A Study on Strategies in Chinese-English Political Translation and Interpretation

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10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_28How to use a DOI?

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translation strategies; political text; metaphor

Abstract

Political translation, one of the most important translation areas, is important due to its sensitivity and specificity, as well as the national ideology. During the process of translation, translators are often required to use highly skilled translation techniques to proceed with words and sentences in text to achieve a high degree of precision in political texts and to convey the exact meaning of the speaker. This article reviews translation strategies for some difficult translation objects that appear in political texts: metaphors, political terms, cultural sentences, and idioms. The main findings were: 1) When metaphors appear in political texts, translators usually use the translation strategy of paraphrasing when the source text metaphor and the target text metaphor do not agree, while when the source text and the target text metaphor agree, translators will use the strategy of direct translation; 2) When translating Chinese political terms, translators usually complete the original meaning and explain it appropriately; 3) Culturally loaded words and sentences in political texts are often paraphrased. By analyzing the translation difficulties in these political texts, translators and interpreters will be able to handle their translation strategies appropriately and convey the speaker’s meaning more accurately when translating political texts.

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AU  - Bing Xiong
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/02/13
TI  - A Study on Strategies in Chinese-English Political Translation and Interpretation
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 4th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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