本篇文章主要以班雅明對在城市大街上無所事事，卻以獨具的洞察力觀照四周事物的「漫遊者」的見解、另類的「彌賽亞時間觀」以及對「翻譯者」的觀點來探討不同語言相互間翻譯的議題。班雅明在談翻譯這個議題時，似乎將「漫遊者」的角色類比為一位「翻譯者」的職責。為何「翻譯者」的角色會和「漫遊者」扯上關聯？他們之間有何相似之處？時間的歷史性要如何與擺盪在可翻譯性與不可翻譯性之間的語言產生連結？這些問題都會在本文章中論及與探討。

This paper aims to examine the issue of translation (from source language to target language) through Benjamin's thought of flâneur, a wandering city stroller with momentary but insightful vision, and of messianic time, a new conception of historical time. Benjamin seemingly analogizes the role of flâneur to that of translator. In what sense can we say that the task of translator is like that of flâneur? Does both of them have something in common? How is a new concept of historical time correlated with the ambiguity of language oscillating between translatability and non-translatability? These issues will be covered and explored in this paper.