A Case Study of Periodical Terminologies’Mis-translations in History of Chinese Journalism by Ko Kung-chen under Analysis-Synthesis Translation Mode

From the perspective of analysis-synthesis translation mode,this paper discusses the translator’s responsibility and the translator’s role in the translation of historiography,based on the case of Ko Kung-chen’s History of Chinese Journalism.Missionary J.S.Roberts believed that translation is the logical combination of two processes of analysis and synthesis.The analysis process is characterized by understanding,emphasizing accurate understanding and professional analysis of the source text,while the synthesis process focuses on the transformation of language and culture.The two processes are dependent,forming the whole process of translation altogether.As the indisputable subject of translation,the translator should assume his own subjective responsibility in the two processes.The translator should be responsible for the fact and professional academics in the analysis process,and language and culture and translation itself in the synthesis process,playing the role of a reviewer,disseminator and translator to ensure that the translation text would be correct,accurate and professional so as to realize the value of himself and translation.

History of the discovery and clinical translation of prostate-specific antigen

1.Introduction In recent years,there has been considerable controversy concerning the discovery and translation into clinical practice of the prostate-specific antigen(PSA)[1e4].In this brief review,I offer the relevant historical facts as I believe them to be true.

A Report on C-E Translation of the Historical Novel Star Grass (the First Two Chapters)

The translator processes the preface,chapter I and II.The five kings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom are presented in a vivid way.The relations between these characters can be seen.The report’s content is CE translation of the novel.The semantic translation and communicative translation can be seen in the translation.The language feature and expressive habit of the historical novels.Domestication is adopted in translation of historic novels.The theme of the historical novels.The selected chapters are translated by the methods of image preservation,addition,reduction,image omission.Cultural words are translated by the method.Cultural image is abstract culture.Cultural linguistics categorize culture into material,system and psychology culture.Difference in cultural image in CE translation is reflected in image omission,image replacement and image preservation.

The History of the Former Han Dynasty:A Critical Translation with Annotations Translated by Homer Hasenpflug Dubs

Translation is an important medium of cultural communication.It is not a mere transfer of two languages,but the interaction of two cultures.Cultural misreading,which results from cultural discrepancy and translator’s subjectivity,truly reflects where the blockade and conflict in the cultural communication is.Cultural misreading is an objective phenomenon that exists in the entire process of translation.This paper intends to make a comprehensive analysis and discussion on The History of the Former Han Dynasty:a Critical Translation with Annotations translated by Homer Hasenpflug Dubs.As for the reasons of cultural misreading,this paper divides them into three types—language,thinking habit,traditional culture.It is to be hoped that this paper will draw more attention from the translation circle to the phenomena,and make contribution to the development of literary translation.

The Earliest Translations of Chinese Fiction into English Focus on The General History of China

The first works of Chinese vernacular fiction available in the West were published 1735,when the French Jesuit Jean-Baptiste Du Halde compiled translations of three pieces of Chinese vernacular fiction from Jingu qiguan(Marvels Ancient and Modern).These were later translated into English in The General History of China(1736)edited by John Watts.The three stories are"Lu Dalang gives money to re-unite his family","Zhuangzi bangs a drum and becomes an immortal",and"The bad servant sues his master because of a private grudge".The stories are framed by a dual purpose:they were a means to understand the nature of Chinese society,and they were also a pivot in the changing views of China.The moral content of the stories is played out in ambiguous ways,varying between simplistic moral lessons of good and bad rewards for good and bad deeds,and a more amoral tone.

Development Process of Machine Translation during 1930s-1970s

Machine Translation are increasingly welcomed and used during recent years with the commonly application of Internet and the acceleration of the integration of world economy. To know about the history and development process of Machine Translation during 1930s-1970 s could help researchers gain new insights through restudying old material.

Discussion on Chinese Ancient Literature Translation Based on the English Translation of the Book of Songs

The Book of Songs is an important part of Chinese traditional culture and enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad.This article is based on Turi’s theory of translation norms,and takes the English translation of The Book of Songs·Jing Jing by Richard Jacob and Xu Yuanchong as the research object.Comparative studies are made on the historical nature of understanding,the normativeness of translation,and the application of the fusion of horizons in the two versions of the Book of Songs.Incorporating history into translation brings the translation closer to the roots of history.The comparative research method proposed in this article can be widely used in various ancient literature studies,and has important theoretical and application values.

Relationship between Translation and Social Elements

Translation can not exist alone. It must be carried out by its agent that is under multiple influence of history, culture,power and other social elements for he is exactly the product of society. Meanwhile, those elements also change and evolve with the development of translation. The relationship between them can be considered as rather delicate and sophisticated.

Diabetes:A Transcultural History of a Disease Concept in the Late Qing and Republican China

In the past few years,the medical knowledge transfer in a West-East direction has attracted increased scholarly attention from European and American historians,whereas studies on such“knowledge travels”conducted in the East Asian context focus mainly on political and socio-cultural concepts.To provide an alternative perspective on the travel of Western medicine to Chinese soil,a case study on“diabetes”is conducted,under the theoretical framework of“transcultural conceptual history.”This article systematically analyzes the standardization,popularization,politicization,and derivatization of“diabetes,”calling for further attention to transcultural histories of medical concepts in modern China.

中国翻译理论史研究:“一体双层”模式建构

当理论研究发展到一定阶段,就需要进行必要的学术史梳理,以便回望来路,展望去路。近年来,中国翻译理论史研究正成为国内译学界研究的热点之一,以应对翻译学学科进一步发展的诉求。但与当前欣欣向荣的翻译史研究相比,国内的翻译理论史研究还较为薄弱。本研究聚焦中国翻译理论史研究模式的元思考,尝试以翻译理论史的4个要素——译论、翻译实践、译论者和社会为构成性的“一体”,从内层——心理层和外层——社会层以及相对应的两个跨学科视角——发生认识论和知识社会学作为阐释性的“双层”,建构一个研究和撰写中国翻译理论史的“一体双层”模式,并对该模式进行宏观与微观相结合的理论阐发和举例论证,最后对中国翻译理论史研究提出几点建议,特别是提出建立一个译学分支学科——“译论思想史”的设想。本研究希望能为中国翻译理论史的研究和撰写提供研究模式方面的可能途径,助力中国翻译理论史研究向纵深发展。

全球化语境下的翻译和知识生产——兼论构建学科知识翻译史的可能性

全球化语境下,强势文化固有的经济、政治和权力优势,导致文化和知识同质化及在全球流通的不平衡。翻译在促使地方性知识走向全球的过程中,加快了文化和知识的全球流通。本文通过将翻译中的知识和意义问题化,从而发现知识和意义并不是中立客观的事实,它们在目标系统的传播和最终确立涉及文化和社会关系等因素之间的相互作用和影响。研究发现翻译在全球范围的贯彻将促成“杂合”意义或概念体系的形成,从而为文化之间的相互认同提供价值和意识形态基础。全球化背景下,翻译活动的跨国界和跨文化复杂性也为学科知识翻译史的构建提供了理论基础和事实依据。

学科、理论、历史:翻译研究的目标与价值——谭载喜教授译学思想访谈录

本文聚焦谭载喜教授的译学建设思想,就中国的翻译学科建设、翻译理论建设、翻译历史研究三个方面对谭教授进行访谈。访谈中,谭教授结合自身的治学经验,主要就翻译学科建设的本位与初心、翻译理论建设的国际视野、西方翻译史学研究的目的与价值三个方面深入阐述了自己的观点。

基于语料库的“黄河”域外形塑考察:概念史视角

作为中国第二长河,黄河孕育了辉煌灿烂的华夏文明,是中华民族的母亲河。基于语料库检索发现,自19世纪下半叶以来,西方学术著述或主流媒体上,“黄河”这一概念的英语对应词“the Yellow River”不时与“China’s Sorrow”指称共现。为反拨这一被建构的负面形象,笔者借助COCA,COHA,TIME,GloWbE及WIKI等开放源语料库,从概念史的视角考察黄河被视作“China’s Sorrow”的成因及历史背景,分析近世以来黄河域外形象变迁及其“异化”背后的原因。

评苏福忠《朱莎合璧》,兼论莎士比亚译本研究

苏福忠的《朱莎合璧》以翔实的案例和详细的分析证明,朱生豪译莎士比亚戏剧是迄今所有莎剧中译本中最为准确、流畅和文雅的。该书是翻译研究和实践的重要素材,也是一部经典文学评论集,还是一部莎士比亚接受史,从中可以一窥我国文化事业的发展,体现了我国莎士比亚译本研究的发展。

隐迹译典的河北译者群体考述

区域文化研究有助于区域精神的塑造,而区域翻译史研究则是对区域文化进行的翻译场域书写。该文以河北译者群体为考察对象,从籍贯分布、语言背景、专业领域等方面对断裂分散史料进行了拼接,从而使隐迹的河北译者群体逐渐走向显形。在梳理文献的同时发现,译者群体动态流向、身份构成、语种选择,以及区域翻译培养机构、出版资源、研究关注等因素都影响河北译者群体意象的形成。该文旨在以译者角度管窥河北翻译史,以翻译角度鉴照河北文化史,以期唤起学界对河北译者群体研究的关注,为河北区域文化史研究开拓多元角度和崭新路径。

中共党史英译中的译者主体性:表征、内涵与规限——以“抗日”相关语汇英译文的历时演变为例

文章聚焦中共党史著作中“抗日”相关语汇英译文的历时演变,深入阐析相关语汇英译文历时演变背后的社会动因,借鉴哲学阐释学和接受美学的相关概念,尝试探究英译文历时演变中译者主体性的表征、内涵与规限。研究发现,中共党史核心语汇英译文的历时演变是国家翻译机构译者因应社会历史语境变迁的必然选择,是彰显译者主体性的自然结果。中共党史英译中,译者能动性是译者的标记状态,译者受动性是译者的默认状态,理解的历史性为译者发挥能动性提供哲学理据,文本的确定性则为译者的能动性施加规限,构成译者的受动性。

卡森·麦卡勒斯在中国——以译本为中心的考察(1979—2022)

按照译本出版频率与出版时间,麦卡勒斯作品在内地的出版史可大致分为四个时期:“萌芽期”(1978—2004)、“繁荣期”(2005—2007)、“沉寂期”(2007—2016)与“复兴期”(2017—2022)。梳理麦卡勒斯作品在内地的翻译、出版历史,既可以廓清麦卡勒斯其人其作在我国的传播和接受情况,同时也能照见目前在麦卡勒斯作品引进、出版方面存在的问题。