Translation as adaptation and selection: a feminist case

Yu, Zhongli

doi:10.1080/0907676x.2016.1197955

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“…Since its emergence, Eco-translatology has received much attention both from home and abroad (Yu, 2016). This well-structured theory, especially its translation method, the three-dimensional transformation, is explanatory and operable for translation practices in various kinds of texts involving literary works, foreign publicity texts, tourism texts, commercial texts and public signs.…”

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A Study on Image Translation in Wang Wei’s Landscape Poems Based on Three-dimensional Transformation in Eco-translatology

Chen¹

2021

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Ancient Chinese poetry has long been a hot topic in academic world. Recognized worldwide as a versatile literator in Tang Dynasty in China, Wang Wei composed a large quantity of excellent landscape poems containing rich images that can enrich the cultural connotation and create more artistic effect. Undoubtedly, the English translation of Wang Wei’s landscape poems plays a pivotal role in letting Chinese culture goes global. In view of the large discrepancy of cultural traits between China and western countries, translators who are not familiar with the two cultures will be prone to run into setbacks and difficulties during the whole translating process. Accordingly, if translators misinterpret the images in poetry translation, readers may feel confused and thus fail to appreciate the authentic beauty. Therefore, the image translation in Wang Wei’s landscape poetry is also of great significance. However, up to now, the academic world hasn’t attached great importance to the theoretical value of images in translating ancient Chinese poetry and translating strategies targeting at ancient Chinese poems are still mainly hovering on the controversy between foreignization and domestication, neglecting other significant perspectives. Guided by the translation principle-the three-dimensional transformation in the theory of Eco-translatology, this study is expected to explore the feasibility of this translation method in the study of Wang Wei’s poetry translation and to evaluate the quality of different versions of image translation from the linguistic, cultural, and communicative dimensions, aiming to offer both a guideline and a criterion for Wang Wei’s poetry translation, to broaden the research ideas of literary translation as well as to help promote the lasting charm of the oriental culture to the world.

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Section: On Eco-translatologymentioning

confidence: 99%

A Study on Image Translation in Wang Wei’s Landscape Poems Based on Three-dimensional Transformation in Eco-translatology

Chen¹

2021

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“…According to Hu (2020), Eco-Translatology is the "holistic study of investigating the interaction and interrelation between textual ecology, translation-community, ecology, and translation-environment ecology and crossdiscipline aimed at a synthetic description of translation activities from an ecological perspective" (p. 15). Various scholars used Eco-Translatology as a framework for examining translation texts from different perspectives, such as feminism (Yu, 2017), Geotourism (Li et al, 2022), documentary (Yang, 2019;Zhou & Zhang, 2019), Literary texts (W. Guo, 2021;Junyang, 2022), Food (C. Guo & Liu, 2022;L. Xu & Huang, 2023) Chinese-English Translation of Public Signs (Amenador & Wang, 2022;Ganggui & Hongguo, 2022;Ma, 2014;Zeng, 2019), Animation (Qianting, 2020) Advertisement (Bo, 2014), and a host of others.…”

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“…Guo & Liu, 2022; Jun, 2020; Li et al, 2022; Ma, 2014; Qianting, 2020; X. Xu & Zhou, 2015; Yu, 2017; Zeng, 2019; Zhou & Zhang, 2019), interpreting the translation process by considering the text, its environment, and the translator’s selection and adaptation. With the increasing concern about climate change and its disastrous effect on contemporary human life and society, which was a result of industrialization, various scientists and ecologists from multiple fields of study, such as ecology, anthropology, and a host of others (Hu, 2020), have clamored for the need for Eco-environmental, Eco-protection, and Eco-friendliness.…”

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Analysis of Achebe’s Things Fall Apart From Eco-Translatology Perspective

Zhang,

Umeanowai

2023

Sage Open

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With literature serving as a means to convey cultural norms and values across generations, the relationship between culture and literature is intricate and expansive; therefore, translation plays a crucial role in broadening cultural understanding, especially in a globalized world. However, the translation process faces challenges in preserving cultural perspectives due to inherent cultural and linguistic disparities. This paper focuses on the challenges faced in translating Achebe’s Things Fall Apart into Chinese and emphasizes the need for a holistic framework—Eco-Translatology, which considers the ecological perspective, the translator’s selection and adaptation, and the textual environment, to address the challenges encountered in translation. By adopting a multi-dimensional perspective incorporating linguistic, communicative, cultural, esthetic, and rhetorical dimensions, the study explores practical ways to bridge cultural, linguistic, communicative, and esthetic gaps, offering fresh insights and perspectives for translators working on English-Chinese translations, providing a more comprehensive understanding of the translational challenges and proposing practical solutions in the translation of cultural elements.

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Strategies and problems in geotourism interpretation: A comprehensive literature review of an interdisciplinary chinese to english translation

2022

International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks

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Translation as adaptation and selection: a feminist case

Cited by 12 publications

References 18 publications

A Study on Image Translation in Wang Wei’s Landscape Poems Based on Three-dimensional Transformation in Eco-translatology

A Study on Image Translation in Wang Wei’s Landscape Poems Based on Three-dimensional Transformation in Eco-translatology

Analysis of Achebe’s Things Fall Apart From Eco-Translatology Perspective

Strategies and problems in geotourism interpretation: A comprehensive literature review of an interdisciplinary chinese to english translation

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