ArticleOpen Access http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/er.2023.03.018
Comparative Analysis of Translating Self-created Words in Mainland China and Taiwan: A Case Study of Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone
Lin Luo
Department of Translation, Interpreting, and Intercultural Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China.
*Corresponding author: Lin Luo
Published: April 24, 2023
Abstract
One of the major challenges that Translators face is how to faithfully and comprehensively express the ideas, paronomasias, and language cultures of the original author during the process of converting the source language into the target language in order to make the readers easily understand the meanings of the original. This article takes the Mainland China and Taiwan versions of Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone as case studies, attempting to contrast the respective features and differences of self-created words in the two Chinese translations in the aspect of employments of translation methods and strategies. The possible causes of the differences between two areas on self-created words translations are qualitatively analyzed on the basis of rewriting theory as well as Yan Fu and Liang Shiqiu’s theories. This study is expected to obtain a relatively objective and deep cognition to the social and cultural environment of translation practice in the two regions.
Keyword
Translation Studies, Self-created Words, Translation Methods and Strategies, Translation Criticism
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How to cite this paper
Comparative Analysis of Translating Self-created Words in Mainland China and Taiwan: A Case Study of Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone
How to cite this paper: Lin Luo. (2023). Comparative Analysis of Translating Self-created Words in Mainland China and Taiwan: A Case Study of Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone. The Educational Review, USA, 7(3), 375-380.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/er.2023.03.018