1WU, Biyu (Professor),2MAO, Feng (Associate Professor),3GUO Qianxia (Ms）
1,3College of Foreign Languages, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
2School of Languages, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, Shanghai, China
DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijmra/v8-i02-15Google Scholar Download Pdf
ABSTRACT:
Wang Jianguo and He Ziran (2014) proposed that Chinese and English show pragmatic differences in their emphasis: Chinese emphasizes process, while English emphasizes outcomes. Consequently, English translations often convey meanings that are implicit in or exceed those of the original Chinese text. Based on this observation, this paper hypothesizes that many comparative adjectives or adverbs in English translations originate from positive (base form) adjectives or adverbs in Chinese, or sometimes have no corresponding Chinese adjectives or adverbs at all. By examining the sources of “better” and “further” in the English version of the 20th National Congress Report, this paper confirms this hypothesis, enhancing our understanding of Chinese-English pragmatic differences and providing insights for similar Chinese-English translation research and practice.
KEYWORDS:20th National Congress Report; English comparative degree; Chinese-English translation; better; further
REFERENCES1) Bao Chuanyun (鲍川运). Breaking the Fixed Patterns in Chinese-English Translation [Z]. Beijing International Studies University PPT, March 30, 2021.
2) Lian Shuneng (连淑能). On Chinese and Western Ways of Thinking [J]. Foreign Languages and Their Teaching, 2002, (2): 43-44.
3) Wang Jianguo (王建国), He Ziran (何自然). Process-Oriented or Result-Oriented? - The Influence of Translator's Native Language on English Translation Text [J]. Shanghai Translation, 2014, (2): 7-12.
4) Wang Jianguo (王建国). Chinese-English Translation Studies: Basic Theory and Practice [M]. Beijing: China Translation Publishing House, 2019: 78-79, 90.
5) Wang Jianguo (王建国). English-Chinese Translation Studies: Basic Theory and Practice [M]. Beijing: China Translation Publishing House, 2020: 17.
6) Xi Jinping (习近平). Xi Jinping: The Governance of China (Chinese-English Edition) (Volume III) [J]. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 2020.
7) Xu Guoping (许国萍). Research on Modern Chinese Comparative Category [M]. Shanghai: Xuelin Publishing House, 2007: 29-37.
Volume 08 Issue 02 February 2025
There is an Open Access article, distributed under the term of the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits remixing, adapting and building upon the work for non-commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
Our Services and Policies
Authors should prepare their manuscripts according to the instructions given in the authors' guidelines. Manuscripts which do not conform to the format and style of the Journal may be returned to the authors for revision or rejected.
The Journal reserves the right to make any further formal changes and language corrections necessary in a manuscript accepted for publication so that it conforms to the formatting requirements of the Journal.
International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Analysis will publish 12 monthly online issues per year,IJMRA publishes articles as soon as the final copy-edited version is approved. IJMRA publishes articles and review papers of all subjects area.
Open access is a mechanism by which research outputs are distributed online, Hybrid open access journals, contain a mixture of open access articles and closed access articles.
International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Analysis initiate a call for research paper for Volume 08 Issue 02 (February 2025).
PUBLICATION DATES:
1) Last Date of Submission : 25 February 2025 .
2) Article published within a week.
3) Submit Article : editor@ijmra.in or Online
Why with us
1 : IJMRA only accepts original and high quality research and technical papers.
2 : Paper will publish immediately in current issue after registration.
3 : Authors can download their full papers at any time with digital certificate.
The Editors reserve the right to reject papers without sending them out for review.
Authors should prepare their manuscripts according to the instructions given in the authors' guidelines. Manuscripts which do not conform to the format and style of the Journal may be returned to the authors for revision or rejected. The Journal reserves the right to make any further formal changes and language corrections necessary in a manuscript accepted for publication so that it conforms to the formatting requirements of the Journal.