The Impact of Emotion of Shu Lin’s Translation of David Copperfield

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200826.235How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Shu Lin, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, translation, emotion

Abstract

Shu Lin allows his emotions to affect his translation of English literature in order to communicate his thoughts and ideas to awaken the young and to improve social morals. Owing to a series of emotions that arise from his value, social customs, and ideas concerning education, there is a dispute about his unfaithfulness to the original text in his translation of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield. This includes deviation, strengthening or weakening of certain emotions, and changes in narrative perspective. This paper examines these three types of unfaithful translation, discussing the impact of emotion in his translation of this novel. In so doing, it not only uncovers the causes of Lin’s emotions during his translation but also illuminates the distinct emotional style of late Qing society.

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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  - Chenyu Shen
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/08/28
TI  - The Impact of Emotion of Shu Lin’s Translation of David Copperfield
BT  - Proceedings of the 2020 4th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1135
EP  - 1139
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200826.235
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200826.235
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