This present study explores the translators＇ sWle by comparing the linguisticfeatures of two English versions of Lianghuiwang of Mencius translated by both native andnonnative translators at the lexical and the synta...This present study explores the translators＇ sWle by comparing the linguisticfeatures of two English versions of Lianghuiwang of Mencius translated by both native andnonnative translators at the lexical and the syntactic level respectively. The findings indicatethat the Chinese translator,Wu Guozhen, takes a more target - reader oriented style by payingnlore attention to the vocabulary richness and structural variety. In contrast, the Americantranslator, Bloom,is more source - text centered by following the vocabulary choice and wordorder of the source text more closely. The analysis of the translated text through the corpus canobjectively,systematically,and effectively reveal the linguistic features of the translation text,thus reveal the translator＇s style. The method and findings of the present study can shed somelight on the English translation theory and practice of the Chinese classics in the new era.展开更多
基金supported by Supervisor Academic Guidance Project of Shanghai International Studies University(201601052)Shanghai Gaofeng Ⅰ Discipline(Foreign Linguistics and Literature)Construction Project+1 种基金Chinese University Research Projects of Foreign Language Instruction(Project No.LN20150030A)13th Five-Year Education Science Planning Project of Liaoning Province(Project No.JG16DB067)
文摘This present study explores the translators＇ sWle by comparing the linguisticfeatures of two English versions of Lianghuiwang of Mencius translated by both native andnonnative translators at the lexical and the syntactic level respectively. The findings indicatethat the Chinese translator,Wu Guozhen, takes a more target - reader oriented style by payingnlore attention to the vocabulary richness and structural variety. In contrast, the Americantranslator, Bloom,is more source - text centered by following the vocabulary choice and wordorder of the source text more closely. The analysis of the translated text through the corpus canobjectively,systematically,and effectively reveal the linguistic features of the translation text,thus reveal the translator＇s style. The method and findings of the present study can shed somelight on the English translation theory and practice of the Chinese classics in the new era.
