A Corpus-Based Study of Nominalization in Translations of Chinese Literary Prose: Three Versions of "Dream of the Red Chamber"

by Yu Hou, Karl Bernhardt (Editor), Graeme Davis (Editor)

Overview

This corpus-based study investigates the use of nominalization in English translations of Chinese literary prose through the analysis of three English versions of the Chinese novel Hong Lou Meng (Dream of the Red Chamber).
Previous studies have explored the relevance of the cultural and linguistic positioning of different translators, but thus far no corpus-based study of nominalization has been undertaken in relation to translator style. This book uses quantitative and qualitative analyses of the nominalized transform of finite verbal forms in three Chinese-to-English translations to distinguish between translator styles, concluding that nominalization is a key identifier in translations.
This book provides a comprehensive picture of the use of nominalization in English translations of Chinese literary prose and, more generally, encourages further study into nominalization in translation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783034318150
Publisher:	Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	11/13/2014
Series:	Contemporary Studies in Descriptive Linguistics , #33
Pages:	218
Product dimensions:	5.91(w) x 8.86(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Yu Hou is Lecturer in Translation Studies at Yanshan University, China. He obtained his PhD in translation studies from Macquarie University, Australia in 2011 with a joint scholarship from the China Scholarship Council and Macquarie University.

Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction – Explicitation/implicitation in translation – Nominalization: Literature review – Methodology – NOMs in three English versions of Hong Lou Meng – Findings and discussion – NOMs in English translations of Chinese literary prose – Conclusions.