Specification for Translation Service - Part 1: Translation (GB/T19363.1-2003), China’s first national standard involving translation service, was drafted jointly by the China Association for Standardi/ation, the Tra...Specification for Translation Service - Part 1: Translation (GB/T19363.1-2003), China’s first national standard involving translation service, was drafted jointly by the China Association for Standardi/ation, the Translators Association of China and China Translation and Publishing Corporation. It attracted much attention from the visitors at the "China Translation Achievements Exhibition"-the first large-scale and professional exhibi-tion in the translation field domestically and internationally. Ms. Betty Cohen, Chairman of International Federation of Translators, expressed much interest in the China Voluntary National Standard in Chinese and English Versions.展开更多
Katharina Reiss put forward the functionalist translation theory in 1970 s.It promotes the status of the translators and provides options that translators could get in order to make the good translation.As China' ...Katharina Reiss put forward the functionalist translation theory in 1970 s.It promotes the status of the translators and provides options that translators could get in order to make the good translation.As China' s military treasure,The Art of War exerts great influence on the military development for its profound theory and careful logic.Combined with the theory,the paper finds different strategies in translating the military terminology of the cases.展开更多
With the guidance of reception theory, based on the corpus of James Legge, the LCC and D. C. Lau's versions of Mencius, a comparative study will be conducted on the key philosophical term: Ren. After comparison, r...With the guidance of reception theory, based on the corpus of James Legge, the LCC and D. C. Lau's versions of Mencius, a comparative study will be conducted on the key philosophical term: Ren. After comparison, reasons for the differences will be stated. Targeting at missionaries, James adopted the 19 century old English and strived for faithfulness. Lau's translation work is of high academic value and receives good comments popularly in western sinology circle, being considered as the exemplary work for translating Chinese classics into English. Zhao et al. translated Mencius for modern readers, who might have acquired more knowledge of China and want to learn something about Mencius. Quantitative analysis shows that Ren appears 157 times in Mencius, and"benevolent/benevolence"gains a dominant position in these three versions.展开更多
Chinese translations of American poet Emily Dickinson's poems have flourished recently in China. However, these translations have been of little value in assisting readers to interpret Emily Dickinson's Englis...Chinese translations of American poet Emily Dickinson's poems have flourished recently in China. However, these translations have been of little value in assisting readers to interpret Emily Dickinson's English version of poems. Without the equivalent English versions of Emily Dickinson, these translators have been assuming a self-important role of being the best translation. Some of Pulong's translations have been analyzed to show that the best translation should be arranged in the following orders: first, the English version of the poem, and then the Chinese translation, followed by notes and interpretations. No translation can substitute the original English poems and Chinese translations can only serve the purpose of assisting Chinese readers know more about the English poems.展开更多
The concept of"ren"(仁) in The Analects of Confucius is at the core of Confucianism and has acquired rich connotations and a dis-tinguished position. Enormous differences in cultural background between the E...The concept of"ren"(仁) in The Analects of Confucius is at the core of Confucianism and has acquired rich connotations and a dis-tinguished position. Enormous differences in cultural background between the East and the West, however, result in varied under-standings of"ren". In this paper, a detailed comparison between Ku Hung-ming's translation of The Analects of Confucius andthat of James Legge's is made to analyze the the impact of different cultural background on the understanding and translation of"ren"in the relevant contexts. It is concluded that cultural difference exerts a great influence on the English versions of The Ana-lects of Confucius.展开更多
文摘Specification for Translation Service - Part 1: Translation (GB/T19363.1-2003), China’s first national standard involving translation service, was drafted jointly by the China Association for Standardi/ation, the Translators Association of China and China Translation and Publishing Corporation. It attracted much attention from the visitors at the "China Translation Achievements Exhibition"-the first large-scale and professional exhibi-tion in the translation field domestically and internationally. Ms. Betty Cohen, Chairman of International Federation of Translators, expressed much interest in the China Voluntary National Standard in Chinese and English Versions.
文摘Katharina Reiss put forward the functionalist translation theory in 1970 s.It promotes the status of the translators and provides options that translators could get in order to make the good translation.As China' s military treasure,The Art of War exerts great influence on the military development for its profound theory and careful logic.Combined with the theory,the paper finds different strategies in translating the military terminology of the cases.
文摘With the guidance of reception theory, based on the corpus of James Legge, the LCC and D. C. Lau's versions of Mencius, a comparative study will be conducted on the key philosophical term: Ren. After comparison, reasons for the differences will be stated. Targeting at missionaries, James adopted the 19 century old English and strived for faithfulness. Lau's translation work is of high academic value and receives good comments popularly in western sinology circle, being considered as the exemplary work for translating Chinese classics into English. Zhao et al. translated Mencius for modern readers, who might have acquired more knowledge of China and want to learn something about Mencius. Quantitative analysis shows that Ren appears 157 times in Mencius, and"benevolent/benevolence"gains a dominant position in these three versions.
文摘Chinese translations of American poet Emily Dickinson's poems have flourished recently in China. However, these translations have been of little value in assisting readers to interpret Emily Dickinson's English version of poems. Without the equivalent English versions of Emily Dickinson, these translators have been assuming a self-important role of being the best translation. Some of Pulong's translations have been analyzed to show that the best translation should be arranged in the following orders: first, the English version of the poem, and then the Chinese translation, followed by notes and interpretations. No translation can substitute the original English poems and Chinese translations can only serve the purpose of assisting Chinese readers know more about the English poems.
文摘The concept of"ren"(仁) in The Analects of Confucius is at the core of Confucianism and has acquired rich connotations and a dis-tinguished position. Enormous differences in cultural background between the East and the West, however, result in varied under-standings of"ren". In this paper, a detailed comparison between Ku Hung-ming's translation of The Analects of Confucius andthat of James Legge's is made to analyze the the impact of different cultural background on the understanding and translation of"ren"in the relevant contexts. It is concluded that cultural difference exerts a great influence on the English versions of The Ana-lects of Confucius.
