Poems are the products of national culture, and A Dream of Red Mansions (A DRM) is the collection of Chinese culture in the era when the novel was written, so poems in A DRM express a wealth of cultural messages. Acco...Poems are the products of national culture, and A Dream of Red Mansions (A DRM) is the collection of Chinese culture in the era when the novel was written, so poems in A DRM express a wealth of cultural messages. According to the Limits of Translatability raised by Catford in 1965, cultural untranslatability occurs when a relevant situational feature for the SL text is absent in the TL. So this paper aims to find problems of cultranslation of poems in A DRM, and tries to further restrict cultural untranslatability by applying compensation strategies.展开更多
The main goal of this paper is to show how the way German culture shaped itself through translation of foreign cultural elements can be seen as a paradigm for identity forming in general when one considers the aspects...The main goal of this paper is to show how the way German culture shaped itself through translation of foreign cultural elements can be seen as a paradigm for identity forming in general when one considers the aspects of imitation and re-accentuation of foreign cultural elements as a vital factor in inter-cultural communication in which translation of one system’s language into the language of another one plays an important role in the interactive process of understanding each other but,at the same time,being able to draw a distinction between one’s own cultural system and the foreign one(s).Taking the examples of Johann Gottlieb Fichte’s plan to establish a German cultural system based on a shared German language,this paper will go on to examine translation processes,such as Schleiermacher’s translation of Plato into German and Heidegger’s translation of Plato into Heideggerian terminology in order to show certain mechanisms in translation that introduce foreign cultural elements into a cultural system by altering them linguistically.Johann Fischart’s Rabelais translation will be looked at to show how a French text is turned into a uniquely self-referential German text that changes everything French into German cultural symbols to radically move away from the foreign original.Surprisingly the introduction of foreign elements into a cultural system increases the likelihood to establish a cultural identity by increasing the self-referentiality and reflexivity of the cultural system through increasing the number of cultural symbols that the system can refer to.Moreover,this self-refernetiality is beneficial to the stability of the system.展开更多
Culture and language are close bounded.Cultural similarities provide a basis for translation and cultural exchange.It is widely agreed that cultural differences pose the greatest difficulties in translation.Cultural d...Culture and language are close bounded.Cultural similarities provide a basis for translation and cultural exchange.It is widely agreed that cultural differences pose the greatest difficulties in translation.Cultural difference can be categorized into cultural blank and cultural conflict.When translating cultural otherness,different translators employ different translating strategies which are determined by translators' idiosyncrasy,either to preserve or transform cultural images.展开更多
From the methodological perspective, the thesis summarized leisure tea act, judging-time tea act to map translator's style. Through investigations on all these, the thesis succeeded in confirming the translator...From the methodological perspective, the thesis summarized leisure tea act, judging-time tea act to map translator's style. Through investigations on all these, the thesis succeeded in confirming the translator's styles and pinpointing cultural identity as essential factors influencing their styles. Hopefully, this could help to provide a new angle of view to make research on translator's style. Moreover, the thesis wishes that with analysis of tea culture in Hong Lou Meng the translation of tea relevant acts receive greater priority in the Chinese Classics Translation.展开更多
Li Po’s poems have been translated and disseminated internationally for hundreds of years.His poems about“jiu”have attracted many Western readers’attention after translation and introduction.Based on Li Po’s poem...Li Po’s poems have been translated and disseminated internationally for hundreds of years.His poems about“jiu”have attracted many Western readers’attention after translation and introduction.Based on Li Po’s poems,this paper proves the fact that Li Po’s Jiu poems play an important role in the international communication of Chinese Jiu culture.With Chinese culture’s“going out”,translators should translate the types of Chinese Jiu and drinking vessels as well as the drinking customs more accurately,so as to make western readers realize the significance of Li Po’s Jiu poems for understanding Chinese Jiu culture.展开更多
In the article Owen’s and Yang Guobin’s English versions of Wenxin Diaolong are compared from the perspective of a translator’s identity.Owen is a translator of A-merican origin while Yang Guobin is of Chinese orig...In the article Owen’s and Yang Guobin’s English versions of Wenxin Diaolong are compared from the perspective of a translator’s identity.Owen is a translator of A-merican origin while Yang Guobin is of Chinese origin.Their multiple identity as a reader,author,creator and cultural communicator differs much from each other,which produces important influences upon the selection of the strategy of translation.Owen prefers foreignizing translation while Yang favors domesticating translation.The English translation of Wenxin Diaolong provides much value for the research on the translation of Chinese classic literature.展开更多
Poem or verse is a kind of literary genre, which is ruled by syllable, tune and rhythm scheme, uses concise words, plentiful emotions and rich phenomenon to highly give the picture of social life and spiritual world. ...Poem or verse is a kind of literary genre, which is ruled by syllable, tune and rhythm scheme, uses concise words, plentiful emotions and rich phenomenon to highly give the picture of social life and spiritual world. In ancient China, musical poems were called songs, while poems without music verses. To translate poems is inevitable. This paper begins from poem translation and chooses theory of translation as bedding in order to discuss how to translate poems and various meanings of poems at different cultural background.It is divided into three parts. The first part tells theory to know more about translation. The second part analyzes poems of three dynasties by way of exploring historical materials, making the foundation to go on. The third part researches features of poem translation.展开更多
The enlightened person of The May Fourth Movement are not properly regarded Chinese culture and Western culture as the source of China’s backwardness from the angle of post-colonial theory.This thesis will analyse th...The enlightened person of The May Fourth Movement are not properly regarded Chinese culture and Western culture as the source of China’s backwardness from the angle of post-colonial theory.This thesis will analyse the cause and effect of post-colonial translation theory.Through full and accurate material analysis,this finding will give implication to the future translation of Chinese classics.展开更多
If translation has such far-reaching social effects such as contributing to social reproduction and change in forming cultural identity,it seems significant to adopt a translation ethical principle to evaluate these e...If translation has such far-reaching social effects such as contributing to social reproduction and change in forming cultural identity,it seems significant to adopt a translation ethical principle to evaluate these effects,confirm whether they are good or bad and consider whether the formed cultural identities are ethical.Venuti resorts to minoritizing translation,argues for releasing "language remainder" which develops into translation ethics--"Ethics of Difference".To put to work these strategies could form cultural identities both for source-language culture and target-language culture.展开更多
文摘Poems are the products of national culture, and A Dream of Red Mansions (A DRM) is the collection of Chinese culture in the era when the novel was written, so poems in A DRM express a wealth of cultural messages. According to the Limits of Translatability raised by Catford in 1965, cultural untranslatability occurs when a relevant situational feature for the SL text is absent in the TL. So this paper aims to find problems of cultranslation of poems in A DRM, and tries to further restrict cultural untranslatability by applying compensation strategies.
文摘The main goal of this paper is to show how the way German culture shaped itself through translation of foreign cultural elements can be seen as a paradigm for identity forming in general when one considers the aspects of imitation and re-accentuation of foreign cultural elements as a vital factor in inter-cultural communication in which translation of one system’s language into the language of another one plays an important role in the interactive process of understanding each other but,at the same time,being able to draw a distinction between one’s own cultural system and the foreign one(s).Taking the examples of Johann Gottlieb Fichte’s plan to establish a German cultural system based on a shared German language,this paper will go on to examine translation processes,such as Schleiermacher’s translation of Plato into German and Heidegger’s translation of Plato into Heideggerian terminology in order to show certain mechanisms in translation that introduce foreign cultural elements into a cultural system by altering them linguistically.Johann Fischart’s Rabelais translation will be looked at to show how a French text is turned into a uniquely self-referential German text that changes everything French into German cultural symbols to radically move away from the foreign original.Surprisingly the introduction of foreign elements into a cultural system increases the likelihood to establish a cultural identity by increasing the self-referentiality and reflexivity of the cultural system through increasing the number of cultural symbols that the system can refer to.Moreover,this self-refernetiality is beneficial to the stability of the system.
文摘Culture and language are close bounded.Cultural similarities provide a basis for translation and cultural exchange.It is widely agreed that cultural differences pose the greatest difficulties in translation.Cultural difference can be categorized into cultural blank and cultural conflict.When translating cultural otherness,different translators employ different translating strategies which are determined by translators' idiosyncrasy,either to preserve or transform cultural images.
文摘From the methodological perspective, the thesis summarized leisure tea act, judging-time tea act to map translator's style. Through investigations on all these, the thesis succeeded in confirming the translator's styles and pinpointing cultural identity as essential factors influencing their styles. Hopefully, this could help to provide a new angle of view to make research on translator's style. Moreover, the thesis wishes that with analysis of tea culture in Hong Lou Meng the translation of tea relevant acts receive greater priority in the Chinese Classics Translation.
基金This essay is an achievement of the project“The International Dissemination of Chinese Jiu Culture Based on Li Po and Du Fu’s Poems”(CJCB2019-05)funded by Research Center for International Transmission of Sichuan Liquor Culture“Ideological and Political Education in English and American Literature Courses”(BKJX2019073)supported by Chengdu University of Information Technology.
文摘Li Po’s poems have been translated and disseminated internationally for hundreds of years.His poems about“jiu”have attracted many Western readers’attention after translation and introduction.Based on Li Po’s poems,this paper proves the fact that Li Po’s Jiu poems play an important role in the international communication of Chinese Jiu culture.With Chinese culture’s“going out”,translators should translate the types of Chinese Jiu and drinking vessels as well as the drinking customs more accurately,so as to make western readers realize the significance of Li Po’s Jiu poems for understanding Chinese Jiu culture.
基金supported by the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Program of the Ministry of Education in 2016(16YJA740013)the major program of Teaching Research of Anhui Province(2016jyxm0798)+2 种基金the program of Foreign Languages Teaching and Research of National Institutions of Higher Learning(2015AH0034A)the Specialized Fund for the Basic Research Program for the Central Universities(JS2015HGXJ0074)the Philosophy and Social Sciences Program of Hefei University of Technology(2017)
文摘In the article Owen’s and Yang Guobin’s English versions of Wenxin Diaolong are compared from the perspective of a translator’s identity.Owen is a translator of A-merican origin while Yang Guobin is of Chinese origin.Their multiple identity as a reader,author,creator and cultural communicator differs much from each other,which produces important influences upon the selection of the strategy of translation.Owen prefers foreignizing translation while Yang favors domesticating translation.The English translation of Wenxin Diaolong provides much value for the research on the translation of Chinese classic literature.
文摘Poem or verse is a kind of literary genre, which is ruled by syllable, tune and rhythm scheme, uses concise words, plentiful emotions and rich phenomenon to highly give the picture of social life and spiritual world. In ancient China, musical poems were called songs, while poems without music verses. To translate poems is inevitable. This paper begins from poem translation and chooses theory of translation as bedding in order to discuss how to translate poems and various meanings of poems at different cultural background.It is divided into three parts. The first part tells theory to know more about translation. The second part analyzes poems of three dynasties by way of exploring historical materials, making the foundation to go on. The third part researches features of poem translation.
文摘The enlightened person of The May Fourth Movement are not properly regarded Chinese culture and Western culture as the source of China’s backwardness from the angle of post-colonial theory.This thesis will analyse the cause and effect of post-colonial translation theory.Through full and accurate material analysis,this finding will give implication to the future translation of Chinese classics.
文摘If translation has such far-reaching social effects such as contributing to social reproduction and change in forming cultural identity,it seems significant to adopt a translation ethical principle to evaluate these effects,confirm whether they are good or bad and consider whether the formed cultural identities are ethical.Venuti resorts to minoritizing translation,argues for releasing "language remainder" which develops into translation ethics--"Ethics of Difference".To put to work these strategies could form cultural identities both for source-language culture and target-language culture.
