From Literary Translation to Translated Literature (Xu Yuanchong's Theories and Practices of Translation)

Author: Ma Hongjun
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: This book aims to achieve four objectives: starting from empirical evidence, objectively describing how Western English readers evaluate Xu Yuanchong's Chinese-to-English translation works; placing Xu Yuanchong's translation philosophy within the context of the history of traditional Chinese translation theory to assess its value, status, and role; further understanding the pros and cons of rhyming poetry (Chinese-to-English translation) to provide necessary theoretical and practical references for the dominant strategy of Chinese poetry translation into foreign languages domestically; and, while considering the aesthetic tastes of Western readers and their "horizon of expectations," exploring the feasibility of multidimensional translation models. This book will adopt a combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis methods, with textual research and historical examination as the main lines, to argue for the rationality and flaws of Xu Yuanchong's "Advantage Competition Theory" and translation strategies. Based on a comprehensive review of the development of Xu's translation theories, it strives to provide an objective and comprehensive argument and evaluation of his work.