A Comparative Analysis of the Reception of Four English Versions of<i>Fu Sheng Liu Ji</i>: Translation, Publication and International Circulation

Liang, Liwen; Xu, Mingwu

doi:10.1080/07374836.2018.1475271

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“…The Translation Journey of Wuthering Heights in China Liang and Xu (2018) (Yang, 2013, p.5). Fang Ping (1921, an excellent translator, was born and brought up in Shanghai.…”

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Wuthering heights’ three Chinese translated versions’ reception in China: Translation, publication, and dissemination

Zhang

Lee

Halim

2022

J. appl. linguist. lit.

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This study aims to explore the reception of Wuthering Heights in China by conducting comparative study on its three Chinese-translated versions, which were published in three periods, to examine how these versions have been translated, published, and disseminated. This study applies historical and archival research methods, close reading methods and comparative methods. The researchers collected the data from the original text of Wuthering Heights and its three Chinese-translated versions, relevant monographs, academic papers and information about the three versions. The academic papers were collected from China National Knowledge Infrastructure, the most authoritative database in China for scientific publications. The information of the three versions was obtained from the Chinese online Chaoxing database, which is the most extensive database that provides information on books based on big data. First, the researchers explored the translation journey of Wuthering Heights in China and the information of its three representative versions that appeared at different times. Second, the researchers investigated the publication route of the three versions, concentrating on the information of the publishing houses, the formats of the three versions and the reprint edition. Third, the researchers analyzed the dissemination of the three versions in the Chinese literary field, focusing on the library collections, citations and academic circle comments. This paper concludes that the translation and circulation process of the three versions promoted the dissemination of Wuthering Heights in China to a great extent. The reasons for the extensive dissemination of Wuthering Heights in China are its excellent charm, translators and scholars’ efforts and Chinese readers’ passion for it.

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“…The Translation Journey of Wuthering Heights in China Liang and Xu (2018) (Yang, 2013, p.5). Fang Ping (1921, an excellent translator, was born and brought up in Shanghai.…”

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Wuthering heights’ three Chinese translated versions’ reception in China: Translation, publication, and dissemination

Zhang

Lee

Halim

2022

J. appl. linguist. lit.

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“…Liang and Xu (2018) pointed out that translation is crucial for literary works" dissemination and reception in foreign countries. The past century witnessed abundant Chinese-translated versions of Wuthering Heights.…”

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The Reception of Wuthering Heights in China: English-Chinese Translation, Dissemination, and Adaptation

Zhang¹,

Lee²,

Halim³

2023

WJEL

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Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights has been translated, disseminated, and adapted for various Chinese audiences. This study employed historical and archival research methods to probe this phenomenon. We retrieved data from Wuthering Heights and its Chinese-translated versions, children’s literature works, monographs, academic papers from China National Knowledge Infrastructure, and comments from the Douban Movie website. First, the researchers investigated Wuthering Heights’ translation in China from monographs and academic papers to explore the features of representative Chinese-translated versions. Second, the researchers explored Wuthering Heights’ dissemination in foreign literature education and literary study in China by analyzing the literature textbooks and academic papers. Third, the researchers examined the features of children’s literature works adapted from Wuthering Heights and the comments viewers made on the films adapted from the novel. The researchers found that the past nine decades witnessed the successful reception of Wuthering Heights in China for four reasons. First, the policies in the literary field contributed to its translation. Second, the reviews of the work in British literature textbooks and academic studies promoted the original text’s dissemination. Third, disseminating the movie adaptations enables more Chinese readers to know the classic, contributing to the original text’s dissemination. Fourth, the transmission of the children’s extracurricular bilingual reading material adapted from it gave Chinese teenagers a chance to know the novel’s plot and enhanced their reading ability, promoting the dissemination of Wuthering Heights in China.

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“…Collaborative translation usually requires the efforts of multiple translators, and requires division of labor and cooperation, complementing and overall planning. The result of collaborative translation is the crystallization of each translator's wisdom and talent, the integration of ability and trust [6]. From the perspective of students majoring in translation, they can obtain further learning through the mode of collaborative translation, so they can also exercise their ability by adopting group collaborative translation in their learning practice.…”

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Collaborative Translation in Chinese Students Majored in Master of Translation and Interpreting

Li¹

2023

Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research

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Collaborative translation is different from independent translation. It emphasizes on the importance of cooperation which between human translation (HT) and machine translation (MT) or among translators. Students who learnt English as a foreign language (EFL) always count translation and interpretation as an important standard to show their English competence. Thus, many undergraduates choose Master of Translation and Interpreting (MTI) as their major to continue the further English learning. The study plans to explore if collaborative translation is adopted by English students and what difficulties they have met in making this strategy effectively. The participants were 50 Chinese students majored in English in the university. Data were collected by using a survey questionnaire. The study found that most students prefer collaborative translation to independent translation. The use of collaborative translation in daily practice is conducive to improving the accuracy and speed of translation and helping students find their problems in time. These findings are expected to make more people understand the benefits of English learning strategy of collaborative translation so that learn from other's strengths and get a better translation.

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A Comparative Analysis of the Reception of Four English Versions ofFu Sheng Liu Ji: Translation, Publication and International Circulation

Cited by 8 publications

References 22 publications

Wuthering heights’ three Chinese translated versions’ reception in China: Translation, publication, and dissemination

Wuthering heights’ three Chinese translated versions’ reception in China: Translation, publication, and dissemination

The Reception of Wuthering Heights in China: English-Chinese Translation, Dissemination, and Adaptation

Collaborative Translation in Chinese Students Majored in Master of Translation and Interpreting

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