Intertextual Perspective of Translation Research

Author: Qin Wenhua
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: The author enters the analysis from the perspective of textual interpretation, extending it from writing, reading, to translation through intertextual analysis. Subsequently, the research focus expands to the subject, involving the writer who writes within intertextual memory, the reader who identifies memory and interprets oneself, and the translator who is both immersed and detached. This extends translation studies into a broader context of intertextuality, encompassing language, culture, symbols, literature, society, history, and other fields with intertextual properties, holding profound significance. The analysis of the direct product of translation activities—the translated text—as well as the unique issues, myth of definitive versions, translation standards, and retranslation phenomena derived from it adopts an intertextual perspective. The emergence of any translated text, much like the emergence of any critical discourse, carries certain limitations and partiality. This book also makes an emergence with distinctive characteristics. However, we should believe that as long as researchers approach their work with dedication, even if such emergence is not yet perfect, it is gradually moving toward greater perfection. The interaction between the ideal and reality of academic development is implied in this intertextual relationship.