Translating Tagore's Stray Birds into Chinese

Applying Systemic Functional Linguistics to Chinese Poetry Translation

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

Av Yuanyi Ma, Bo Wang

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Translating Tagore’s ‘Stray Birds’ into Chinese explores the choices in poetry translation in light of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) and illustrates the ways in which readers can achieve a deeper understanding of translated works in English and Chinese. Focusing on Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘Stray Birds’, a collection of elegant and philosophical poems, as a source text, Ma and Wang analyse four Chinese target texts by Zheng Zhenduo, Yao Hua, Lu Jinde and Feng Tang and consider their linguistic complexities through SFL. This book analyses the source text and the target texts from the perspectives of the four strata of language, including graphology, phonology, lexicogrammar and context. Ideal for researchers and academics of SFL, Translation Studies, Linguistics, and Discourse Analysis, Translating Tagore’s ‘Stray Birds’ into Chinese provides an in-depth exploration of SFL and its emerging prominence in the field of Translation Studies.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-12-28
Mått156 x 234 x 19 mm
Vikt453 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Studies in Chinese Translation
Antal sidor174
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780367415464

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Yuanyi Ma and Bo Wang received their doctoral degrees from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Their research interests include Systemic Functional Linguistics, translation studies, discourse analysis and language description. They are co-authors of Lao She’s Teahouse and Its Two English Translations: Exploring Chinese Drama Translation with Systemic Functional Linguistics (Routledge), Systemic Functional Translation Studies: Theoretical Insights and New Directions (Equinox) and Systemic Functional Insights on Language and Linguistics (Springer). Bo Wang is currently Associate Research Fellow from School of International Studies, Sun Yat-sen University, China. Yuanyi Ma is Lecturer from Guangdong Polytechnic of Science and Technology, China.

ContentsForewordFiguresTablesAbbreviations and SymbolsAbbreviations for Interlinear GlossingAcknowledgementsPrefaceChapter 1 Delineating the specificity of poetry translation1.1 Understanding poetry1.2 Translators’ perspectives on poetry translation1.3 A survey of recent studies on poetry translationChapter 2 Demystifying translation as recreation of meaning through choice2.1 Matthiessen’s conceptualization of translation2.2 Stray Birds and its four Chinese translations2.3 Analytical framework and data sizeChapter 3 Translation on the expression plane of language: Graphological and phonological choices3.1 Analysis of graphological choices3.2 Analysis of phonological choices3.3 SummaryChapter 4 Translation on the content plane of language: Lexicogrammatical choices4.1 Analysis of Theme4.2 Theme shift4.3 Analysis of process type4.4 Process type shift4.5 SummaryChapter 5 Contextual considerations in translation: Analyzing field, tenor, and mode5.1 Contextual analysis of field5.2 Contextual analysis of tenor5.3 Contextual analysis of mode5.4 Contextual analysis and translation shifts5.5 SummaryChapter 6 Conclusion: Exploring poetry translation with Systemic Functional Linguistics6.1 Significance of the study6.2 Future directionsReferencesIndex