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      Translating Chinese Culture book

      The process of Chinese--English translation

      Translating Chinese Culture

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      Translating Chinese Culture book

      The process of Chinese--English translation
      ByValerie Pellatt, Eric T. Liu, Yalta Ya-Yun Chen
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2014
      eBook Published 6 January 2014
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315857022
      Pages 202
      eBook ISBN 9781315857022
      Subjects Language & Literature
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      Pellatt, V., Liu, E.T., & Chen, Y.Y.-Y. (2014). Translating Chinese Culture: The process of Chinese--English translation (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315857022

      ABSTRACT

      Translating Chinese Culture is an innovative and comprehensive coursebook which addresses the issue of translating concepts of culture. Based on the framework of schema building, the course offers helpful guidance on how to get inside the mind of the Chinese author, how to understand what he or she is telling the Chinese-speaking audience, and how to convey this to an English speaking audience.

      A wide range of authentic texts relating to different aspects of Chinese culture and aesthetics are presented throughout, followed by close reading discussions of how these practices are executed and how the aesthetics are perceived among Chinese artists, writers and readers. Also taken into consideration are the mode, audience and destination of the texts. Ideas are applied from linguistics and translation studies and each discussion is reinforced with a wide variety of practical and engaging exercises.

      Thought-provoking yet highly accessible, Translating Chinese Culture will be essential reading for advanced undergraduates and postgraduate students of Translation and Chinese Studies. It will also appeal to a wide range of language studies and tutors through its stimulating discussion of the principles and purposes of translation.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |13 pages

      Introduction

      chapter 1|15 pages

      Translating modern and contemporary Chinese art and artists: Art and artists as culture-specific entities

      chapter 2|16 pages

      Chinese characters: National, cultural and personal identity

      chapter 3|17 pages

      Calligraphy: Physical and spiritual aspects of writing

      chapter 4|16 pages

      The meaning of clothes: Cultural, political and historical significance

      chapter 5|18 pages

      The role of the Chinese nursery rhyme in disseminating traditional values in a modern world

      chapter 6|19 pages

      Transcreation as a means of delivering poetry to an Other audience: rap adaptation and sinophonic poetry

      chapter 7|18 pages

      Absurdity and irony in modern Chinese literature

      chapter 8|18 pages

      Drama translation: A case study of collaborative translation

      chapter 9|16 pages

      Translating films

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