A Study on the Impact of Emotions on Lin Shu’s Translation Strategies in Zei Shi

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10.2991/assehr.k.201215.492How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Emotions, emotional style, translation strategies, Zei Shi, traditional Chinese ethics

Abstract

This paper examines the role of emotions in Lin Shu’s strategies in translating Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist to Zei Shi. There are four prominent changes of emotions discovered in his translation, including weakened compliments on female characters’ appearances, blunted affection between lovers, sharpened anger and grief out of gratitude, and uglified images of negative Characters. The author argues that these changes derive from the different emotional styles between the Victorian society and the late Qing society due to different historical realities, traditions and values. Lin intensifies or abates emotions in the original to navigate his audience’s emotional attitudes in a way to help achieve his educational purpose.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xiaoyu Xiao
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/17
TI  - A Study on the Impact of Emotions on Lin Shu’s Translation Strategies in Zei Shi
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 533
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SN  - 2352-5398
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