AN ANALYSIS OF XU YUANCHONG’S ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF ZHANG XIAN’S “BUDDHIST DANCERS” FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TOURY’S TRANSLATION NORM THEORY

Liu Miaomiao, Feng Wang

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Since the 1980s, descriptive translation studies have come into being. Influenced by the polysystem theory of Zohar, a representative of the descriptive school, Toury proposed the translation norm theory, which includes preliminary norms, initial norms and operational norms. Xu Yuanchong is a great translator of Chinese classics, and his translations are of high artistic quality and great appreciation value. Based on Toury’s translation norm theory, this paper analyses Xu Yuanchong’s English-translated Song Ci “Buddhist Dancers: missing my lord, I lean on railings of the tower” from three normative categories, which is conducive to strengthening the depth and breadth of research in its field and promoting the spread of excellent traditional Chinese culture.

 

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translation norm theory; Xu Yuanchong; Zhang Xian; “Buddhist Dancers”

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.46827/ejlll.v6i1.353

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