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2019(Vol. 3)
- The Manifestation of the Interactive Register Feature in the Translation of Children’s Literature: A Comparative Study of Three Chinese Versions of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
Author:Xuemei Chen
Abstract: This paper investigates the interactive register feature of children’s literature based on Kipling’s Just So Stories. It first examines how interaction is embodied in the book’s register, especially in terms of linguistic features such as vocatives, tones, and colloquialism, based on which it then compares three Chinese versions. It is argued that interaction is an important register feature of children’s literature and it is essential for translators to reproduce it in translation. The translators can imitate the social role and tone of the author, and they can also read the translation aloud to children, by which they can better interact with them.
Column:Translation Studies 089-100 Details
- A Study of the Translation Strategies and Readers’ Reception of Four English Translations of Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen
Author:Bing Xu, Ying Zhang
Abstract: Huang Di Nei Jing has value for a range of qualities, e.g. as classic literature, ancient philosophy, technology, and science, etc. Translators of the different English translations of Huang Di Nei Jing usually had their particular focuses (such as the book’s m...
Column:Translation Studies 101-112 Details
- On the Theatrical Quality of Cao Yu's Translation of Romeo and Juliet
Author:Yunyan Liu
Abstract: Cao Yu's translation of Romeo and Juliet, a typical theatre translation oriented for stage performance instead of personal reading experience, highlights movements, conversational objects, and other stage facilities to boost dramatic conflicts. Compared with Xu Zhimo and Zhu Shenghao’s translation, Cao’s v...
Column:Translation Studies 113-124 Details
- Critical Thinking at the Metacognitive Level: Framework and Education Principles
Author:Sha Zhang
Abstract: This paper, based on the literature review of theories of metacognition and critical thinking, constructs the theoretical framework of critical thinking at the metacognitive level (CTM). CTM consists of three components, namely, CTM knowledge, CTM skills, and CTM experiences. Each of the three compo...
Column:Liguistic Studies 125-135 Details
- Implicit Foreign Languages Policies and Their Influence on American Foreign Language Education
Author:Hui Luo
Abstract: The history of the development of American education is a history of North American immigration as well as a history of the development of languages. For a long time, from American colonization to independence, foreign language education was not a problem which needed urgent considerat...
Column:Liguistic Studies 136-144 Details
- A Study of Face Management in Consulters’ Responses to Criticism in Emotional Phone-in Radio Programs
Author:Zhuo Peng
Abstract: This paper has analyzed the discourse of consulters’ management of their faces when responding to criticism in emotional phone-in radio programs, which has revealed eight face strategies. The paper has also probed into five kinds of sequence organizations formed by these strat...
Column:Liguistic Studies 145-156 Details
- Orientalism as a Method
Author:Shuxiong Liu
Abstract: "Orientalism" in the modern sense began with the study of the East by western scholars. After joining the field of oriental studies, oriental scholars opened up a national vision different from that of the “Oriental Scholars” in the West. There are also subtle differences within orientalism in the West, and European Orientalism is not the same as the ...
Column:Oriental Studies 001-007 Details
- Critical Dialogue and the Construction of Oriental Studies in China
Author:Qiong Zeng
Abstract: There are rich and substantive research achievements in the Oriental (Eastern) studies in China, but at present, Oriental studies has not been recognized as an independent discipline. The diversity of oriental culture, the research achievements of oriental studies in China and the relationship between Chinese an...
Column:Oriental Studies 008-014 Details
- Practical Criticism: Origin and Purpose
Author:Li Cao
Abstract: I. A. Richards is a pathbreaker and one of the most important founders of 20th century literary criticism. He created the theory and method of “practical criticism” which quickly shapes the teaching of English literature into a new and disciplinary subject of higher learning in Cambridge and beyond. This paper discusses the origin and si...
Column:Literature Studies 015-023 Details
- Literature and Military Enlightenment in Johann Michael von Loen's Novel
Author:Minyue Shi
Abstract: Johann Michael von Loen’s novel belongs to the 18th century German Enlightenment literature and its tradition of discussing political issues. The war discourse in the novel reflects on the military practice and the war situation at that time, and puts forward the idea of introducing the enlightenment valu...
Column:Literature Studies 024-033 Details