Hankering after Sovereign Images: Modern Chinese Fiction and the Voices of Howard Goldblatt

Lupke, Christopher

doi:10.1080/21514399.2011.11833955

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“…He is a member of the editorial and advisory boards of a dozen literary and scholarly journals in Asia and the West, including Chinese Literature Today and Asymptote. He is also the author or editor of several books and articles on modern and contemporary Chinese literature and culture (Lupke, 2011). Jonathan Stalling-a professor of English at the University of Oklahoma-specializes in modern contemporary American and East-West poetics, comparative literature, and translational studies.…”

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Strategy for English Translation of Chinese Literary Works With Distinctive Regional Characteristics

Wang

2024

EJMTS

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The translation of literary works is, in essence, a complex intercultural communication behavior in which translation is considered as the means and acceptance of the end. The principal linguistic characteristics of the reading country, the reading habits of the audience, and the purpose and effect of cross-cultural transfers should also be considered. In this study, the English translation effect of Chinese literary works with distinctive regional cultural characteristics is taken as the research object, while the cultural communication effect and translation mode in the literary translation are discussed to seek effective translation strategies. Through utilizing theoretical knowledge gained from translation studies, its objective was to create linguistic strategies. To facilitate the spread and acceptance of a translated version of a literary work in the target language culture, a cooperative translation model is suggested for successful dissemination and acceptance of the translated work in the target culture, which is mainly characterized by cooperation between foreign sinologists and native translators. In this model, foreign sinologists take the leading role, while Chinese translators and foreign editors play a supplementary role. Article visualizations:<img src="/-counters-/lit/0757/a.php" alt="Hit counter" />

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Strategy for English Translation of Chinese Literary Works With Distinctive Regional Characteristics

Wang

2024

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A Review of Goldblatt’s Translation of Mo Yan’s Works

Liu

2024

Palgrave Studies in Translating and Interpreting

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An exploration of poetological manipulation on Howard Goldblatt’s translation of Mo Yan’s Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out

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Drawing on André Lefevere’s rewriting theory, this paper explores how Howard Goldblatt translates Mo Yan’s novel Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out (hereafter referred to as L&D) with regard to poetological manipulation. The paper analyses in detail how the translator rewrites the novel’s poetological features, including its unique linguistic, stylistic and narrative features, to produce a translation which is accessible to the intended audience. On the basis of this analysis, the paper identifies three characteristics of Goldblatt’s poetological rewriting: (1) macro-stylistic consistency with the source text, i.e. overall stylistic conformity to the original work; (2) simplification principle; (3) typical features of authentic English writing. The analysis reveals poetological manipulation in the translation process, from which we infer that rewriting in favour of the target poetological currents is the best way to achieve reader acceptance.

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Hankering after Sovereign Images: Modern Chinese Fiction and the Voices of Howard Goldblatt

Cited by 5 publications

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Strategy for English Translation of Chinese Literary Works With Distinctive Regional Characteristics

Strategy for English Translation of Chinese Literary Works With Distinctive Regional Characteristics

A Review of Goldblatt’s Translation of Mo Yan’s Works

An exploration of poetological manipulation on Howard Goldblatt’s translation of Mo Yan’s Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out

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