The Manipulation of Ideology on Translation: Taking Ku Hongming ’s Confucian Translation as an Example

Guiju Yang

doi:10.54097/dd3srv71

Authors

Guiju Yang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/dd3srv71

Keywords:

Ideology; manipulation; rewriting; Confucian translation; Ku Hongming.

Abstract

Translation is a combination of manipulation and rewriting, and it is carried out in a specific social, political, cultural and historical context subject to the translator’s ideology. Based on Andre Lefevere’s Manipulation and Rewriting Theory, this paper takes Ku Hongming ’s Confucian translation as a case study, and places Ku Hongming ’s translation activities in a specific historical context to explore the manipulation of ideology on translation activities from the aspects of text selection, target audience restrictions and original text rewriting.

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