What are the characteristics of China novel translation?China novel translation has the following characteristics:
** 1. Translating content **
1. ** The development from free translation to literal translation **
- The early translation of foreign novels was mostly free translation, often introducing the outline of the story, abridged or even added content. For example, when translating a novel, they would delete the lines or insert passages. They would also delete the description of the scenery and the psychological description of the characters. It was common to translate the meaning but not the words. Many of them were writers themselves, so they would create something in their translation. For example, Bao Tianxiao's translation of Xin 'er's Journey to School inserted several sections on family affairs. With the rise of the status of the novel and the popularity of the translated version, it gradually developed towards literal translation. It required loyalty to the original work or basically loyalty to the original work, and paid attention to not losing the original content and style. The quality of translation was obviously improved.
2. ** Selection of translation content **
- When translating China literature to foreign countries, there was controversy over the choice of translated content. Traditional foreign translation mostly supported classics, novels, and other large works. However, in the era of new media, there was a need to redefine what was worth translating. For example, not only serious literature or a certain type of novel was suitable for external communication. This involved the influence and vitality of the works in foreign cultures, as well as the meaning and essence of China literature and culture 'going out'.
** 2. Language Form **
1. ** Change from classical Chinese to vernacular Chinese **
- In the early days, most of the translated novels were translated in classical Chinese. Because classical Chinese was popular in society at that time, and most of the novel readers were scholars, classical Chinese translation was easy to accept. However, classical Chinese was difficult to understand and was not conducive to spreading among readers who had just learned the language. With the development of the vernacular movement, some people of insight advocated the use of vernacular. Translators began to use shallow styles (between classical Chinese and vernacular) to translate. Later, more and more people translated in vernacular, and the level of vernacular translation also improved day by day, laying the foundation for the full use of pure vernacular after the May Fourth Movement.
** 3. Cultural Connotation **
1. ** Difficulties in translating cultural terms **
- In China novels (especially fantasy novels), there are many words with unique cultural implications that are difficult to translate accurately. For example, in fantasy novels, it was difficult for foreigners to express words like "Tianjiao,""Daozi," and "Shengzi" in English. Some could only use Pinyin instead or use a translation method like "God's favorite son." The names of weapons and cultivation techniques, such as the hidden weapons in Douluo Continent and the Provenance True Devil Technique in Mortal Cultivation Biography, were also difficult to translate. Some of them were directly written in Pinyin and made annotations for foreign readers to understand on their own.
2. ** The relationship between translation and cultural exchange **
- In the context of the two-way and multi-dimensional exchange of Chinese and foreign literature and culture, the translation criticism of China literature continued to deepen. The path of translation activities has changed from being dominated by "foreign translation" to paying equal attention to "Chinese translation" and "foreign translation". This requires a re-examination of the fundamental issues of the nature, value, and ethics of translation, including how to deal with the cultural implications of China literature in translation, so as to realize the equal exchange and common development of China culture and the world's multiculturalism.
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Dan Ling's translation and annotation of classical ChineseThere was a man who was born in the north and was an official in the south.(Once) he ate water chestnuts at a banquet.(That man) put the shell of the water chestnuts into his mouth (eat). Someone said,"To eat water chestnuts, you must remove the shell." The man covered up his shortcomings and said,"It's not that I don't know. Eating it with the shell is to clear away heat and detoxify." "Is there such a thing in the north?" someone asked. "There are mountains in front and behind," he replied."Where are they not?" Water chestnuts grew in water but claimed to grow in the soil because he insisted that he knew what he did not know.
Note: (1) Water caltrop: Commonly known as water caltrop, an aquatic plant with edible fruit;(2) Sitting: Because.
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Pearl Buck's China novel translationPearl Buck translated the China novel Water Margins. Her translation of Water Margins (71 chapters) was published in New York and London at the same time in 1933. During the translation process, she made some special arrangements. For example, she incorporated the first chapter of the original book,"Zhang Tianshi prayed for the plague, and Taiwei Hong mistakenly went to the demon," into the introduction. The first chapter of the translated book began with "Wang Shijia privately went to Yan 'an Mansion, and the nine-striped dragon caused chaos in Jiaotou Village." There were a total of 70 chapters. She translated the title of the book as All Men Are Brothers.
Pearl Buck also wrote a novel about China, The Good Earth (formerly known as Wang Long), which described the life of Chinese farmers and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938. The English version of The Good Earth trilogy had been printed in more than 70 versions, totaling millions of copies. Her works had been translated into more than 140 languages.
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