Exploring creative treason in English translated Danmei literature: a study of Living to Suffer and Till Death Do Us Part
In recent years, the popularity of Danmei literature has spread to the West, with an increasing number of fans reading and translating Danmei works into English. This has led to a significant increase in the availability of Danmei works in English, allowing more people to experience this genre of fi...
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| description | In recent years, the popularity of Danmei literature has spread to the West, with an increasing number of fans reading and translating Danmei works into English. This has led to a significant increase in the availability of Danmei works in English, allowing more people to experience this genre of fiction.
Through analysing the English translated Chinese novel, Living to Suffer and Till Death Do Us Part, this thesis aims to explore the techniques and approaches used by a competent fan translator to connect uniquely Chinese themes in English translations, and to use ‘creative treason’ translation strategies to adapt and even trans-edit the translated text while remaining faithful to the source text, improving its readability and ultimately its cross-cultural communication. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1683932023-06-03T17:00:43Z Exploring creative treason in English translated Danmei literature: a study of Living to Suffer and Till Death Do Us Part Ma, Jiahua - School of Humanities Wang Shengyu wangsy@ntu.edu.sg Humanities::Literature In recent years, the popularity of Danmei literature has spread to the West, with an increasing number of fans reading and translating Danmei works into English. This has led to a significant increase in the availability of Danmei works in English, allowing more people to experience this genre of fiction. Through analysing the English translated Chinese novel, Living to Suffer and Till Death Do Us Part, this thesis aims to explore the techniques and approaches used by a competent fan translator to connect uniquely Chinese themes in English translations, and to use ‘creative treason’ translation strategies to adapt and even trans-edit the translated text while remaining faithful to the source text, improving its readability and ultimately its cross-cultural communication. Master of Arts (Translation and Interpretation) 2023-05-30T01:49:09Z 2023-05-30T01:49:09Z 2023 Thesis-Master by Coursework Ma, J. (2023). Exploring creative treason in English translated Danmei literature: a study of Living to Suffer and Till Death Do Us Part. Master's thesis, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/168393 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/168393 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
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| title | Exploring creative treason in English translated Danmei literature: a study of Living to Suffer and Till Death Do Us Part |
| title_full | Exploring creative treason in English translated Danmei literature: a study of Living to Suffer and Till Death Do Us Part |
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