Translating Chinese Fiction
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Translating Chinese Fiction

Multiple Voices and Cognitive Translatology

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Translating Chinese Fiction

Multiple Voices and Cognitive Translatology

About this book

Drawing on the cognitive translatological paradigm, this book introduces a situation-embedded cognitive construction model of translation and explores the thinking portfolios of British and American sinologists-cum-translators to re-examine their multiple voices and cognition in translating Chinese fiction.

By placing sinologists-cum-translators in the same discourse space, the study transcends the limitations of previous case studies and offers a comprehensive cognitive panorama of how Chinese novels are rendered. The author explores the challenges and difficulties of translating Chinese fiction from the insider perspectives of British and American sinologists, and cross-validates their multiple voices by aligning them with cross-cultural communication scenarios. Based on the cognitive construction model of translation, the book provides a systematic review of the translation thoughts and ideas of the community of sinologists in terms of linguistic conventions, narrative styles, contextual and cultural frames, readership categories and metaphorical models of translation. It envisions a new research path to enhance empirical research on translators' cognition in a dynamic translation ecosystem.

The title will be an essential read for students and scholars of translation studies and Chinese studies. It will also appeal to translators and researchers interested in cognitive stylistics, literary studies and intercultural communication studies.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. 1 Introduction
  10. 2 Linguistic Schemata and Narrative Framing in Sinologistsā€™ Translation of Chinese Fiction
  11. 3 Sinologist-Translatorsā€™ Cognitive Reconstruction of Chinese Narrative Styles: Multi-Voices and Subjective Construal
  12. 4 Recontextualization and Frame Reconstruction in Sinologistsā€™ Translation of Chinese Fiction
  13. 5 British and American Sinologistsā€™ Categorization and Positioning of the Readership of Translated Chinese Fiction
  14. 6 Metaphors of Literary Translation Crafted by British and American Sinologists in the New Era
  15. 7 Conclusive Remarks and Future Directions
  16. Bio-notes of Sinologists-cum-Translators Active in Chinese Fiction Translation
  17. List of Translations of Chinese Fiction by British and American Sinologists
  18. References
  19. Index