This study investigates translation strategies for Chinese cultural terms in academic texts through a case study of Chapter 7 from“Jade Myth Belief and Chinese Spirit”.Using a qualitative research approach based on ...This study investigates translation strategies for Chinese cultural terms in academic texts through a case study of Chapter 7 from“Jade Myth Belief and Chinese Spirit”.Using a qualitative research approach based on cultural context framework and cognitive model,the study analyzes translation challenges and solutions in rendering cultural terms related to jade mythology and archaeological concepts.The research identifies three primary translation strategies:transliteration with annotation,domestication with explanation,and cognitive-based translation.The findings reveal that effective translation requires a balanced approach between maintaining academic precision and preserving cultural authenticity.The study demonstrates that successful translation of cultural terms in academic contexts demands a sophisticated understanding of both source and target cultural contexts,along with careful consideration of the academic audience’s needs.This research contributes to the field by providing practical insights for translators working with Chinese cultural texts in academic settings and proposing an approach to handling complex cultural terminology.展开更多
Although contrastive move analysis of article abstracts has been a highlight,few studies focus on abstracts of natural sci⁃ence articles.To compensate for this gap,this study,based on IMRD model,focuses on aquatic bio...Although contrastive move analysis of article abstracts has been a highlight,few studies focus on abstracts of natural sci⁃ence articles.To compensate for this gap,this study,based on IMRD model,focuses on aquatic biology abstracts and contrasts those by native English speakers and those by Chinese authors.Combining quantitative and qualitative studies,it reveals their dif⁃ferences and similarities in terms of the frequency of different moves,sentence length and move length significance.Such similari⁃ties and differences can be explained by the face culture of China,the different language proficiency and the common convention of academic abstract.展开更多
基金sponsored by the Humanities and Social Sciences Project of the Ministry of Education under Grant No.24YJCZH443Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Planning Project under Grant No.2024EYY015Shanghai Municipal Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning Project under Grant No.2024EYY011.
文摘This study investigates translation strategies for Chinese cultural terms in academic texts through a case study of Chapter 7 from“Jade Myth Belief and Chinese Spirit”.Using a qualitative research approach based on cultural context framework and cognitive model,the study analyzes translation challenges and solutions in rendering cultural terms related to jade mythology and archaeological concepts.The research identifies three primary translation strategies:transliteration with annotation,domestication with explanation,and cognitive-based translation.The findings reveal that effective translation requires a balanced approach between maintaining academic precision and preserving cultural authenticity.The study demonstrates that successful translation of cultural terms in academic contexts demands a sophisticated understanding of both source and target cultural contexts,along with careful consideration of the academic audience’s needs.This research contributes to the field by providing practical insights for translators working with Chinese cultural texts in academic settings and proposing an approach to handling complex cultural terminology.
文摘Although contrastive move analysis of article abstracts has been a highlight,few studies focus on abstracts of natural sci⁃ence articles.To compensate for this gap,this study,based on IMRD model,focuses on aquatic biology abstracts and contrasts those by native English speakers and those by Chinese authors.Combining quantitative and qualitative studies,it reveals their dif⁃ferences and similarities in terms of the frequency of different moves,sentence length and move length significance.Such similari⁃ties and differences can be explained by the face culture of China,the different language proficiency and the common convention of academic abstract.
