The Translation of Allusions in Political Discourse:An Intertextuality Perspective

drawn from ancient classics are the treasures of traditional Chinese culture.The allusions used in Xi Jinping:The Governance of China illustrate a distinctive feature of political discourse,and the publication of its English version provides a valuable opportunity for the study of allusions in translated political discourse.With the English translations of 241 allusions collected from two volumes of the book,we classified these allusions into three categories of history,culture,and literature based on their original sources.Then we analyzed the strategies used in translating the allusions,and provided typical examples to illustrate the use of such translation strategies for each category.Finally,we tried to account for the use of these strategies in light of the intertextuality theory.

Deliberate Metaphor in Political Discourse——Based on Xi Jinping’s Diplomatic Discourse

Since Steen proposed the theory of deliberate metaphor, many scholars have studied this linguistic phenomenon from different perspectives. Deliberate metaphor, based on language and cognition, introduces communication into metaphor research and can be seen as an extension of conceptual metaphor. Deliberate metaphor is essentially a discourse strategy, which uses metaphorical expressions to make listeners consciously compare the target domain with the source domain and establish an online cross-domain mapping. In view of this, the author takes Xi Jinping’s diplomatic speeches published in FMA as research corpora, and systematically analyzes how deliberate metaphors play their persuasive and communicative functions in political discourse, and finally delves into whether deliberate nature in political metaphors affects people’s attitudes and beliefs, thus conducting cross fusion research on cognitive rhetoric and political discourse.

Religious Ethos and Political Discourse, the Case of Senegalese Politicians

The population finds more and more difficulties to assess the scope and content of political declaration especially in terms of plausibility and the real intentions of the speakers. This is especially true for the Senegalese public who more and more loses confidence in the political class. The public tends to look at the identity of the political personality and its personal values （morality credibility） to determine what to make of his/her words. On their side, politicians also begin promoting their image through their speeches. At this level, religious ethics seems to be unanimously considered a criterion of good morality among Senegalese politicians. We will try to look through Perelman＇s theory of argumentation, which Amossy redefined, how, in order to reach the audience, politicians adapt their words to the public, and enhance principles cherished by the populations to win the battle of the image and confidence.

~evelopment of the Political Discourse in Recent Decades in the United States Through the Inaugural Addresses

The aim of this paper is twofold： firstly, to make an analysis of what have been considered as the most important global problems faced in recent decades as seen by American Presidents through their inaugural addresses; and secondly, to consider how both parties have faced these problems. To do this, this paper will cover the period from the inaugural address by President Kennedy to that of President Obama. Although a president has repeated a term of government, only the first speech will be taken into consideration.

A Study of Iconicity in English Translation of Chinese Political Discourse:A Case Study of China’s Epic Journey from Poverty to Prosperity

Political discourse is an important component of Chinese discourse,and its translation criticism research is of great significance for telling the story of China well and establishing an international image.Iconicity is an important means to form the rhetorical effect,so the translation of political discourse must try to reproduce the iconicity of the original text.By analyzing the syntactic iconicity of the English version of the White paper China’s Epic Journey from Poverty to Prosperity,it is found that for the translation of quantitative iconicity,it is necessary to adjust the translation by synonym substitution or sentence pattern conversion on the basis of ensuring the representation of quantitative rhetoric.For the translation of sequential iconicity,it should strive for representing the logical sequence of the original text while enhancing the readability and rhetorical power of the translation.For the translation of distance iconicity,it is necessary to reproduce the delicacy of the original,meanwhile,to consider the emotional and rhetorical implication.The research emphasizes the balance between“syntactic iconicity of original text representation”and“appeal and readability of translated text”.The study is helpful to telling the“China’s poverty reduction story well”and translation practice of political discourse.

Toward a Novel Approach to Examining Absence of Speech in Political Discourse

This article reviews a unique contribution to political discourse analysis and to the study of absence of speech with inspirations for researchers interested in political and media studies. In her recent book Silence and Concealment in Political Discourse, Dr. Melani Schrrter addresses a largely underexplored aspect of political discourse and offers a systematic presentation of theoretical underpinnings and empirical application of the analytical framework proposed for examining discursive absences and communicative value of silence. With three case studies in the German political context, the author demonstrates the possibility and potential in using a combined method to analyze contextualized absence of speech, drawing insights from discourse analysis and pragmatic approaches. This book also deals critically with such significant issues as ritual and political action, thus offering valuable insights to the general theoretical debate on political discourse.

The Four Categories of Chinese Discourse on Human Rights and Their Interrelationships

In China,the main discourse on human rights can be classified into four categories:political discourse,policy discourse,institutional discourse,and academic discourse.These four categories show significant differences in terms of the context,content,mode of expression,characteristics,and functions of the discourse.They cannot be simply equated or interchangeable with one another.However,they also rely on,restrict,and promote each other,and under certain conditions,they can be transformed into one another.It is needed to prevent imbalances,mismatches in context,isolation,and inadequate translation among human rights discourses.Meanwhile,it is essential to promote balanced development among different discourses,where each discourse maintains its own boundaries,refers to one another,and undergoes accurate translation,in order to construct their healthy interrelationships.Exploring appropriate methods of translation between discourses is an important and worthwhile topic for research in Chinese human rights discourse.It holds significant practical significance and academic value in constructing the Chinese human rights discourse system.

Manipulation in the Translation of Diplomatic Discourse

Manipulation in translation is generally seen as the linguistic manifestation of intervening strategies meant to hide or change the true intentions.It is broadly defined as“all that appears as new with respect to the original,or fails to appear where it might have been expected.”Aspects of the manipulative lineament of translation,particularly of political and diplomatic discourse,have been held forth by a host of scholars,many of whom advise that translation should be studied within a broader political and cultural context,with regard to institutional and ideological components.

An Analysis on the Adjustment of Ideological and Political Education Discourse in the Era of We Media

While opening up a new space for ideological and political education discourse,the arrival of We Media era has also brought many challenges.On the basis of grasping the basic concepts of We Media and ideological and political education discourse and their related logic,this paper further analyzes the dilemma of ideological and political education discourse in the era of We Media and puts forward corresponding solutions.

Discourse Construction of Ideological and Political Education in Colleges and Universities under Multidisciplinary Discourse Theory

The discourse construction of ideological and political education in colleges and universities is an important task to strengthen the leadership and discourse power of ideological work in colleges and universities.The relevant theories of western multidisciplinary discourse research provide rich theoretical reference for the discourse construction of ideological and political education in colleges and universities.Based on linguistics,sociology,political science,philosophy and other disciplines,ideological and political education in colleges and universities should reasonably absorb its theoretical achievements on the sociality,power,democracy and authenticity of discourse,providing theoretical and practical references for the construction of ideological and political education discourse in colleges and universities in terms of content,power,expression and value.

The Arab Other in Israeli Cinema and Discourse

This paper examines the evolution of the representation of the Arab in Israeli Cinema as a reflection of the way Arabs are perceived in Israeli cultural and political discourse. Scholars have mostly depicted this representation as static over time. Using examples drawn from a range of Jewish-Israeli film, this paper argues instead that the cinematic representation of Arabs changes over time in ways that mirror currents in Israeli political and social discourse

The Realisation of Interpersonal Meaning through Modality in British Political Manifestoes

This study investigates the language strategies adopted by the major British political parties in their 2010 general election man-ifestoes to persuade and influence the public in order to win their support.The way in which interpersonal meanings are expressed in thetexts is examined in accordance with the three aspects of modality as outlined in Halliday's Systemic Functional Grammar:orientation,value and type.Corresponding with these three aspects,it is found that subjective orientation,median value,and obligation are used ex-tensively by all three parties for persuasive purposes.This demonstrates that modal choices are conditioned or determined by the writers' communicative intentions and by non-linguistic factors such as their social positions and political stances.

An Exploratory Study of the Interpersonal Meanings of President Xi’s New Year Speech Based on Appraisal Theory

The research examines President Xi’s 2021 New Year speech with research questions centering around its abundant interpersonal meanings.Through qualitative content analysis,the research finds that it is typical for Chinese president to frequently use judgment and appreciation resources in reviewing the past year.Even in the face of the pandemic and natural disasters,the overall emotions of the speech remain positive,which corresponds to the forward-looking feature of New Year speech.Significance of the study abounds and future research can investigate how COVID-19 impacts the ideologies conveyed through political leaders’speeches through a comparative lens and how to produce more understandings that can help dismantle stereotypes and discrimination hidden in reports about COVID-19 by using Appraisal Theory critically,systematically,and comprehensively.

Genre Analysis and Comparison of Chinese and American Presidents＇ New Year Messages

New Year messages offered by political leaders are important media events every year. However, as a special political discourse, the New Year message is a scarcely explored area. Adopting a genre approach （e.g., Halliday, 1978; 1985; Halliday ＆ Hasan, 1989; Martin, 1984; Martin ＆ Rose, 2003; Paltridge, 2006）, this study systematically analyzed a small corpus of six New Year messages given by Chinese and American presidents in the years 2007, 2008 and 2009 at three levels： sociocultural context, discourse structure and language features. This study shows that New Year messages do form an independent genre because of their shared communicative functions, relatively fixed generic structure and salient lexical-grammatical features （Bruce, 2008）. It also reveals similarities and differences between New Year messages given by the two presidents from different cultures and political systems. This study argues that despite their respective features, all these New Year messages, as a special political discourse, target a large audience and aim to promote public relationships and obtain political support. It also demonstrates that the genre approach is a very powerful tool to uncover a discourse＇s communicative functions and the rhetorical strategies and linguistic resources available to realize these functions.

Li Ang＇s Gendered Dissent in ＂The Devil in a Chastity Belt＂

Through a close reading, this article explores a few aspects of gendered dissent in Li Ang＇s story, ＂The Devil in a Chastity Belt,＂ which reveals the ambivalence and irony of a woman＇s participation in the Taiwan Residents opposition movement. Instead of writing a stereotypical work of political fiction for the opposition movement that she supports, Li Ang interrogates the problematic intersection of gender and politics, while reclaiming some of the neglected aspects of oppositional history. While recognizing the inevitability of historical contingency, she nevertheless questions the politically-motivated choice of asceticism, heroism, and sacrifice over individual and familial well-being. Li juxtaposes seemingly trivial and disorderly details of ordinary life against the apparently important and grandiose arena of national politics, creating tension through their interaction and contention. She employs images--including the Devil, the female body, and sensory feelings--to perform gendered dissent. While the lyrical and trivial discourse gradually disrupts the political and didactic, the story＇s open-ended conclusion inspires complex interpretations of the enigmatic symbol： the Devil wearing a chastity belt.