Chinese-English Translation Techniques

Author: Shan Qichang
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Publishing Date: 2001-01-01
Features: This book discusses the techniques of Chinese-to-English translation. The entire book is divided into ten chapters. Chapters 2 to 5 and Chapter 9 separately discuss how to achieve the various basic requirements of Chinese-to-English translation, such as accuracy, clarity, fluency, vividness, and conciseness. (Chapters 6 and 8 are dedicated to discussing translation issues related to descriptions of scenery and characters, as well as emphasis techniques.) Each chapter focuses on explaining how to use vocabulary, grammar, stylistic rhetoric, and even rhythm to meet specific requirements. Combining rich examples to illustrate the problems, methods, and techniques of Chinese-to-English translation is a key feature of this book. The final chapter lists hundreds of typical incorrect Chinese-to-English sentences, along with brief analyses, which are particularly valuable for beginners. This book is suitable for senior and junior students of English in universities, young translators, university teachers, secondary school English teachers, and other avid English enthusiasts. Three days before he was to write, he would fast for a day, then drink gruel for a day—no one else could do this for him—and even for a couple of fourteen characters, he prepared half a bowl of ink.