Discourse Analysis in Translation of Chinese Literature: The Case Study of Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang’s Translation of Kong Yiji

Since the early 1970s,discourse analysis has garnered significant attention across various academic disciplines,marked by the proliferation of numerous theoretical frameworks.Then the profound impact of discourse analysis on the field of translation research has become increasingly apparent,with a substantial body of translation studies embracing the discourse analysis approach.The disciplinary significance of discourse analysis has become undeniable.Contemporary China is in a relatively weak position in global cultural communication.To advance Chinese culture on the global stage,Chinese literary works serve as a precious channel.To effectively showcase the unique qualities of Chinese literature,translators must consider a multitude of influencing factors and address them judiciously to enable target language readers to fully immerse themselves in the essence of Chinese literary artistry.This paper takes Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang’s translation of Kong Yiji as an example to elucidate the function of discourse analysis in translation of Chinese literature.

The Renditions Series and Modern Chinese Literature’s “Going-out”: Its Model and Enlightenment of Translation, Communication and Dissemination

In the process of Chinese Literature’s “Going-out” project, it istypical of the dilemma faced by the external translation and dissemination of modernChinese literature. The Renditions Series serves as a classical case of providing aneffective model of “literature’s overseas distribution”. The successful experience of itstranslating-cum-disseminating model can be concluded as follows: all the translatorsare from China and overseas with cross-cultural background; the selection oftranslation is stylistically far-ranging among the Mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong,and feminine literature in modern China is highly valued; translating method aims atconvoying the original literary aesthetics, and disseminating channels are manifold;the foreign recipients are common and professional readers; the eminent effects canbe proved by its considerable sales, library collections and acceptance in the targetcountries and regions. From the successful model of translation of Renditions Series,five implications can be made out for the modern Chinese literature’s “Going-global”:domestic and overseas translators cooperate well with all-round cultural identities; theselection holds onto diversification and literary character; various spreading channelsshould be broadened; target readers should be accurately located and continuouslywidened; translating and disseminating effects can be focused on and analyzed, so asto adjust and improve the corresponding sections in the model.

Translation Strategy of Chinese Culture-loaded Lexes and the Dissemination of Chinese Culture

Lexes are the most important and basic element of a language.Chinese culture-loaded lexes are those words or expressions that are greatly rich in Chinese culture.They can reflect the characteristics of Chinese culture and Chinese nation.Therefore,it is of great significance to pay attention to the translation of Chinese culture-loaded lexes as they play a decisive role in disseminating Chinese culture.It can help promote Chinese culture worldwide,improve China's cultural exchanges and communication with other nations and strengthen China's status in the world.This paper focuses on the Chinese culture-loaded words and proposes some possible means of translation with the purpose of spreading Chinese culture.

Analysis of publication dissemination of Chinese present current literature work English translation and research methodologies

As a systematic work, there are very close links between the various aspects of the English translation of Chinese modern and contemporary literary works, whether they are translated into the main body, translated content and other links, or a specific translation approach, are not segmentation. Many translators, sinologists and books, magazines and so on have played a very important role in the process of translating modern and contemporary literary works in China. However with English-Chinese “borrowism” compared with, English work that translates the Chinese present current literature work, no matter in quantity and quality, infi uence and other aspects that the work itself has appear the relative backwardness. In order to promote the modern and contemporary Chinese literary works in the world, it is necessary to analyze and study the English translation of Chinese modern and contemporary literary works and the research methods.

Discussion on the Translation of Chinese Ancient Literatures

The Chinese ancient literature has a long history.More and more foreign friends give strong interest into reading and learning it.However,not all the foreign people are proficient at classical Chinese,the metre and rhyme of Chinese poems,thus,translators have to translate these words into English or other languages,which brought a discussion about whether the Chinese ancient poems can be translated or not.This paper starts from this very point,to analyze current situation of the research on Chinese ancient literatures translation,taking Chinese ancient poems as examples,to discuss this topic,and to give opinions and possible solutions.

For Foreign-Oriented Chinese Literature Translation,What Inspirations Can Be Derived from the Carrying out of the Translation Project of the King James Version of The Bible?

Inspired by the“One Belt,One Road”initiative and the“Going Global”strategy,China has become more deeply involved in foreign exchange.The introduction of Chinese literature to the outside world has been part of China’s soft-power strategy.However,it must be acknowledged that the quality of Chinese literature translation is not satisfactory for several reasons:essentially,issues relating to project management,translators’qualifications,and translation quality control.This essay reviews the translation practice that gave rise to the King James Bible(KJB),with a focus on its project management,translators’qualifications and quality control.It is hoped that this will serve to enlighten professionals in the field of Chinese literature translation.

The Poison of Polygamy:Genre of the English Translation

When the Chinese-language The Poison of Polygamy was translated into English,some critics identified the work as picaresque.Skeptical of this conclusion,the author of this paper broadens the field of inquiry to suggest classification in an emigrant sensational genre.Briefly,the first two plots of the multi-strand work unfold the adventures of Chinese emigrants travelling by sea and land to Melbourne’s Gold Mountain.Interestingly,we are also afforded a glimpse of emigrant miners’cooperation regardless of race and colour when a mine disaster occurs.The work provides sharp recognition of migrants’dilemmas,such as marriage,before tackling the bigamy issue,the gender war,the fallen lifestyle of the female protagonist and so on.As the work unfolds,further shocking tales of murders and indulgence are revealed.Unlike the picareque’s episodic style,the translated Poison of Polygamy is coherent,realistic,serious and critical,and completely lacking in both sarcasm and playfulness.To investigate the appropriateness of assigning the work to the picaresque genre,the paper compares briefly with representative Spanish picaresque works such as Lazarillo and Gusman and English canonical Moll Flanders,watching carefully for commonalities.However,The Poison of Polygamy would seem to resonate more with Braddon’s Lady Audley’s Secret,a sensational fiction which shocked the English world in the 1860s.The contexts of both novels are close,mid-Victorian and Edwardian,where the latter is a continuation of the Victorians.The author is further enlightened by research results of literary translators who advocate that a text,once translated into a target language,becomes a canon of that culture and is cherished as such by its readers-as in the case of Shakespeare being revered as a German poet when read in translation.From this experiment the paper deems that cross-lingual comparative literature is not only possible but significant and resourceful.

On the Strategic Paths of the Going Global Strategy of Chinese Literature

The going global strategy of Chinese literature is a vital part of the going global strategy of Chinese culture. In recent years,the Chinese government has launched and strongly supported a series of activities and projects to promote this strategy,but little effect has been produced. Starting from analyzing the predicament and reasons of the current strategy,the essay suggests four strategic paths: enhancing the overall strength of the country to promote the international influence of Chinese culture,strengthening cultural awareness and cultural introspection,integrating the nationality and cosmopolitan of literature and establishing a market-oriented literary translation mechanism.

Retrospection and Reflection on the Role of Henry C.Lu as a Traditional Chinese Medicine Writer,Educator,and Translator

This paper respectfully commemorates the life of Dr.Henry C.Lu(1936-2022),who was the founding president of International College of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Vancouver.Dr.Lu was an active educator,a prolific writer and translator of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)in the West and an influential figure during the initial stage of the international dissemination of TCM.By comprehensively searching,referencing,and cross-validating the literature,this article reviewed Dr.Lu’s major life events,bibliography,and,most importantly,his contribution to TCM education and translation.Dr.Lu should be given more credit for his achievements,and further studies are needed in future.

The“going global”of Chinese Fantasy Fiction through the Internet:Using I Shall Seal the Heavens on Wuxiaworld.com as an Example

In the 21st century,Chinese online fantasy fiction is gaining popularity overseas.Lai Jingping,a Chinese-American widely known online as RWX,inspired by the popularity of his translation of a Chinese fantasy fiction,Coiling Dragon,established a website called Wuxiaworld.com to disseminate Chinese fantasy culture.Now it has become the largest website in the world to translate these kinds of works.This paper,in order to explore the advantages of Wuxiaworld.com,examines the translation landscape and its trends as presented on this website,and further analyzes the translation of fiction and interactive platforms using I Shall Seal the Heavens,one of the stories on the website,as an example.Our study,through text analysis and data collection,found that Wuxiaworld.com is good at hyperlink-aided translations,and has translation awareness based on the analysis of covers,synopses and glossaries;foreignization is the main translation strategy when it comes to the fantasy terms in I Shall Seal the Heavens,while annotation in text as well as hyperlinks in the forms of text,pictures and music are adopted for cultural compensation;interactive platforms,such as comments,forums and announcements,are conducive to improving translation quality and stimulating readers’enthusiasm for these translations and Chinese culture.

Poetry Translation as Rewriting:A Case Study of Zhang Zhizhong’s Reading English Literature to Translate Classical Chinese Poems

In the summer of 2023,Zhang Zhizhong’s Reading English Literature to Translate Classical Chinese Poems got published as one of the“Comparative Literature and World Literature Research Series”edited by Cao Shunqing.It presents Zhang’s latest theory and praxis of translating classical Chinese poems.As a kind of rewriting,Zhang’s translations are similar to modern English poems—with creative expressions in contemporary English,the enjambments from free verses,the form of concrete poetry,and the artistic conceptions of classical Chinese poetry,but without the rhymes in original works.How this poetry translation as rewriting generates in the constraints of ideology,poetics,and patronage is to be analyzed in the light of AndréLefevere’s rewriting theory.By examining the non-textual factors related to Zhang’s rewriting,it aims to reveal how this rewriting,as an experimental approach to poetry translation,can shed light on the global circulation of Chinese poetry.

On the English Version of A Dream in Red Mansions Translated by Liu Wuji

In An Introduction to Chinese Literature written by Liu Wuji,there are six translations of the passages in A Dream in Red Mansions,of which the Chinese version is the Zhiyanzhai version.Recently,it is doubted whether the six translations are all quoted.Through detailed analysis and literature review,this paper finds out that the translations of A Dream in Red Mansions are all translated by Liu Wuji,and the Chinese version is the Chengyi Version.

《汉语乡土语言英译行为批评研究》介评

乡土语言承载着中华民族的精神气质和文化基因,对其的翻译在中国文学外译中占据重要地位,然而学界对乡土语言及其外译的研究仍缺乏一定的深度与广度。由周领顺等人撰写、社会科学文献出版社出版的《汉语乡土语言英译行为批评研究》是我国首部全面探讨汉语乡土语言英译的专著。该书兼具理论深度和实践探索意义,具有重要的学术价值。具体而言,该书凭借原创理论探析了葛浩文乡土语言英译的内在规律,为外译实践提供了行为参照,丰富了中国特色译学理论的实践内涵;确立了乡土语言翻译和评价的原则,增强了乡土文学外译的可操作性及其评价的科学性;深度辨析了多个关键概念,有利于提高翻译批评的客观性和针对性。本文对该书的主要内容进行了概述,并对其学术特色与贡献进行了细致的探讨。

中国当代非虚构文学英译全景扫描

中国当代非虚构文学的英译由英文版文学杂志肇始,逐渐发展到以单行本的英语出版为主流方式。随着中国的进步与发展,单行本的英译出版也由过去单一的“译入”模式发展到现在的“译入”与“译出”模式并举,昭示了国际社会了解真实中国的迫切需求,也反映出在中国文化走出去中非虚构文学所承载的独有价值与作用。非虚构文学面向事实,依赖真人真事展开叙事,其英译和传播对构建真实的中国国际形象至关重要。因此,有必要覆盖整个翻译传播链,开展以中国当代非虚构文学英译为专题的理论研究,以强化我国非虚构文学英译的应有价值和功用。

中国文艺国际传播历程、发展机遇和路径创新

中国文艺思想始终秉持“文艺为人民”的发展理念。中国文艺国际传播经历了从内化到外显,由自发到自觉的发展历程。文艺国际传播不仅是提升我国文化软实力的重要路径,也是推动全球文化多样性和丰富性的关键手段。随着新兴媒介的快速发展,中国文艺国际传播的受众也由原先的西方精英阶层拓展到大众群体。这就需要文艺国际传播关注和研究目标受众需求和大众审美趋势。新兴媒介推动着文艺生产和视听传播新形态,提升了中国文艺国际传播效果。中国文艺国际传播需要探索创新路径。文艺传播要与新兴媒介技术深入融合,数字文艺作品如能开启“数字灵韵”,将会提升观众审美体验;需要打破西方文化霸权,建立国际交往新秩序,建构文艺国际传播体系;创新始于用户,而非生产者,文艺国际传播需致力为当地受众服务;惟有将文化国际传播嵌入国际传播大平台,才能形成广泛联结。

从破解“知识之谜”到主动译介:北欧的中国文学翻译演进历程

在北欧地区,随着传统汉学从语言学、哲学转向对当代经济、政治、宗教、文化、文学的全方位研究,中国文学翻译已逐渐成为一种汉学研究的新形态,对提升中国文化的影响力和中国文学的世界声誉发挥了重要作用。历时地看,北欧对中国文学的翻译演进大致经历了三个阶段。第一阶段为20世纪70年代之前的翻译。这一阶段以传教士群体对先秦散文翻译为主,其目的在于探索中国文化“知识之谜”。第二个阶段是20世纪后30年的翻译。在汉学转型背景下,中国文学作品翻译成为“文化的相互渗透”的重要方式,出现了马悦然等倾力翻译中国文学的大师。第三阶段是新世纪以来的翻译。这一阶段的显著特点是古典与现代文学翻译并重,翻译模式更为商业化,译者与出版社合作主动推介中国文学作品。从社会学视角看,汉学大师的引领、汉学家个体的研究兴趣,以及中国社会的发展变革共同塑造了北欧中国文学翻译的“场域”。

特殊的历史质询:邹韬奋的高尔基译介传播逻辑探幽

20世纪上半叶,译介传播是中国知识界跨文化传播的核心议题,邹韬奋对高尔基的译介传播折射着中国左翼知识分子的主体想象和社会思辨,它以复杂而自足的逻辑系统彰显了现代中国跨文化传播的文化症候。作为邹韬奋最为重要的译介传播对象,高尔基是邹韬奋译介传播的核心之一。邹韬奋对高尔基的译介传播以语境和起点为条件、文本和主体为互文、方法和技术为凭借,形成了一个互相作用、多维参照的逻辑系统,并成为中国现代知识分子跨文化传播的特殊景观。它体现了作为左翼知识分子的邹韬奋对苏联经验和民族未来的严肃思考,崇仰、讴歌和质证共存。它关乎一代知识分子对主体人格、时代命题和社会理想的深刻追问,光辉和裂痕并置,凸显了跨文化传播中的一种历史质询。邹韬奋对高尔基的译介传播逻辑系统套嵌着中国走向世界的历史想象,并成为马克思主义中国化特殊的历史回音和潜在的现实注脚。

生态翻译视角下轻化工业专业文献英汉互译研究

随着国民经济与科技的快速发展,轻化工行业已经树立了自己的品牌,其声誉在国内外十分良好。为了使中国纸制品市场可以快速打开,以此来提升中国轻化工行业的知名度,应合理地利用电子商务这种颠覆传统的商业运营模式,来使社会经济发展进程得到加快。轻化工行业国际化发展过程中,轻化工业专业词汇的使用尤为重要,因此需通过分析轻化工业专业文献中的词汇与语句,来找出英汉互译中所存在的问题,为今后轻化工行业的发展提供强有力的支持,从而提出更准确的专业文献英汉互译方法,以此来解决各种问题,提高翻译技巧。

中国当代文学的海外译介传播探索——汉学家程异教授访谈录

近些年,中国文学在海外的译介取得了很大成绩,但受制于语言、出版平台及代理人等因素,其海外传播之路仍不畅通。本篇访谈中,汉学家程异教授从中国当代文学译介实践、理论反思及译介个案三个层面系统分析了中国文学“走出去”进程的影响因素与海外传播路径。他就中国文学海外代理人、国外出版社与编辑需求、译者模式等因素在中国文学海外传播过程中的角色做了详细论述,并以《钟鼓楼》在海外的译介与传播为例,探讨了当下中国文学海外译介的诸多议题,为本领域的研究与实践提供借鉴。

生态翻译视域下中国当代文学英译及传播研究

全球化背景下的跨文化交流需要破除语言壁垒,促进不同文化之间的相互理解与交流。中国当代文学作为中国文化的重要组成部分,具有独特的思想、审美和文化特色,通过英译和传播,可以向世界展示中国的文化多样性和独特性。但当下很多中国优秀文学作品尚未得到重视,其译作也没能得到广泛传播,很大程度上限制了中国优秀文化的传播。对此,可以通过英译和传播中国当代文学作品,促进文化交流和合作,提升中国文学的国际影响力,为推动可持续发展和跨文化交流做出积极的贡献。