Since the main purposes of translation lies in expressing to the target readers both the message and the aesthetic value of the source text and making the readers ideologically inspired and aesthetically entertained,L...Since the main purposes of translation lies in expressing to the target readers both the message and the aesthetic value of the source text and making the readers ideologically inspired and aesthetically entertained,Lin Yutang conclusively sum up that the aesthetic criteria in translation should be faithfulness,expressiveness and beauty throughout his translation practices.This thesis mainly focus on the aesthetic criteria of Lin's translation as well as the aesthetic reproduction in his translation which illustrates the unity reached in Lin's translation in terms of both the aesthetic features and the loyalty to the meaning.展开更多
The thesis explores Lin Yutang's translation practice from a microscopic perspective by means of the application of Lin's translation theory. It attempts to analyze Lin's translation characteristics and th...The thesis explores Lin Yutang's translation practice from a microscopic perspective by means of the application of Lin's translation theory. It attempts to analyze Lin's translation characteristics and the reason why he does so from the point of view of Lin's translation theory,basically two rules:fidelity rule and aesthetic beauty rule and evaluate Lin's translation.展开更多
Accredited as"Master of Humor",Lin Yutang is a world-famous translator,scholar and writer who was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature repectively in 1972 and 1973.His role of successfully intr...Accredited as"Master of Humor",Lin Yutang is a world-famous translator,scholar and writer who was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature repectively in 1972 and 1973.His role of successfully introducing Chinese culture to the West are compared to that of Jesuilt missionary Matteo Ricci,quoted The United Daily News of Taiwan,as saying(林太乙,1998).As a unique and an outstanding translator in Chinese history,Lin devotes his entire life to translating and writing in English,and has a profound impact on introducing Chinese Culture to the English-speaking world during the recent 100 years.He also put forward a systematic and sound set of translating theories which he himself abide by strictly in his own works.This small mini essay will touch upon Lin Yutang’s translation,his ideas about translation,his influences,the connections between his writing and translation.Among his various achievements,this essay attempts to probe into Lin Yutang‘s translation theories,especially that of"Domestication".展开更多
Lin Shu is one of China's most influential translators. He initiated modem literary translation in China, and his translations imported new ideas, literary concepts, styles and techniques from the West. These, in ...Lin Shu is one of China's most influential translators. He initiated modem literary translation in China, and his translations imported new ideas, literary concepts, styles and techniques from the West. These, in turn, influenced the emergence and development of modern Chinese literature. Nevertheless, Lin Shu and his translations have been belittled and even dismissed for various reasons over the years. The emergence and development of target/culture-oriented translation theories offer the possibility of re-assessing Lin Shu and his translations. This thesis concentrates on Lin Shu's translation strategy beyond the equivalence, termed"Poetic Equivalence", namely Liu Shu's adaptation of the original. It includes adaptation, omission, addition, alteration and abridgment, which is often regarded as untruthful to the original and is thus often criticized. In fact, the translation strategy of Lin Shu was mostly based on his attention to the needs of the Chinese culture and the acceptability by the Chinese readers.展开更多
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 indi...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.展开更多
An review of the similarities and disparities on the ideas of translation between Lin Yutang’s translation principle and German Functional School’s Skopos Theory finds that,for the three rules in both theories,two r...An review of the similarities and disparities on the ideas of translation between Lin Yutang’s translation principle and German Functional School’s Skopos Theory finds that,for the three rules in both theories,two rules which involve fidelity and smoothness/coherence share some similarities.Though both Lin and Skopos Theory argue that fidelity and smoothness/coher?ence are significant indicators for translation,their focus and priority are not identical.Lin stresses the importance of beauty while Skopos Theory focuses on the skopos of the translation.Lin’s translation rules are more suitable for literature translation,while Skopos Theory is more popular among those who conduct instrumental translation and documentary translation.展开更多
Six Chapters of a Floating Life is an elegant autobiographical prose. The English version of Lin Yutang is honored as one of the classic translations. As the first translator to embrace"aestheticism"from the...Six Chapters of a Floating Life is an elegant autobiographical prose. The English version of Lin Yutang is honored as one of the classic translations. As the first translator to embrace"aestheticism"from the perspective of translation in Chinese history,Lin Yutang put for ward three standards for translation, namely,"fidelity, coherence and beauty", and proposed translation aesthetics in his article On Translation. By interpreting Lin's translation work of Six Chapters of a Floating Life from the aesthetic aspect,this paper analyzes Lin Yutang's standards for"aesthetic"translation, which refers to the beauty of sound, sense, conception, form and spirit, and also reveals his enlightening contribution to translation theory construction.展开更多
Cultural exchange is of great importance to the development of civilization. Lin Yutang,a literary giant,not only has significant impact on the development of Chinese modern literature,but also leaves a profound influ...Cultural exchange is of great importance to the development of civilization. Lin Yutang,a literary giant,not only has significant impact on the development of Chinese modern literature,but also leaves a profound influence on the cultural exchange between China and the West. Lin has received western education since an early age. After reaching adulthood he attains accomplishment in Chinese traditional culture,through which he acquires deep understanding of both cultures. On the one hand,Lin's description of Chinese society and Chinese people,high praise of humorous style,and innovation of translation concept,all contribute considerably to the communication between Chinese and western culture. On the other hand,its negative effect can't be ignored. The false description in his works leaves a deep- rooted cultural prejudice against Chinese in westerners.展开更多
From the translation theoretical strategies of"domestication"and"foreignization",Lin Yutang's translation of Six Chapters of a Floating Life provides three ways to deal with the cultural differ...From the translation theoretical strategies of"domestication"and"foreignization",Lin Yutang's translation of Six Chapters of a Floating Life provides three ways to deal with the cultural differences:using idiomatic expressions of the target language,retaining Chinese linguistic characteristics and changing the syntactic structures.His usage of simple but proper words and idiomatic expressions endows his translation with naturalness and fluency.Lin's culture attitude-a combination of both eastern and western culture.展开更多
文摘Since the main purposes of translation lies in expressing to the target readers both the message and the aesthetic value of the source text and making the readers ideologically inspired and aesthetically entertained,Lin Yutang conclusively sum up that the aesthetic criteria in translation should be faithfulness,expressiveness and beauty throughout his translation practices.This thesis mainly focus on the aesthetic criteria of Lin's translation as well as the aesthetic reproduction in his translation which illustrates the unity reached in Lin's translation in terms of both the aesthetic features and the loyalty to the meaning.
文摘The thesis explores Lin Yutang's translation practice from a microscopic perspective by means of the application of Lin's translation theory. It attempts to analyze Lin's translation characteristics and the reason why he does so from the point of view of Lin's translation theory,basically two rules:fidelity rule and aesthetic beauty rule and evaluate Lin's translation.
文摘Accredited as"Master of Humor",Lin Yutang is a world-famous translator,scholar and writer who was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature repectively in 1972 and 1973.His role of successfully introducing Chinese culture to the West are compared to that of Jesuilt missionary Matteo Ricci,quoted The United Daily News of Taiwan,as saying(林太乙,1998).As a unique and an outstanding translator in Chinese history,Lin devotes his entire life to translating and writing in English,and has a profound impact on introducing Chinese Culture to the English-speaking world during the recent 100 years.He also put forward a systematic and sound set of translating theories which he himself abide by strictly in his own works.This small mini essay will touch upon Lin Yutang’s translation,his ideas about translation,his influences,the connections between his writing and translation.Among his various achievements,this essay attempts to probe into Lin Yutang‘s translation theories,especially that of"Domestication".
文摘Lin Shu is one of China's most influential translators. He initiated modem literary translation in China, and his translations imported new ideas, literary concepts, styles and techniques from the West. These, in turn, influenced the emergence and development of modern Chinese literature. Nevertheless, Lin Shu and his translations have been belittled and even dismissed for various reasons over the years. The emergence and development of target/culture-oriented translation theories offer the possibility of re-assessing Lin Shu and his translations. This thesis concentrates on Lin Shu's translation strategy beyond the equivalence, termed"Poetic Equivalence", namely Liu Shu's adaptation of the original. It includes adaptation, omission, addition, alteration and abridgment, which is often regarded as untruthful to the original and is thus often criticized. In fact, the translation strategy of Lin Shu was mostly based on his attention to the needs of the Chinese culture and the acceptability by the Chinese readers.
基金This paper is funded by 2018 young innovative talents project of Guangdong ordinary colleges and universities(2018WQNCX062).
文摘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.
文摘An review of the similarities and disparities on the ideas of translation between Lin Yutang’s translation principle and German Functional School’s Skopos Theory finds that,for the three rules in both theories,two rules which involve fidelity and smoothness/coherence share some similarities.Though both Lin and Skopos Theory argue that fidelity and smoothness/coher?ence are significant indicators for translation,their focus and priority are not identical.Lin stresses the importance of beauty while Skopos Theory focuses on the skopos of the translation.Lin’s translation rules are more suitable for literature translation,while Skopos Theory is more popular among those who conduct instrumental translation and documentary translation.
文摘Six Chapters of a Floating Life is an elegant autobiographical prose. The English version of Lin Yutang is honored as one of the classic translations. As the first translator to embrace"aestheticism"from the perspective of translation in Chinese history,Lin Yutang put for ward three standards for translation, namely,"fidelity, coherence and beauty", and proposed translation aesthetics in his article On Translation. By interpreting Lin's translation work of Six Chapters of a Floating Life from the aesthetic aspect,this paper analyzes Lin Yutang's standards for"aesthetic"translation, which refers to the beauty of sound, sense, conception, form and spirit, and also reveals his enlightening contribution to translation theory construction.
基金granted by “The construction of Chinese Culture Translation Mode:A Comprehensive study of Lin Yutang’s English Works” (No 2012zs08) of Anhui Agricultural University humanities and social science research project“The English Translation of Chinese Metaphors Based on Besieged City and Its English Edition” (No 2008sk152) of the General Project of Liberal Arts of the Education Department of Anhui Province
文摘Cultural exchange is of great importance to the development of civilization. Lin Yutang,a literary giant,not only has significant impact on the development of Chinese modern literature,but also leaves a profound influence on the cultural exchange between China and the West. Lin has received western education since an early age. After reaching adulthood he attains accomplishment in Chinese traditional culture,through which he acquires deep understanding of both cultures. On the one hand,Lin's description of Chinese society and Chinese people,high praise of humorous style,and innovation of translation concept,all contribute considerably to the communication between Chinese and western culture. On the other hand,its negative effect can't be ignored. The false description in his works leaves a deep- rooted cultural prejudice against Chinese in westerners.
文摘From the translation theoretical strategies of"domestication"and"foreignization",Lin Yutang's translation of Six Chapters of a Floating Life provides three ways to deal with the cultural differences:using idiomatic expressions of the target language,retaining Chinese linguistic characteristics and changing the syntactic structures.His usage of simple but proper words and idiomatic expressions endows his translation with naturalness and fluency.Lin's culture attitude-a combination of both eastern and western culture.
