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A Hermeneutical Perspective on Kenneth Rexroth’s English Translation of Du Fu

Author: YeLu
Tutor: LiYaDan
School: Central China Normal University
Course: English Language and Literature
Keywords: Philosophical hermeneutics Rex Roth English translation Poetry by Confucian Taoist
CLC: I046
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2007
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Abstract


Throughout the history of hermeneutics and translation, the development towards theoretical turn of translation studies and hermeneutics and interpretation of the center of gravity of the conversion are closely related. As understanding and interpretation of the methodology, traditional hermeneutics think to understand the ultimate goal is to search for the text \not incorporated into their own subjective color, do not assert their individuality, to produce absolutely objective and faithful translation. Hermeneutics of the 20th century began its ontological steering. In Heidegger and Gadamer, understanding is not beyond the specific context of the readers personal purely cognitive activity, but readers from their own unique situations into their values ??affect survival activities. The essence of the spirit of history does not lie in the the repair past things, but that with the current state of thinking of life communication. The impact of this important turning quickly radiated to all fields. The next field of translation studies has also undergone major changes, research methods gradually shift from normative to descriptive. This can not be said to be inspired and influenced by modern hermeneutics. Modern hermeneutics article will most influential philosophical hermeneutics as the theoretical basis, and to learn from some of its essence to translate research. Gadamer the understanding of the historic \This article will Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics principle study Kenneth Rex. Roth (Wang Honggong) translation of Du Fu poems (1956), analyzes the transformation of the image in its translation of Du Fu. Rex Roth Translating Poetry greatly undermined the Confucian colors of the original poem, focusing on rendering of Du Fu's yearning for the hermit life, show its translation of Du Fu is a choice in the natural landscape ablation to forget their own hermit rather than concern for the fate heart Confucian world. The papers then explore the underlying causes lead to its transformation, as well as how to look at this shift from the perspective of philosophical hermeneutics. Rex Roth translation of Du Fu's poetry research, this paper aims to demonstrate the Hermeneutic not only bring new inspiration to translation studies theory, but also provides a new theoretical perspective compared to the translation and the original. And hope that through this more attention caused by the scholars of the translation industry translation studies of the great poets of the Du Fu and The Rex Kenneth Roth in Britain and the U.S. have made an outstanding contribution to the referral of classical Chinese poetry translation the interest of the home.

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