The theory of "thick translation", put forward by American scholar Kwame Anthony Appiah, suggests understanding and translating source text with the help of its rich cultural and linguistic context. The noti...The theory of "thick translation", put forward by American scholar Kwame Anthony Appiah, suggests understanding and translating source text with the help of its rich cultural and linguistic context. The notion boasts a significant role in the translation of ancient Chinese classics which is the embodiment and condensation of traditional Chinese philosophical principles, such as Taoism, Confucianism. This paper mainly looks into the translation of culture-loaded words in Casual Expressions of Idle Feeling from the perspective of"thick translation"and wishes to contribute to the strategies of translating culture-loaded words in ancient Chinese classics.展开更多
This paper makes a comparison between English and Chinese humour and satire in subtitle translation and points outsome problems from both similar and distinctive perspectives by adopting three strategies—assimilation...This paper makes a comparison between English and Chinese humour and satire in subtitle translation and points outsome problems from both similar and distinctive perspectives by adopting three strategies—assimilation and dissimilation, teleolo-gy, and functional equivalence. These three strategies are the most commonly seen and used in translation works, and are of signifi-cant value in helping people to understand translated TV subtitles and to promote cross-cultural communication.展开更多
Considering the discrepancy of culture and linguistics between English and Chinese, it is inevitable to miss some information when converting source language into target language. According to Nida's functional eq...Considering the discrepancy of culture and linguistics between English and Chinese, it is inevitable to miss some information when converting source language into target language. According to Nida's functional equivalence theory, the target readers should receive the same reaction with the source text readers. So in order to achieve this objective, translators need to make changes of the original text by applying certain translation strategies. This essay will analyze four strategies used in the novel Tuesday with Morrie in light of functional equivalence theory. It is concluded that the strategies are really helpful for the target readers to understand the original text and acquire more knowledge about the source language culture.展开更多
With advancing of economic globalization and China's Reform and Opening up, the business relations between China and foreign countries are becoming frequent. Business contract is a binding text which is essential ...With advancing of economic globalization and China's Reform and Opening up, the business relations between China and foreign countries are becoming frequent. Business contract is a binding text which is essential to bilateral economy interests.The translation of English business contract concerns both the interests of trade partners and countries, and it is also an important part of economic diplomacy. But in recent years, many inaccurate, unprofessional translation of English business contract can be seen in business circle. This phenomenon can mess up the market and lead to huge loss of economy benefits. So we can see clearly it is important for us to translate contracts precisely. To accomplish this goal, we must be guided with proper strategies. The thesis discusses the features of English business contracts and then tries to find the strategies for translating English Business Contracts.展开更多
Skopos Theory emphasizes that the purpose of translation is to allow readers to fully understand the content of the text,which coincides with the purpose of the tourism text.Taking world cultural heritage-Yungang Grot...Skopos Theory emphasizes that the purpose of translation is to allow readers to fully understand the content of the text,which coincides with the purpose of the tourism text.Taking world cultural heritage-Yungang Grottoes as an example,this thesis explores tourism translation strategies from perspective of Skopos Theory.展开更多
This paper takes the Chinese Classical Artistic Essays(hereafter referred to as CCAEs) as its object. As many as ten archetypaessays from various dynasties are collected as samples, so are their corresponding translat...This paper takes the Chinese Classical Artistic Essays(hereafter referred to as CCAEs) as its object. As many as ten archetypaessays from various dynasties are collected as samples, so are their corresponding translated versions on which the author will conduct acomparative study. In doing so, this thesis is aimed at elucidating some practical strategies of translating CCAEs. Due to the constraint olength, the paper discusses the translation strategies on the part of translation of cultural images and artistic conceptions.展开更多
It probes into the English-to-Chinese translation principles,and elaborates the translation strategies of prospectus.To correctly comprehend and properly translate the prospectus from English to Chinese,the translator...It probes into the English-to-Chinese translation principles,and elaborates the translation strategies of prospectus.To correctly comprehend and properly translate the prospectus from English to Chinese,the translator should abide by the translation principles and the two main translation strategies will be discussed later.展开更多
Feminist Translation has been widely discussed in W estern culture for many decades.The development of gender status has encouraged women to destruct the patriarchal hierarchies and stereotypes.And translation has bec...Feminist Translation has been widely discussed in W estern culture for many decades.The development of gender status has encouraged women to destruct the patriarchal hierarchies and stereotypes.And translation has become one of the feminists'most powerful methods of gaining social power and status.In the process of empowering females,radical feminist translators have applied significant strategies.展开更多
Nowadays,cultural exchanges between China and the world are becoming more frequent with the predominant feature that increasing Chinese films and television dramas are going to the globe.Due to different cultural back...Nowadays,cultural exchanges between China and the world are becoming more frequent with the predominant feature that increasing Chinese films and television dramas are going to the globe.Due to different cultural backgrounds,the translation of culturally-loaded words becomes a major difficulty in the subtitles.This article is based on the popular TV seriesEmpresses in the Palace in the Chinese version and the American version,dividing the culturally-loaded words in the play into:social culturallyloaded words,ecological culturally-loaded words,religious culturally-loaded words,material culturally-loaded words,and linguistic culturally-loaded words.Since the translation of subtitles is affected by time and space and other factors,its strategy also needs to be adjusted.This article analyzes four kinds of translation strategies adopted in the play respectively,i.e.transliteration,literal translation,free translation,omission,and alternative.展开更多
The thesis aims to offer translation guidelines and strategies of business English contract,through the research on the language features of business English contract. It begins with the importance of the study on the...The thesis aims to offer translation guidelines and strategies of business English contract,through the research on the language features of business English contract. It begins with the importance of the study on the translation strategies of business contract in English. then,review and analysis the traditional translation theories,and gain a detailed discussion on Business English's and contract English's characteristics,provides the translation strategies of business English contract. Finally,put forward some suggestions on further study.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
Comparative study between English and Chinese attributes has been a research hotspot.The differences between English and Chinese attributes are elaborated by examples and translation strategies of English and Chinese ...Comparative study between English and Chinese attributes has been a research hotspot.The differences between English and Chinese attributes are elaborated by examples and translation strategies of English and Chinese attributes are discussed in this paper,from which the implications for translation teaching are stated at the same time.展开更多
A great inspirational speech has power.Too often,people abandon their dreams due to various setbacks.After some time,their beliefs in themselves vanish and remain dormant until something can get them going again.Inspi...A great inspirational speech has power.Too often,people abandon their dreams due to various setbacks.After some time,their beliefs in themselves vanish and remain dormant until something can get them going again.Inspirational speeches have the power to do just that,waking up their beliefs and getting them motivated again.This paper is a study of the Chinese translation of English inspirational speeches on campus in USA under the framework of Skopos Theory and also can be a guide for those who are devoted to translating English inspirational speeches into Chinese.It is helpful for them to achieve an accurate,influent and felicitous translation by applying appropriate translation strategies.Before starting the research,eighteen English inspirational speeches in Inspirational Speeches on Campus in USA by Wang Ruize are selected as ST.展开更多
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...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.展开更多
This thesis attaches great importance on the language features and relevant strategies from popular American television series The Vampire Diaries.First,the thesis makes a brief introduction of the development and cha...This thesis attaches great importance on the language features and relevant strategies from popular American television series The Vampire Diaries.First,the thesis makes a brief introduction of the development and characteristics of subtitle translation.Second,the thesis elaborates some language features on three levels:lexis,syntax and discourse.Finally,the thesis lists relevant subtitle translation strategies and makes a conclusion.展开更多
Objective To analyze,from the perspective of language contact,the lexical formation of China English(CE)in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)translation,and point out translation strategies of using CE to do TCM transl...Objective To analyze,from the perspective of language contact,the lexical formation of China English(CE)in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)translation,and point out translation strategies of using CE to do TCM translation.Methods By selecting Chinese and English abstracts in four core journals about Chinese herbs and acupuncture published from 2017 to 2019,under the guidance of language contact,this research explores the lexical formation of CE in TCM translation,and from which some transla⁃tion strategies are summarized.Results Chinese Pinyin,TCM philosophy terms,combination of Chinese Pinyin and English vocabu⁃laries,and new English vocabularies are main methods of forming CE lexis in TCM translation;and transliteration,literal transla⁃tion,free translation,hybrid translation,and lexis creation are the translation strategies given for using CE to do TCM translation,hoping it would be useful for reference in related area.展开更多
By analyzing three translation strategies of alliteration,this thesis tries to find out the advantages and disadvantages of common methods of translating alliteration,and enhance awareness of using different translati...By analyzing three translation strategies of alliteration,this thesis tries to find out the advantages and disadvantages of common methods of translating alliteration,and enhance awareness of using different translation techniques by making the best of them and avoiding their disadvantages so that we would be able to improve the quality of translation and achieve the purpose of a more effective cultural communication.展开更多
In the age of cultural variety,publicity translation has become a bridge of communication which is not purely an activity of lan-guage but conveys the original thoughts and culture.Derivation of cultural factors invol...In the age of cultural variety,publicity translation has become a bridge of communication which is not purely an activity of lan-guage but conveys the original thoughts and culture.Derivation of cultural factors involved in translation,such as lexicon,sentence pat-terns,idiomatic expressions psychology and aesthetics are explored in order to contribute to the selection of translation strategy.展开更多
With the continuous development of mass media and the increasing integration of the world,China’s relative authorities have imported a lot of foreign movies with original sounds every year.Therefore,subtitle translat...With the continuous development of mass media and the increasing integration of the world,China’s relative authorities have imported a lot of foreign movies with original sounds every year.Therefore,subtitle translation is of much significance.Coher⁃ence is superior to fidelity rule in subtitle translation of Forrest Gump,but both submit to the Skopos rule.The Skopos Theory only requires translators to translate for a certain purpose so it gives them much freedom to employ translation strategies and techniques.This paper tries to sum up the principles of subtitle translation in Forrest Gump by applying the three rules of Skopos Theory from the macro perspective.展开更多
The author's practice of translation—Memories of Qingdao is selected from Liang Shiqiu's works, and he is a Chinese famous contemporary prose writer. The Chinese original version of Memories of Qingdao doesn&...The author's practice of translation—Memories of Qingdao is selected from Liang Shiqiu's works, and he is a Chinese famous contemporary prose writer. The Chinese original version of Memories of Qingdao doesn't have its English translation yet,and this part is also selected as English World Cup's competition text in 2019. The study object in this thesis is the translation practice of Memories of Qingdao and the main theoretical foundation is semantic translation, combining with communicative translation as the auxiliary translation theory to modify and improve the translation text. This aim of this translation practice report is to introduce Chinese excellent literary works to foreign readers as well as to spread Chinese excellent cultures. Meanwhile, its purpose also includes the self-promotion of literary connotation and translation competence, providing more conference in the field of literary translation.展开更多
文摘The theory of "thick translation", put forward by American scholar Kwame Anthony Appiah, suggests understanding and translating source text with the help of its rich cultural and linguistic context. The notion boasts a significant role in the translation of ancient Chinese classics which is the embodiment and condensation of traditional Chinese philosophical principles, such as Taoism, Confucianism. This paper mainly looks into the translation of culture-loaded words in Casual Expressions of Idle Feeling from the perspective of"thick translation"and wishes to contribute to the strategies of translating culture-loaded words in ancient Chinese classics.
文摘This paper makes a comparison between English and Chinese humour and satire in subtitle translation and points outsome problems from both similar and distinctive perspectives by adopting three strategies—assimilation and dissimilation, teleolo-gy, and functional equivalence. These three strategies are the most commonly seen and used in translation works, and are of signifi-cant value in helping people to understand translated TV subtitles and to promote cross-cultural communication.
文摘Considering the discrepancy of culture and linguistics between English and Chinese, it is inevitable to miss some information when converting source language into target language. According to Nida's functional equivalence theory, the target readers should receive the same reaction with the source text readers. So in order to achieve this objective, translators need to make changes of the original text by applying certain translation strategies. This essay will analyze four strategies used in the novel Tuesday with Morrie in light of functional equivalence theory. It is concluded that the strategies are really helpful for the target readers to understand the original text and acquire more knowledge about the source language culture.
文摘With advancing of economic globalization and China's Reform and Opening up, the business relations between China and foreign countries are becoming frequent. Business contract is a binding text which is essential to bilateral economy interests.The translation of English business contract concerns both the interests of trade partners and countries, and it is also an important part of economic diplomacy. But in recent years, many inaccurate, unprofessional translation of English business contract can be seen in business circle. This phenomenon can mess up the market and lead to huge loss of economy benefits. So we can see clearly it is important for us to translate contracts precisely. To accomplish this goal, we must be guided with proper strategies. The thesis discusses the features of English business contracts and then tries to find the strategies for translating English Business Contracts.
文摘Skopos Theory emphasizes that the purpose of translation is to allow readers to fully understand the content of the text,which coincides with the purpose of the tourism text.Taking world cultural heritage-Yungang Grottoes as an example,this thesis explores tourism translation strategies from perspective of Skopos Theory.
文摘This paper takes the Chinese Classical Artistic Essays(hereafter referred to as CCAEs) as its object. As many as ten archetypaessays from various dynasties are collected as samples, so are their corresponding translated versions on which the author will conduct acomparative study. In doing so, this thesis is aimed at elucidating some practical strategies of translating CCAEs. Due to the constraint olength, the paper discusses the translation strategies on the part of translation of cultural images and artistic conceptions.
文摘It probes into the English-to-Chinese translation principles,and elaborates the translation strategies of prospectus.To correctly comprehend and properly translate the prospectus from English to Chinese,the translator should abide by the translation principles and the two main translation strategies will be discussed later.
文摘Feminist Translation has been widely discussed in W estern culture for many decades.The development of gender status has encouraged women to destruct the patriarchal hierarchies and stereotypes.And translation has become one of the feminists'most powerful methods of gaining social power and status.In the process of empowering females,radical feminist translators have applied significant strategies.
文摘Nowadays,cultural exchanges between China and the world are becoming more frequent with the predominant feature that increasing Chinese films and television dramas are going to the globe.Due to different cultural backgrounds,the translation of culturally-loaded words becomes a major difficulty in the subtitles.This article is based on the popular TV seriesEmpresses in the Palace in the Chinese version and the American version,dividing the culturally-loaded words in the play into:social culturallyloaded words,ecological culturally-loaded words,religious culturally-loaded words,material culturally-loaded words,and linguistic culturally-loaded words.Since the translation of subtitles is affected by time and space and other factors,its strategy also needs to be adjusted.This article analyzes four kinds of translation strategies adopted in the play respectively,i.e.transliteration,literal translation,free translation,omission,and alternative.
文摘The thesis aims to offer translation guidelines and strategies of business English contract,through the research on the language features of business English contract. It begins with the importance of the study on the translation strategies of business contract in English. then,review and analysis the traditional translation theories,and gain a detailed discussion on Business English's and contract English's characteristics,provides the translation strategies of business English contract. Finally,put forward some suggestions on further study.
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Comparative study between English and Chinese attributes has been a research hotspot.The differences between English and Chinese attributes are elaborated by examples and translation strategies of English and Chinese attributes are discussed in this paper,from which the implications for translation teaching are stated at the same time.
文摘A great inspirational speech has power.Too often,people abandon their dreams due to various setbacks.After some time,their beliefs in themselves vanish and remain dormant until something can get them going again.Inspirational speeches have the power to do just that,waking up their beliefs and getting them motivated again.This paper is a study of the Chinese translation of English inspirational speeches on campus in USA under the framework of Skopos Theory and also can be a guide for those who are devoted to translating English inspirational speeches into Chinese.It is helpful for them to achieve an accurate,influent and felicitous translation by applying appropriate translation strategies.Before starting the research,eighteen English inspirational speeches in Inspirational Speeches on Campus in USA by Wang Ruize are selected as ST.
文摘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.
文摘This thesis attaches great importance on the language features and relevant strategies from popular American television series The Vampire Diaries.First,the thesis makes a brief introduction of the development and characteristics of subtitle translation.Second,the thesis elaborates some language features on three levels:lexis,syntax and discourse.Finally,the thesis lists relevant subtitle translation strategies and makes a conclusion.
文摘Objective To analyze,from the perspective of language contact,the lexical formation of China English(CE)in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)translation,and point out translation strategies of using CE to do TCM translation.Methods By selecting Chinese and English abstracts in four core journals about Chinese herbs and acupuncture published from 2017 to 2019,under the guidance of language contact,this research explores the lexical formation of CE in TCM translation,and from which some transla⁃tion strategies are summarized.Results Chinese Pinyin,TCM philosophy terms,combination of Chinese Pinyin and English vocabu⁃laries,and new English vocabularies are main methods of forming CE lexis in TCM translation;and transliteration,literal transla⁃tion,free translation,hybrid translation,and lexis creation are the translation strategies given for using CE to do TCM translation,hoping it would be useful for reference in related area.
文摘By analyzing three translation strategies of alliteration,this thesis tries to find out the advantages and disadvantages of common methods of translating alliteration,and enhance awareness of using different translation techniques by making the best of them and avoiding their disadvantages so that we would be able to improve the quality of translation and achieve the purpose of a more effective cultural communication.
文摘In the age of cultural variety,publicity translation has become a bridge of communication which is not purely an activity of lan-guage but conveys the original thoughts and culture.Derivation of cultural factors involved in translation,such as lexicon,sentence pat-terns,idiomatic expressions psychology and aesthetics are explored in order to contribute to the selection of translation strategy.
文摘With the continuous development of mass media and the increasing integration of the world,China’s relative authorities have imported a lot of foreign movies with original sounds every year.Therefore,subtitle translation is of much significance.Coher⁃ence is superior to fidelity rule in subtitle translation of Forrest Gump,but both submit to the Skopos rule.The Skopos Theory only requires translators to translate for a certain purpose so it gives them much freedom to employ translation strategies and techniques.This paper tries to sum up the principles of subtitle translation in Forrest Gump by applying the three rules of Skopos Theory from the macro perspective.
文摘The author's practice of translation—Memories of Qingdao is selected from Liang Shiqiu's works, and he is a Chinese famous contemporary prose writer. The Chinese original version of Memories of Qingdao doesn't have its English translation yet,and this part is also selected as English World Cup's competition text in 2019. The study object in this thesis is the translation practice of Memories of Qingdao and the main theoretical foundation is semantic translation, combining with communicative translation as the auxiliary translation theory to modify and improve the translation text. This aim of this translation practice report is to introduce Chinese excellent literary works to foreign readers as well as to spread Chinese excellent cultures. Meanwhile, its purpose also includes the self-promotion of literary connotation and translation competence, providing more conference in the field of literary translation.
