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- Heterotopia Writing in God Help the Child
Author：Qianlu Zhang
Abstract: Contemporary African-American female writer Toni Morrison, in her final novel God Help the Child, applies the spatial narrative strategy to profoundly depict the marginal situation of many victims of childhood trauma in heterogeneous space. With the help of three different types of Foucauldian heterotopias, namely crisis, deviation and i...
Column：Literature Studies 059-068 Details
- On the Indeterminacy of the Significance of Sea in Lord of the Flies
Author：Zhe Zhang, Xiaoyan Huang
Abstract: The sea assumes a fundamental role in the construction of geographical ecology, social ecology and spiritual ecology in Lord of the Flies. Through sea writing, William Golding intricately weaves the disparities in geographical cognition, the evolution of social civilization, and the variations in human nature i...
Column：Literature Studies 069-078 Details
- The Development of Translation Technology in the Era of ChatGPT and Its Implications
Author：Huashu Wang,Ya Xie
Abstract: As the ChatGPT technology develops, an unprecedented revolution is being experienced in the field of translation. Considering the general background of ChatGPT technology, this article examines the development trend of translation technologies in the new era and their application in translation practice. It explores the profound impact of these technologies on translation education, which includes changes in teaching and learning styles. The article also discusses how these new technologies are promoting the development of translation research, providing fresh perspectives and methods. It concludes
Column：Translation Technology and Education in the ChatGPT Era 080-089 Details
- Exploring the Value Spaces of Human Translation in the ChatGPT Era and the Transitions Needed for Translation Education
Author：An Du
Abstract: So far, the outstanding translation performance exhibited by artificial general intelligence (AGI) like ChatGPT has been arousing a wide-ranging discussion in and out of the translation field, and it is not rare to feel an air of concern about the prospects of human translation as well as translation education. Against this backdrop, this article begins with an introduction to the AGI’s mechanism of contextualized generation, and then analyzes the limitations of ChatGPT-like automatic translation in realizing the ideational, interpersonal and textual meta-functions as required in translation as a meaning-making ...
Column：Translation Technology and Education in the ChatGPT Era 090-103 Details
- From Interpersonal Ethics to Human-Machine Ethics: An Exploration Into Translation Ethics in the Era of ChatGPT
Author：Chengzhi Zhang,Chunliang Zhang
Abstract: Since its launch at the end of November 2022, ChatGPT has become popular worldwide and has been widely used in translation practice, teaching, and research. This study reviews the development and evolution of translation ethics, analyzes the ethical risks posed by ChatGPT in terms of creativity, translator subjectivity, and data security, and proposes the establishment of a sound regulatory mechanism, the enhancement of translators’ technological ethics literacy, the training of searching quotient and inquiry quotient, and the construction of a healthy human-machine ethical environment to achieve ethical governance of technology.
Column：Translation Technology and Education in the ChatGPT Era 104-112 Details
- Zhou Dunyi’s Philosophy and a Research on the Translations of His Works
Author：Hongxin Jiang
Abstract: Zhou Dunyi is an epoch-making philosopher, owning the credit of breaking the darkness of Confucian inheritance for more than 1,500 years from the time of Confucius and Mencius to the early Song Dynasty. Zhou is not only a practitioner of orthodoxical Confucianism with such core ideas like “sincerity” and ...
Column：Translation Studies 113-122 Details
- On Translation of the May Fourth Period and the Emergence of Eco-cosmopolitanism
Author：Jiao Li, Haiyan Xie
Abstract: During the May Fourth Period, Chinese intellectuals were greatly influenced by western cosmopolitanism. As they attempted to translate western literary works into Chinese, many translators intentionally incorporated ecological concerns into their cosmopolitan outlook, displaying a broader view beyon...
Column：Translation Studies 123-135 Details
- Change and Transformation: Common Core of Interlingual Transformation and Intersemiotic Shift
Author：Xiujuan Guan, Wanqi Zhang
Abstract: Translation variation and complete translation are a pair of translation categories. Change is the essential attribute of translation variation, featured with a big change (qualitative change) while transformation is the essential attribute of complete translation, characterized with a small change (quantitative change). This paper reviews the improvement process and application fields of translation variation and complete translation with “change” and “transformation” as their cores respectively, attempts to extend these interlingual transformation rules to intersemiotic shift, and explores the multi-modal conversion laws. It is found that the ...
Column：Translation Studies 136-145 Details
- Literature without Borders: An Interview with Chen Zhongyi
Author：João Cezar de Castro Rocha
Abstract: Literature without Borders: An Interview with Chen Zhongyi by João Cezar de Castro Rocha
Column：Lushan Bitan 146-156 Details
- American Magic: From Brilliance to Darkness
Author：Zhao Yifan
Abstract: Johan Galtung, a Norwegian writer published in 2008 a book entitled The Fall of the US Empire. This book declares the USA enjoys its “magic” Power, just as the Roman Empire did before. But the US Empire is bound to collapse, so long as its “magic” Power is gone, as the Roman history tells us. Professor Galtung’s prediction about ...
Column：China and the US by ZHAO Yifan 001-012 Details