Speaking from the Translation of She by Ba Jin
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https://doi.org/10.54097/ehss.v8i.4634Keywords:
She; The Story of Suvarin; Mara; Anna; Historiography.Abstract
Ba Jin’s translated works have a relatively important place in the history of Chinese translation. However, Ba Jin’s translations of She and The Story of Suvarin have remained unnoticed by the scholarly community for a long time. A comparison of the 1929 edition of She and the 1939 edition of The Story of Suvarin reveals slight differences between the two versions. Chen Yuan’s pioneering approach to the study of historical sources is a valuable resource for dealing with literary historical materials. The study of historical sources, also known as “Heuistik”, originally means “finden” and “Fofindungskunst”. The main purpose is to find out “what is historical material”, “what are the sources of historical material”, and “there are several types of historical sources”. This study employs a historical source research approach to examine two of Ba Jin’s translation works in the 1920s and the 1930s. Rereading these two translations helps clarify the pseudonym Mara, trace the historical origins of the changes in different versions, and discover the meaning of Anna’s name.
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