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On the Intercultural Communication Competence of English Versions of Traditional Chinese Classics

Author: BaiYuJie
Tutor: GuoShangXing
School: Henan University
Course: Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Keywords: Intercultural communication English translation of the Chinese classics The Analects Context theory interracial exchange
CLC: H315.9
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2009
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Abstract

We are in an era of rapidly changing science and technology, transport, means of communication, the rapid development of the world is becoming smaller and smaller, ever closer ties between the people. We have more opportunities to come into contact with a foreign culture, and has heavily influenced in varying degrees. In such a social environment, we should not only learn and accept foreign culture should also come up with our own excellent culture to share and the world, to the world media. Chinese Classics is the most basic of all Chinese culture is the most important part of the essence of Chinese culture. However, due to language differences, they are not in the world spread far and wide. Therefore, we need them translated into foreign languages, the world's understanding of Chinese culture, and contribute to a force to achieve the world's cultural diversity. Translation of classics confined to the micro-level, such as sentence structure, the understanding of the original text, translation strategies, the status of two or more different text comparison, translation of classics and future and so on, very few Some people involved in the study of the macro-level. Therefore, the author intends from the macro point of view of the cross-cultural translation of classics to explore. Young Yun Kim interracial communication context theory, the authors put forward a \The authors believe that books English translation at the center, its cross-cultural transmission capacity is constrained by three factors, namely the translator, the translation embodies the cultural similarity or difference in cross-cultural communication activities, the environment at home and abroad , at the same time, these three factors interact with each other constraints. All the Chinese classics, the Analects is the most translated and spread of one of the most extensive book. Plus English is one of the most widely used language in the world, therefore, the authors select the English translation of the \By choosing Legge the Ames and Ruthven, Gu Hongming and Li Tianchen translation as a representative analysis, the desire to prove that proposed by the authors the intercultural communication capacity point of view on the English translation of the Chinese classics is reasonable, and therefore for the future from a cross English translations of Chinese classics culture propagation angle evaluation to provide a point of reference. The thesis is divided into five sections: In the first chapter, a brief introduction to the motivation of this thesis, the scope of the study, research methods, and chapter structure. The second chapter is the literature review section, the authors describe the nature and significance of the nature and importance of the Chinese classics and translation of classics, Confucius, the Analects of Confucius and his book \Analects English translation of the history and the English translation of overseas as well as of the English translation of the Analects classification. Chapter is part of the theoretical framework, the first section of the introduction of the Young Yun Kim, she put forward the theory of context interracial communication background, related concepts, the specific content of the theory and operation mechanism. The second section focuses on the use of the theory in the study of Chinese classics English translation the intercultural communication capability as well as the English translation of the Analects intercultural communication ability. The authors hypothesized: English translation is in a central position in cross-cultural communication activities, books, cross-cultural communication competence constrained by three factors, that is, the translator, the translation of embodied cultural similarities or differences, domestic and international environment, and at the same time, these three factors affect each other mutual restraint. The fourth chapter is the main part of the paper, mainly from four aspects of the English translation of the Analects of cross-cultural communication competence: the first is the translator of \that the identity of the translator, translation purposes, the readers of the target language and translation strategies; followed of translation embodied cultural similarities and differences in the impact on the \impact; Finally, the interaction between these three factors. The fifth chapter is the conclusion, by the above discussion, the authors concluded that the assumption that she put forward the on intercultural communication capability for the English translation of the Chinese classics - classics intercultural communication skills of the English translation of the identity of the translator (translator embodied in the purpose of the translation, the readers of the target language and translation strategies), the translation of cultural similarities and differences, the domestic and international environment impact, and the translator reflected to some extent influence and determine the translation of cultural similarities and differences how many, in addition, the domestic and international environment will affect the translator translations reflect the extent of the cultural similarities and differences - is reasonable and acceptable. Finally, the authors hope to provide a little reference intercultural communication ability in English translations of Chinese classics, she Preliminary evaluation of the English translation of Chinese classics for the future from the perspective of intercultural communication.

On the Intercultural Communication Competence of English Versions of Traditional Chinese Classics

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