On the study of Chinese Puns in English translation from a rhetorical perspective : a case study on xi you ji and its two English translations
Author
Source
International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation
Issue
Vol. 6, Issue 2 (28 Feb. 2023), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Al-Kindi Center for Research and Development
Publication Date
2023-02-28
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
English Language and Literature
Abstract EN
From a rhetorical perspective, the article takes the puns in Xi You Ji (Journey to the West) and its two English translations as the object of study and divides the puns into three categories: homonymy, homophony, and paronomasia puns respectively.
The two translations deal with the three types of puns in very different ways.
Yu’s translation deals with the puns in the original by the strategy of direct translation or phonetic translation with annotations, which largely compensates for the lack of puns when they are transformed in a foreign context.
While Jenner’s translation mostly adopts the direct translation strategy, and only a few puns have been translated with annotations.
The translations of the typical puns in the original text are comparable between the two translations, and both of them try to achieve phonetic, meaning, and morphological equivalence with the original text.
However, from an overall perspective, the richness of translation and compensation in Jenner’s translation is much inferior to those in Yu’s translation.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Zhang, Bing. 2023. On the study of Chinese Puns in English translation from a rhetorical perspective : a case study on xi you ji and its two English translations. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation،Vol. 6, no. 2, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1497139
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Zhang, Bing. On the study of Chinese Puns in English translation from a rhetorical perspective : a case study on xi you ji and its two English translations. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation Vol. 6, no. 2 (2023), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1497139
American Medical Association (AMA)
Zhang, Bing. On the study of Chinese Puns in English translation from a rhetorical perspective : a case study on xi you ji and its two English translations. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation. 2023. Vol. 6, no. 2, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1497139
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 7-8
Record ID
BIM-1497139