On Translation Strategies of Biographies Under Translator Behavior Criticism
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.54097/ijeh.v9i3.10154Keywords:
Biography, Translator Behavior Criticism, Translation methods.Abstract
The biography of Party history is a valuable asset of Chinese culture. And as an important step for Chinese culture to go global, its translation has expanded the influence of Chinese literature. The translator analyzes the translation strategy of Biography of Yang Song on the “Truth-seeking-Utility-attaining” evaluative model of continuum, describes the translation phenomenon and translator behavior, and thus explores the process of translators’ participation in society, aiming to promote the translation study of Party history through the analysis of its translation.
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