Analysis of Sidney Shapiro’s Translation Techniques in The Family from the Perspective of Reception Aesthetics

Xiaoli Tong

doi:10.54097/ijeh.v8i2.7494

Authors

Xiaoli Tong

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/ijeh.v8i2.7494

Keywords:

The Family, Sidney Shapiro, Reception aesthetics, Translation techniques.

Abstract

Ba Jin’s realistic novel Jia is the earliest one of his trilogy entitled Current and his masterpiece which starts his writing career. It describes the downfall of the bureaucratic feudal Gao family and the progress and resistance of the young generation. In 1958, The Family, the English version of Jia by Sidney Shapiro, was published by Foreign Language Press. In the past several decades, the original work of Jia was researched very deeply and a lot of findings have been made, but the studies about the English Version, The Family, were still very limited. The emergence and prevalence of reception aesthetics give a new angle for translation studying. This paper aims to analyze Shapiro’s translation techniques in The Family from the Perspective of Reception Aesthetics and to broaden its study angles.

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