Polysystem Theory was developed in 1970s by Israeli scholar Itamar Even-Zohar,and was well known for its three circumstances.Children' literature,as a special branch of literature,attracts more and more research n...Polysystem Theory was developed in 1970s by Israeli scholar Itamar Even-Zohar,and was well known for its three circumstances.Children' literature,as a special branch of literature,attracts more and more research nowadays.This paper explores the process of translation of Children' s Literature in China under polysystem.展开更多
This study focuses on the translation of English swearwords to Chinese through the ages,drawing mainly on the correlation between the position of translated films and the translation strategies.With the results,the st...This study focuses on the translation of English swearwords to Chinese through the ages,drawing mainly on the correlation between the position of translated films and the translation strategies.With the results,the study aims to testify the applicability of principles of the Polysystem theory for translated films.The sample consisted of English subtitles and their Chinese fansubs of 21 English films.With a combination of quantitative study and qualitative analysis,the study classified the translation strategies the Chinese fansub use and examined how their choice correlates with the position of translated films in three different periods in China,based on Masood Khoshsaligheh’s(2018)taxonomy of the translation strategies of taboo language items.The findings revealed that the Chinese fan subtitle attempted to translate swearwords into Chinese with a milder or toned-down degree of offense and insult.As the translated films strove from a peripheric margin for a higher position in China’s film market,the selection of strategies was inclined to move from the preference for acceptability to adequacy.展开更多
This article gives an adequate observation and analysis of polysystem theory,one of the most influential schools in translation studies put forward by Itamar Even - Zohar and developed by Gideon Toury,and discusses it...This article gives an adequate observation and analysis of polysystem theory,one of the most influential schools in translation studies put forward by Itamar Even - Zohar and developed by Gideon Toury,and discusses its application to Chinese translation phenomena in certain historical periods.展开更多
文摘Polysystem Theory was developed in 1970s by Israeli scholar Itamar Even-Zohar,and was well known for its three circumstances.Children' literature,as a special branch of literature,attracts more and more research nowadays.This paper explores the process of translation of Children' s Literature in China under polysystem.
基金The study is supported by Postgraduate Research&Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province(Grant KYCX20_1918).
文摘This study focuses on the translation of English swearwords to Chinese through the ages,drawing mainly on the correlation between the position of translated films and the translation strategies.With the results,the study aims to testify the applicability of principles of the Polysystem theory for translated films.The sample consisted of English subtitles and their Chinese fansubs of 21 English films.With a combination of quantitative study and qualitative analysis,the study classified the translation strategies the Chinese fansub use and examined how their choice correlates with the position of translated films in three different periods in China,based on Masood Khoshsaligheh’s(2018)taxonomy of the translation strategies of taboo language items.The findings revealed that the Chinese fan subtitle attempted to translate swearwords into Chinese with a milder or toned-down degree of offense and insult.As the translated films strove from a peripheric margin for a higher position in China’s film market,the selection of strategies was inclined to move from the preference for acceptability to adequacy.
文摘This article gives an adequate observation and analysis of polysystem theory,one of the most influential schools in translation studies put forward by Itamar Even - Zohar and developed by Gideon Toury,and discusses its application to Chinese translation phenomena in certain historical periods.
