Translating social items from the Tibetan Epic “King Gesar” into english: what a corpus-based analysis reveals and how it can help
The Ge Sa-er (also known as Gesar) saga has been handed down for above 1000 years by Tibetan Chinese, Mongolian Chinese, the Tu and the Naxi, describing a heroic story in present-day Kangba Tibetan area. This article analyse the English translation of social discourse in the Ge Sa-er version retold...
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| author | Zhou, Yuqiao Halim, Hazlina Abdul Ujum, Diana Abu Wong, Ling Yann |
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| description | The Ge Sa-er (also known as Gesar) saga has been handed down for above 1000 years by Tibetan Chinese, Mongolian Chinese, the Tu and the Naxi, describing a heroic story in present-day Kangba Tibetan area. This article analyse the English translation of social discourse in the Ge Sa-er version retold by Alai (2009). Due to different knowledge shared by source and target readers, it is difficult to represent the source social meaning in the English translation. Aiming to resolve the translation problems revealed by social cognition, this article uses statistical methods together with corpus to conduct stylistic analyses on Ge Sa-er Wang (Alai, 2009). An unexpected finding of this research is that the data from statistical methods can better predict the translation difficulties of Ge Sa-er Wang than the data from corpus. Based on the stylistic features of Ge Sa-er Wang, we propose a social discourse translation model for Chinese ethnic minority literature. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-1057302024-05-30T06:35:20Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/105730/ Translating social items from the Tibetan Epic “King Gesar” into english: what a corpus-based analysis reveals and how it can help Zhou, Yuqiao Halim, Hazlina Abdul Ujum, Diana Abu Wong, Ling Yann The Ge Sa-er (also known as Gesar) saga has been handed down for above 1000 years by Tibetan Chinese, Mongolian Chinese, the Tu and the Naxi, describing a heroic story in present-day Kangba Tibetan area. This article analyse the English translation of social discourse in the Ge Sa-er version retold by Alai (2009). Due to different knowledge shared by source and target readers, it is difficult to represent the source social meaning in the English translation. Aiming to resolve the translation problems revealed by social cognition, this article uses statistical methods together with corpus to conduct stylistic analyses on Ge Sa-er Wang (Alai, 2009). An unexpected finding of this research is that the data from statistical methods can better predict the translation difficulties of Ge Sa-er Wang than the data from corpus. Based on the stylistic features of Ge Sa-er Wang, we propose a social discourse translation model for Chinese ethnic minority literature. Academy Publication 2024 Article PeerReviewed Zhou, Yuqiao and Halim, Hazlina Abdul and Ujum, Diana Abu and Wong, Ling Yann (2024) Translating social items from the Tibetan Epic “King Gesar” into english: what a corpus-based analysis reveals and how it can help. Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 14 (1). 31- 43. ISSN 1799-2591; ESSN: 2053-0692 https://tpls.academypublication.com/index.php/tpls/article/view/7217 10.17507/tpls.1401.04 |
| spellingShingle | Zhou, Yuqiao Halim, Hazlina Abdul Ujum, Diana Abu Wong, Ling Yann Translating social items from the Tibetan Epic “King Gesar” into english: what a corpus-based analysis reveals and how it can help |
| title | Translating social items from the Tibetan Epic “King Gesar” into english: what a corpus-based analysis reveals and how it can help |
| title_full | Translating social items from the Tibetan Epic “King Gesar” into english: what a corpus-based analysis reveals and how it can help |
| title_fullStr | Translating social items from the Tibetan Epic “King Gesar” into english: what a corpus-based analysis reveals and how it can help |
| title_full_unstemmed | Translating social items from the Tibetan Epic “King Gesar” into english: what a corpus-based analysis reveals and how it can help |
| title_short | Translating social items from the Tibetan Epic “King Gesar” into english: what a corpus-based analysis reveals and how it can help |
| title_sort | translating social items from the tibetan epic king gesar into english what a corpus based analysis reveals and how it can help |
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