1931 — China und der Westen

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Qu Qiubai. On translation : a letter to Lu Xun [ID D38987].
Dear Comrade
The publication of your translation of Razgrom (The rout) [by Aleksandr Alexandrovic Fadeev] was of course a truly memorable event in China's cultural life. Translating masterpieces of proletarian revolutionary literature from around the world and introducing these works to Chinese readers in a systematic fashion (especially masterpieces from the Soviet Union, which through concrete images present in an artistic way the 'heroes' of the great October Revolution, the Civil War and the Five-year Plans) – this is one of the crucial tasks of writers working for proletarian literature in China. Producing translations such as those of Razgrom and Zhelezhyi potok (Iron stream) [by Alexander Serafimovich] should be regarded as the responsibility of all Chinese revolutionary writers. Every revolutionary fighter on the literary front and every revolutionary reader should celebrate this victory, even though this is just a small victory…
Translation – in addition to introducing the content of the original to Chinese readers – has another important function, that is, helping us create a new modern Chinese language… Since we are engaged in the struggle for a new modern Chinese language, we cannot but set two standards for translation : absolute accuracy and absolute vernacular Chinese. This is to introduce the language of a new culture to the masses… The use of absolute vernacular Chinese for translation does not necessarily mean that we cannot 'preserve the spirit of the original'. Of course, this is difficult and painstaking. But we must never balk at difficulties ; we must make every effort to overcome them… Even if the new words have not yet been completely assimilated, the potential for such assimilation is already there. As for new sentence structures, it is more difficult. Still, sentence structure in the spoken language have changed and improved greatly…

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Jahr	Bibliografische Daten	Typ / Abkürzung	Verknüpfte Daten
2004	Chan, Leo Tak-hung. Twentieth-century Chinese translation theory : modes, issues and debates. (Amsterdam : John Benjamins, 2004). (Benjamins translation library ; vol. 51).Table of contents :PART I1.… Chan, Leo Tak-hung. Twentieth-century Chinese translation theory : modes, issues and debates. (Amsterdam : John Benjamins, 2004). (Benjamins translation library ; vol. 51). Table of contents : PART I 1. The traditional approach: Impressionistic theories 3 2. "Modern" theories of the 1920s and 30s 15 3. Theories from a postcolonial perspective 29 4. End of the century: The impact of "new theories" 43 References for Chapters 1-4 6o PART II A. Responses to Yan Fu 67 1. Yan Fu: "Preface to Tianyanlun (Evolution and ethics)" (1901) Tr. C. Y. Hsu 69 2. Zheng Zhenduo: "How to translate literary texts" (1921) Tr. Leo Chan 72 3. Bian Zhilin: "Literary translation and sensitivity to language" (1983) Tr. Gilbert Fong 74 4. Ye Weilian: "Debunking claims of Xin, Da and Ya" (1994) Tr. Ye Weilian 77 Notes to Articles 1-4 89 B. Spiritual resonance 91 5. Chen Xiying: "On translation" (1929) Tr. Chapman Chen 93 6. Zeng Xubai: "Spirit and fluency in translation" (1929) Tr. Chapman Chen 98 7. Fu Lei: "Preface to the retranslation of Pere Goriot" (1951) Tr. May Wong 102 8. Qian Zhongshu: "The translations of Lin Shu" (1963) Tr. George Kao 104 Notes to Articles 5-8 115 C. Art vs. science 121 9. Zhu Guangqian: "On translation" (1944) Tr. Leo Chan 123 10. Fu Lei: "Fragments of my translation experience" (1957) Tr. Leo Chan 126 11. Huang Xuanfan: "Review of Si Guo's Studies of Translation" (1974) Tr. Matthew Leung 129 12. Huang Xuanfan: "Translation and linguistic knowledge" (1974) Tr. Matthew Leung 134 13. Jin Di: "The debate of art vs. science" (1987) Tr. Priscilla Yip 141 Notes to Articles 9-13 147 D. The language of translation 151 14. Qu Qiubai: "On translation - A letter to Lu Xun" (1931) Tr. Yau Wai Ping 153 15. Lu Xun: "A reply to Qu Qiubai" (1931) Tr. Leo Chan 158 16. Qu Qiubai: "Again on translation - A reply to Lu Xun" (1932) Tr. Yau Wai Ping 162 17. Fu Lei: "Letter to Lin Yiliang on translation" (1951) Tr. Sara Ho 168 18. Yu Guangzhong: "Translation and creative writing" (1969) Tr. Leo Chan 173 Notes to Articles 14-18 175 E. Literal translation vs. sense-translation 179 19. Liang Shiqiu: "On Mr. Lu Xun's 'Stiff translation"' (1929) Tr. Evangeline Almberg 181 20. Lu Xun: "'Stiff translation' and the class nature of literature" (1930) Tr. Leo Chan 184 21. Ye Gongchao, "On translation and language reform" (1931) Tr. Rachel Lung 188 22. Mao Dun: "Literal translation, smooth translation, and distorted translation" (1934) Tr. Leo Chan 192 23. Ai Siqi: "On translation" (1937) Tr. John Lai 195 Notes to Articles 19-23 198 F. The untranslatability of poetry 201 24. Mao Dun: "Some thoughts on translating poetry" (1922) Tr. Brian Holton 203 25. Cheng Fangwu: "On translating poetry" (1923) Tr. May Wong 208 26. Bian Zhilin: "Translation and its positive/negative impact on modern Chinese poetry" (1987) Tr. Kellj Chan 211 27. Gu Zhengkun: "On multiple complementary norms and the translation of poetry" (1990) Tr. Julie Chiu 214 Notes to Articles 24-27 220 G. Translation theory for China 223 28. Dong Qiusi: "On building our translation theories" (1951) Tr. Tan Zaixi 225 29. Luo Xinzhang: "Chinese translation theory, a system of its own" (1984) Tr. Tan Zaixi 230 30. Liu Miqing: "The basic paradigm of Chinese translation theory" (1990) Tr. Han Yang 236 31. Sun Zhili: "Some thoughts on building our nation's translation theory" (1998) Tr. Han Yang 240 32. Lin Zhang: "On theories in translation studies" (1998) Tr. Leo Chan 244 Notes to Articles 28-32 246 H. Creativity and translation 249 33. Zheng Zhenduo: "Virgins and matchmakers" (1921) Tr. Rachel Lung 251 34. Guo Moruo: "Letter to Zheng Zhenduo" (1921) Tr. Rachel Lung 252 35. Mao Dun: "The 'matchmaker' and the 'virgin"' (1934) Tr. Laurence Wong 254 36. Fang Ping: "Miscellaneous thoughts on translation" (1995) Tr. Orlando Ho 257 37. Xu Yuanchong: "Verbal translation and literary translation" (1995) Tr. Orlando Ho 261 38. Xu Jun and Yuan Xiaoyi: "For the sake of our common cause" (1995) Tr. Orlando Ho 264 Notes to Articles 33-38 268 Index 271 S. S. 153-156	Publication / ChanL1	Quelle: Zheng, Zhenduo. How to translate literary texts. In : Chan, Leo Tak-hung. Twentieth-century Chinese translation theory : modes, issues and debates. (Amsterdam : John Benjamins, 2004). (ZheZ6, Publication) Quelle: Zheng, Zhenduo. Virgins and matchmakers. In : Chan, Leo Tak-hung. Twentieth-century Chinese translation theory : modes, issues and debates. (Amsterdam : John Benjamins, 2004). (ZheZ7, Publication) Quelle: Guo, Moruo. Letter to Zheng Zhenduo. In : Chan, Leo Tak-hung. Twentieth-century Chinese translation theory : modes, issues and debates. (Amsterdam : John Benjamins, 2004). (GuoM16, Publication) Quelle: Mao, Dun. Some thoughts on translating poetry. In : Chan, Leo Tak-hung. Twentieth-century Chinese translation theory : modes, issues and debates. (Amsterdam : John Benjamins, 2004). (MaoD31, Publication) Quelle: Cheng, Fangwu. On translating poetry. In : Chan, Leo Tak-hung. Twentieth-century Chinese translation theory : modes, issues and debates. (Amsterdam : John Benjamins, 2004). (ChenF1, Publication) Quelle: Qu Qiubai. On translation : a letter to Lu Xun. In : Chan, Leo Tak-hung. Twentieth-century Chinese translation theory : modes, issues and debates. (Amsterdam : John Benjamins, 2004). (QuQ11, Publication) Quelle: Lu, Xun. A reply to Qu Qiubai. (1931). In : Chan, Leo Tak-hung. Twentieth-century Chinese translation theory : modes, issues and debates. (Amsterdam : John Benjamins, 2004). (LuX217, Publication) Quelle: Qu, Qiubai. Again on translation : a reply to Lu Xun. In : Chan, Leo Tak-hung. Twentieth-century Chinese translation theory : modes, issues and debates. (Amsterdam : John Benjamins, 2004). (QuQ12, Publication) Quelle: Mao, Dun. Literal translation, smooth translation, and distorted translation. In : Chan, Leo Tak-hung. Twentieth-century Chinese translation theory : modes, issues and debates. (Amsterdam : John Benjamins, 2004). (MaoD30, Publication) Quelle: Mao, Dun. The 'matchmaker' and the 'virgin'. In : Chan, Leo Tak-hung. Twentieth-century Chinese translation theory : modes, issues and debates. (Amsterdam : John Benjamins, 2004). (MaoD32, Publication) Quelle: Ai, Siqi. On translation. In : Chan, Leo Tak-hung. Twentieth-century Chinese translation theory : modes, issues and debates. (Amsterdam : John Benjamins, 2004). (AiS1, Publication) Quelle: Zhu, Guangqian. On translation. In : Chan, Leo Tak-hung. Twentieth-century Chinese translation theory : modes, issues and debates. (Amsterdam : John Benjamins, 2004). (ZhuG16, Publication) Quelle: Fu, Lei. Fragments of my translation experience. In : Chan, Leo Tak-hung. Twentieth-century Chinese translation theory : modes, issues and debates. (Amsterdam : John Benjamins, 2004). (FuL1, Publication) Quelle: Bian, Zhilin. Translation and its positive/negative impact on modern Chinese poetry. In : Chan, Leo Tak-hung. Twentieth-century Chinese translation theory : modes, issues and debates. (Amsterdam : John Benjamins, 2004). (BiaZ2, Publication) Zitiert von: Asien-Orient-Institut Universität Zürich (AOI, Organisation)