Omission and its Impact on Character Reshaping in Literary Translation: A Case Study of Wolf Totem
This article sets out to explore, from a socio-cultural perspective, the heavy use of omission in the English translation of a popular Chinese novel Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong and its side effect: the shifts that take place on the characterization of the main character in the translated text. The desc...
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| description | This article sets out to explore, from a socio-cultural perspective, the heavy use of omission in the English translation of a popular Chinese novel Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong and its side effect: the shifts that take place on the characterization of the main character in the translated text. The descriptive perspective on the use of omission, the highly motivated, deliberate operation, shows that this method is well justified when taking into consideration the socio-cultural constraints. Nevertheless, its side effects that come along cannot be overlooked. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-332bf1ae570d49d886b73bf425930a952022-12-22T01:09:38ZdeuUniversity of Tartu PressInterlitteraria1406-07012228-47292019-08-0124110.12697/IL.2019.24.1.14Omission and its Impact on Character Reshaping in Literary Translation: A Case Study of Wolf TotemXiaoli Wang0Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai 200240This article sets out to explore, from a socio-cultural perspective, the heavy use of omission in the English translation of a popular Chinese novel Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong and its side effect: the shifts that take place on the characterization of the main character in the translated text. The descriptive perspective on the use of omission, the highly motivated, deliberate operation, shows that this method is well justified when taking into consideration the socio-cultural constraints. Nevertheless, its side effects that come along cannot be overlooked.https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/IL/article/view/15403omissionliterary translationChinese-English translationcharacter reshapingWolf Totem |
| spellingShingle | Xiaoli Wang Omission and its Impact on Character Reshaping in Literary Translation: A Case Study of Wolf Totem Interlitteraria omission literary translation Chinese-English translation character reshaping Wolf Totem |
| title | Omission and its Impact on Character Reshaping in Literary Translation: A Case Study of Wolf Totem |
| title_full | Omission and its Impact on Character Reshaping in Literary Translation: A Case Study of Wolf Totem |
| title_fullStr | Omission and its Impact on Character Reshaping in Literary Translation: A Case Study of Wolf Totem |
| title_full_unstemmed | Omission and its Impact on Character Reshaping in Literary Translation: A Case Study of Wolf Totem |
| title_short | Omission and its Impact on Character Reshaping in Literary Translation: A Case Study of Wolf Totem |
| title_sort | omission and its impact on character reshaping in literary translation a case study of wolf totem |
| topic | omission literary translation Chinese-English translation character reshaping Wolf Totem |
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