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A Study of Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang as Translators

Author: XiaoYanZuo
Tutor: XinLing
School: Central China Normal University
Course: English Language and Literature
Keywords: Yang Xianyi Gladys Literary Translation Translation contribution Translation activities
CLC: H059
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2006
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Abstract


Yang Xianyi (1915 -), wearing Gladys (1915-1999) couple is the translator of the Chinese translation in the history of the prestigious, they make a huge contribution to the development of the cause for the Chinese translation. Use their life energy, the husband and wife co-operation, perfect match, the large number of Chinese translation of literary works, introduced to the West, but also the many good works of Western literature introduced to Chinese readers. They translate the number of large, high quality, and very few people can match. Author on the basis of the information collected on the background of Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys translation activities translation events and translation features descriptive study, in order to make up for the lack of translation industry in China for two translator system. Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys couple engaged in literary translation work since the late 1930s, life never left translation career. Author two translation according to the characteristics of its translation activities divided into three stages: early, mid and late career. In the early stage, between 1938 to 1943, Yang Dai began his translation activities \In addition, Yang initial translation Gladys learning Chinese and Chinese culture in order to help their loved ones. Yang Dai translation career mid-term, that is, from 1943 to 1949, they began a professional translator career. Greater extent when they engaged in translation work at the National Institute for Compilation and Translation is a means of livelihood. Unfortunately, due to the war most of this period translated manuscripts have been lost. The third period from 1949 to the end of the 1980s, Yang Dai a translation career of more than fifty years the most important stage, their energies are dedicated to the motherland and cultural exchanges with other countries in the world. Since shortly after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Yangs was invited to join the Foreign Languages ??Press, and later working for the literary magazine. From the magazine from until the duo retirement, has been the main translator. Most of their translations were published in this journal. Two multi outstanding works of Chinese literature translated into English, to fill the blank of Chinese literary works to the world in a larger extent. The Yangs life translated the works of more than two hundred articles / Ministry. In addition to a large number of them translated, in the eighties, Yang also suggested that \Illustrated by not only responsible for the editing and selection of Panda Books, he and his wife Gladys is personally translated many works. Practice of translation as a great home, they rarely involve translation theory. The duo has been any spread of Chinese literature and culture, in the process of translation mainly uses literal way. Their contribution lies not only in their translation no count of Chinese literary works, to some extent, make up the history of the Chinese translation emphasis on introducing Western works, less concerned about the imbalance in the Chinese into Foreign lies their decades 's efforts to spread like a day to introduce

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