Report on the Translation of The Art of War——A Comparison with Giles’ Mistranslations

With the rapid development of globalization,the world is deepening the links in various areas,such as politics,trade and culture.Culture serves the spirit and soul of a nation.To promote the common prosperity of culture,the whole world should strengthen the communication and exchanges with each other.The translation of Chinese classics plays a key role in the cultural ex⁃changes.The Art of War,written by Sun Tzu in Spring and Autumn period,is the earliest work of military science extant in the world.It has expounded the military strategies from a deep insight and in a comprehensive way.The study of this book is still of great importance now since the strategies it offered can be used in various areas.The thesis is based on the first five chapters the writer has translated.Lionel Giles,M.A.’s version plays an important role in cross culture communication.However,there still ex⁃ist some mistranslations.The writer provided her understanding and offered her English version by comparison with Giles’in the hope of deepening her translation study as well as providing some reference to foreigners interested in this book and ones that are interested in translation study.

Possible Truths Inside Mistranslations―An Attempt at Understanding Mistranslations

This paper examines five cases of mistranslation to shed light on the deliverability and truthfulness of mistranslations.In some cases,a“mistranslation”turns out to be a brilliant translation.Case 1:At a meeting for the UN Security Council Resolution 242,an intentional mistranslation may have been conducted between English and French texts,so Arab nations and Israel would agree.Case 2:At the time of the Sino-Japan diplomatic normalization,Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka made an apology to China that was mistranslated into something banal sounding.Case 3:During his US visit to see President Reagan,Japanese Prime Minister Nakasone’s remarks for an aircraft carrier were mistranslated.Case 4:In TPP negotiations,an ultimatum was pronounced by a Japanese interpreter,although the Japanese negotiator had not said it.Case 5:At a Japanese event,a supposedly deaf composer was dubbed a“digital-age Beethoven”in English;but he replaced it with a“modern-day Beethoven”in Japanese to make himself sound more significant.In hindsight,some cases of mistranslations are hard to judge as mistakes.However,identifying mistranslations helps reveal cultural differences and complicated political differences,and can help improve the quality of translation and interpretation.

商务英语常见误译例析

笔者在商务英语教学中，从英语专业学生的笔头或口头翻译练习中发现，外贸英语中有一些使用十分频繁的词汇很容易被学生误译，原因是他们在学习时较注意商务英语与文学英语的不同，却忽略了商务英语中相同的单词在不同情况下的不同含义。现将这些单词的不同用法和含义试加...

A Cultural Analysis of Pound's Mistranslation in the Poem "Blue, blue is the Grass

Ezra Pound is one of the founders of the American Imagist poetry, and Chinese Classic Poetry happened to be a great stimulus as the Renaissance from the Greeks to this poetry movement. Pound, who was deeply fascinated by Chinese poetry, has rendered many into English. Yet due to cultural differences, Pound’s translation has a lot of mistakes. And this paper aims at a cultural analysis of the mistranslation on a certain text to display its influence upon the Imagist Movement in the history of American Poetry.

Causes of Mistranslation in English and the Remedial Measures

Mistranslation is a very common phenomenon in the process of English translation.Some translations seem right but actually wrong.It is said that to the Chinese they are right but to the foreigners they do not conform to their customs.Mistranslation may appear in many fields and the causes of mistranslation are also various.This paper takes some examples of mistranslation in technology and tourism English.It also analyses the causes of mistranslation in English through examples.Finally,the corresponding remedial measures are followed.

Study on Lin Shu’s“Mistranslation”From the Perspective of Translation Ethics

From the appearance of ethics,it has the similar meaning of morality,but the latter one emphasizes more on the study of human’s behaviors,while the ethics would focus on the discussion of moral ethical norms for individuals and the whole society.As one of the most influential translators in late Qing China,Lin Shu makes his great efforts on introducing western literature and new thoughts to China.Referring to the study of Lin’s translations,it always mixed with praises and criticisms,therefore the“faithfulness”in his translations or not would be the main point to discuss.From the perspective of translation ethics,it is mainly explored the cause of“mistranslation”in Lin Shu’s translated works in late Qing China.

English translation of ancient codes and records from the perspective of the semantic domain --Taking the two English editions of ＂Exploitation of the Works of Nature＂ as an example

The semantic domain, as the region of a word or a sememe occupied in the semantic field, can provide theoretical guidance for the word selection of the translation in the English translation of the ancient codes and records. With the two English versions of the ancient code of science and technology ＂Exploitation of the Works of Nature＂, by introducing the concept of the semantic domain, the author divides the biased errors in the translation of the English versions of ＂Exploitation of the Works of Nature＂ into three categories of the migration of the semantic domain, the reduction of the semantic domain and the expansion of the semantic domain, which are illustrated respectively. We find that the boundaries of the semantic domains of the words in the scientific and technological codes and books are usually clear. Therefore, when selecting the translation words, we must choose the foreign words with the same semantic field, to prevent the unnecessary translation errors, which will affect the overseas dissemination of the scientific and technological classics.

A Post-colonialism Approach to Intentional Mistranslation-Comparative Study of Two English Versions of Shuo Ren

Mistranslation has always been received with negative reactions among the translation community for a long time.Post-colonial translation theory forms an intersection with translatology and brings translation studies from linguistics to the hidden factors such as politics,cultures and aesthetics that influence the formation of translations.From the perspective of post-colonial translation theory,this article makes comparisons with intentional mistranslation among the two English versions of Shuo Ren,and analyzes the causes that affect the intentional mistranslation of different translators.In conclusion,translators in strong cultures may misuse intentional mistranslation to“dump”their own culture,political views,or religious beliefs,so as to promote cultural aggression against the colonized or former colonial countries.In addition,domestic translators should adopt appropriate intentional mistranslation to ensure more acceptance and spreading of Chinese culture in the world.

An Analysis of English-Chinese Mistranslation in News English

Mistranslation of news English happens repeatedly.This paper mainly analyses the classifications of mistranslation in terms of linguistic elements and nonlinguistic elements.

Towards New Translation Guidelines of C-E Translation of Materials for International Publicity

The C-E translation of International Publicity in China plays a vital role in cultural and economic development in themulticultural context.This article aims at discussing how to improve the translation quality as well as the translation strategies forimproving the acceptability of the target texts to enhance cultural soft power of China.

Great efforts are needed to develop primary medical service in China: correcting the mistranslation of “Primary Health Care” as the first step

This article aims to discuss how the mistranslation of“Primary Health Care”takes an adverse effect on the conceptual understanding of primary medical service and the development of medical and health services in China's Mainland.The mistranslation of“Primary”among the public,leadership,and scholars in the field of medicine can lead to a misunderstanding on the real concept as“entry level.”Therefore,it is of significant importance to dispel the misunderstanding and free our minds so as to vigorously develop the primary health care and general practice system.