业,柏拉图著作的汉译尤其嘉惠学界。但柏拉图写的几乎都是哲学戏剧,因此翻译中的“信”首先要求在文风、文体等方面忠实于原著,并需要从文学和古典学的角度,而非仅仅从哲学的角度进入柏拉图思想,这样的翻译和理解或许才是真正的“回到柏拉图”。 Academic translation is a merit-based undertaking. The translation of Plato’s works is especially beneficial to the academic circle. However, Plato almost always wrote philosophical drama. Therefore, the “letter” in translation firstly demanded that it should be faithful to the original texts, style and other aspects, and need to enter Plato’s thought from the perspective of literature and classical science instead of just from a philosophical point of view. Such translation and understanding may be the real “back to Plato.”