Author：Michael Zeuske

Abstract: This essay deals with Humboldt's notes in his diaries about Venezuela and Cuba regarding slave owners and slave traders. Both groups, along with colonial officials and scientists, were among the most important contacts and hosts for Humboldt on his trip to the Americas (1799—1804)....

Column：Alexander von Humboldt Studies   051-061   Details

Author：Eberhard Knobloch

Abstract: Alexander von Humboldt often evaluated Leibniz's scientific achievements and projects. He was especially interested in Leibniz's contributions to the investigation of earth magnetism, his writings on earth history and his invention of the differential calculus. Hence this paper deals with these three subjects. It explains their historical backg...

Column：Alexander von Humboldt Studies   062-074   Details

Author：Zhulin Nie

Abstract: Deconstructing the Myth of "Us": The Submission's Reconsideration of Post-9 / 11 American National Identity Abstract: Amy Waldman's debut novel The Submission is the representative of American post-9 / 11 literature. The novel fictionalizes an anonymous "Ground Zero" memorial design competition, and, by focusing on the furious debates within the memorial jury in the shadow of trauma, the hierarchy of the victims’ families betraying the American Creed, as well as the identity crisis of the American Muslim protagonist under the pressure of Islamophobia, deconstructs the post-9 / 11 myth of "us." ...

Column：American Literature Studies   075-084   Details

Author：Xueyi Li

Abstract: This paper discusses the characteristics of Chinese translations of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, an English classic for children, published in the Chinese-speaking regions, i.e. mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia and Singapore. It finds that differ...

Column：Translation Studies   085-093   Details

Author：Jiajia Huang, Derong Xu

Abstract: As a special literary form of children's literature, the re-creation of literariness in the translation of Bildungsroman is crucial to the expression of its unique value and profound connotations. From a semiotic perspective, this paper proposes that literariness arises from the construction of linguistic symbol...

Column：Translation Studies   094-105   Details

Author：Zhizhong Zhang

Abstract: Wang Rongpei is an established poetry translator who believes that poetry is translatable in an unusual way and that the most ideal translator is an independent Chinese translator. He attaches much importance to target readers while proposing to adopt contemporary English to render the content and the flavor of the original poem...

Column：Translation Studies   106-115   Details

Author：Wei Guo

Abstract: Professor Zhang Boran who was renowned in the fields of translation studies and lexicography, has attached great importance to talent cultivation during his nearly 50 years of dedicated teaching, research, and practice. The students cultivated by him are active in foreign language education and translation studies in China. This paper probes into his concept of talent cultivation, namely "equal emphasis on learning and thinking, knowing and doing, and mutual reference to patterns from home and abroad," along with his tenet of teaching in accordance with students' aptitude with no social distinction, to provide reference for talent cultivation in translation studies in China.

Column：Translation Studies   116-122   Details

Author：Xiaobo Liang, Xueying Li

Abstract: Conceptual metaphors play an important role in naming military operations. The purpose of this paper is to reveal the characteristics and the mechanisms of the use of conceptual metaphors in the naming of military operations in modern warfare. Based on Conceptual Meta...

Column：National Defense Language Capability   123-137   Details

Author：Xiaolei Ma, Ping Li

Abstract: This paper aims to assess the representational validity of the social network extracted from a collection of texts. Taking U.S. news reports on China’s military technology as an example, this study compares the network generated from a collection ...

Column：National Defense Language Capability   138-147   Details

Author：Chaowei Pang, Yongyun Yang

Abstract: Relevant research on the development of national defense language capability is on the rise, but there are relatively few studies on border defense language and its capability. On the basis of SWOT analytical framework, this study sorts out the main connotations and basic characteristics of border defense ...

Column：National Defense Language Capability   148-156   Details