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The Application of Text-Linguistic Theory in Classical Chinese Poetry Translation: A Comparative Analysis of Two Translations of Chunwang

Authors
Zimo Tian1, *
1College of Foreign Languages, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
*Corresponding author. Email: tzmtrans@mail.nankai.edu.cn
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Available Online 29 August 2023.
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10.2991/978-2-38476-094-7_30How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Text Linguistics; Classical Chinese Poetry; Translation Analysis
Abstract

This paper analyses the application value of text-linguistic theories in the field of translation, especially in the translation of classical Chinese poetry, and uses text-linguistic theories such as Halliday’s register theory and Beaugrande and Dressler’s communication occurrence theory of text to analyse specific translations. Taking the classical Chinese poem Chunwang as an example, the researcher selects the English versions by two translators from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds, Xu Yuanchong and Stephen Owen, and evaluates and compares them from in-text and extra-text perspectives under the theoretical framework of text linguistics. The researcher evaluates the textual cohesion of the two translations, and interprets the different characteristics of translations by translators from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds in terms of field, tenor and mode. Through the text-linguistic analysis of the two translations, the researcher verifies the application value of text-linguistic theories in the field of translation, especially in the translation of classical Chinese poetry, and concludes that the text-linguistic analysis of in-text and extra-text factors of a text is conducive to the comprehensive interpretation it, and can thus be instrumental in guiding translation research and practice.

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Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Language, Art and Cultural Exchange (ICLACE 2023)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
29 August 2023
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10.2991/978-2-38476-094-7_30
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2352-5398
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