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2019（Vol. 3）
- Korean Litteraeur Kim Taek-yeong’s Textual Research on Book of Songs and The Analects
Author：Cheng Wang
Abstract: Kim Taek-yeong paid great attention to the Book of Songs, The Analects and Confucius. His article discussed many issues，such as Confucius’s deletion of poetry from the Book of Songs，Zheng and Wei’s poetry is obscene, Confucius’s autocracy and respect for Emperor Yao, and the understanding...
Column：Literature Studies 034-042 Details
- The Nature of Post-modernity of Gary Snyder’s Smokey the Bear Sutra
Author：Jian Luo
Abstract: As the poet Laureate of Deep Ecology, Gary Snyder’s poetics position has always been blurred in the academic field. From the perspective of Snyder’s cultural attitudes, this paper takes Smokey the Bear Sutra as the focus, and makes a discussion about the exploration of new culture, the creation of new myths a...
Column：Literature Studies 043-052 Details
- Seeking Reconciliation through Translation: A Study on W. H. Medhurst's Translation of "Li (理)" in Cheng-Zhu Confucianism
Author：Siyang Shuai
Abstract: As the core concept in Lixue 理学 (or Cheng-Zhu Confucianism), Li 理 has all along been endowed with complicated meanings, signifying moral principles as well as the transcendent origin and governing power of the universe. It attracted scholarly attention...
Column：Translation History Studies 053-068 Details
- Study on the Acceptability and Influence of the Chinese Translation of Gankutsuou
Author：Ling Yu
Abstract: During the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, there emerged plenty of Chinese versions of Le Comte de Monte Cristo, a novel by French novelist Alexandre Dumas. Taking the Chinese versions of Gankutsuou (Le Comte de Monte Cristo) serialized in Sichuan literary supplement The Record o...
Column：Translation History Studies 069-082 Details
- A Comparative Study of Human Translation and Machine Translation Post-editing in E-C Translation: Translation Speed, Quality and Translators' Attitude
Author：Xiangling Wang, Tingting Wang
Abstract: With the help of keylogging and questionnaire, this paper compares two translation patterns, i.e. human translation and machine translation post-editing, in E-C translation in terms of productivity, quality and translators’ attitude. The following findings are revealed: (1) In E-C translation of technical text, machine translation post-editing can significantly decrease task time and improve translation speed. (2) Compared with human translation, machine translation post-editing produces translations with less errors...
Column：Translation Studies 083-093 Details
- On the English Translation of "di"(帝) in Shijing with Reference to Four English Versions of Shijing
Author：Xiaolong Wu
Abstract: “Di” (帝) is an important character with religious color in Shijing, loaded with the primitive religious culture of the ancient Chinese society. This paper aims to study the English translation of “di” (帝) with reference to the statistical analysis of its translations in f...
Column：Translation Studies 094-102 Details
- A Study of "Emotive Intensifier + X" Construction
Author：Fen Liu
Abstract: Previous studies mainly focus on the “Degree Adverb + X” construction, and they seldom pay attention to “Emotive Intensifier + X” construction. Under the framework of Construction Grammar, by exploring the construction representation and its different forms and meanings of the structure of “Emotive Intensifier + X”, and ...
Column：Liguistic Studies 103-112 Details
- The Depth of Cognitive Processing of Metonymy within a Cognitive-pragmatic Perspective
Author：Zhenqiang Fan
Abstract: The depth of metonymic processing is a newly-emerged key issue in cognitive metonymy studies. A multi-level conceptual analysis reveals that metonymy operates within a matrix domain or metonymic complex, which includes four hierarchical levels: image-schema, domain, frame and mental space. On ...
Column：Liguistic Studies 113-129 Details
- CET Washback Effects on the Achievement Test of College English: A Study Based on the Analysis of the Finals of Ten Universities and Teacher Interviews
Author：Lianzhong Dong
Abstract: This study investigates the washback effects of CET on the achievement test of college English, and it employs the end-term exams of 10 colleges or universities in Beijing and interviews of college English directors and lecturers. The results of the study demonstrate that the end-term exams of most colleges or universities do not include oral English test, but simply copy the CET in aspects of its test contents, question types, and the score weight; the end-term exams of key universities, however, are less impacted by using a variety of subjective question types to examine students’ comprehensive English competence; and the causes resulting in the above distinctions can be partly attributed to the lack of language assessment literacy of college English directors and teachers. Hence, a number of measures, such as accelerating the end-term exam reform, introducing the oral English test and increasing its score weight in the end-term exam,
Column：Liguistic Studies 130-138 Details