Dialogues on the Theory and Practice of Literary Translation (China Perspectives) (English and Chinese Edition)

The book is a collection of the dialogues between Xu Jun, a well-known expert in French literary translation and eminent “Changjiang” scholar in translation studies in China, and some celebrated literary translators in contemporary China, some of whom are also literary scholars, linguists, poets, prose writers, and editors. It is a fundamental achievement of research on the literary translation in the 20th century in China, involving multiple literary types, such as novels, poetry, dramas, prose, and fairy tales; and multiple languages, such as English, French, German, Russian, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, and Sanskrit. The dialogues are centered on fundamental issues in the theory and practice of literary translation, such as re-creation in literary translation, the relationship between form and content in literary translation, the subjectivity of literary translators, literary translation standards and principles, the gains and losses in literary translation, the principles and methods of literary criticism, and so on. Those translation experts’ experience and multiple strategies not only play an active role in guiding literary translators in practice but also benefit theoretical development in literary translation. Thus, the book will contribute to worldwide translation studies and get well recognized by translation studies students, teachers, and scholars in the world. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Series Information 3 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of contents 6 Foreword to the Chinese edition: Tradition and innovation 9 “Translation is crucial!” 11 The factors influencing translation 12 The standards and principles of translation 13 The translation process is also a research process 14 Translation is not copying but re-creation 15 The translator’s subjectivity 16 The reproduction of the original style 16 Thinking in images and the image reproduction 17 Content vs. form, spiritual conformity vs. formal conformity 18 Translation criticism 20 Note 21 List of abbreviations 22 Part I On the importance of literary translation 24 1 Translation is crucial! 26 Notes 30 2 The importance of high-quality translations 31 Part II On re-creation in literary translation 38 3 On re-creation in literary translation 40 Notes 54 4 Translation as the re-creation of the source text 55 Notes 73 5 Translation as an artistic (re-)creation is boundless 74 6 Translation as the “art of beautification” 84 Notes 97 Part III On literary translation principles 98 7 To set principles and do accordingly: On the style of translation 100 8 Faithfulness, expressiveness, and elegance vs. truth, goodness, and beauty 109 Note 124 9 The unity of form and spirit in poetry translation 125 Note 137 10 To preserve the original artistic style as much as possible 138 Part IV On the literary translator 148 11 On the subjectivity of literary translators 150 12 To be honest and to translate earnestly 159 Note 166 13 The translator should have multiple strategies 167 Part V On the gains and losses in literary translation 180 14 The gains and losses in literary translation 182 Note 189 15 Translation is well-known, but its gains and losses are only known to the translators: On the translation of Le Rouge et l 190 Part VI On literary translation criticism 198 16 Orienting literary translation 200 “Too stiff” vs. “too flexible” 200 Repetition and development 200 Borrowing and plagiarism 201 A good climate 202 The principles of criticism 203 The quality of critics 206 Orienting literary translation 206 17 From “dreaming” to reality 208 Part VII Other relevant issues 212 18 Translation and creative writing 214 19 Language and translation 227 Note 238 20 Translating and introducing Latin American literature in China 239 Appendix 248 Postscript to the Chinese edition 250 Addition 251 References 252 Translation is crucial! / Ji Xianlin and Xu Jun -- The importance of high-quality translations / Ye Junjian and Xu Jun -- On the re-creation in literary translation / Xu Jun, Luo Xinzhang, Shi Kangqiang, and Yuan Xiaoyi -- Translation as the re-creation of the source text / Li Mang and Xu Jun -- Translation as an artistic (re-)creation is boundless / Xiao Qian, Wen Jieruo, and Xu Jun -- Translation as the art of beautification / Xu Yuanchong and Xu Jun -- To set principles and do accordingly : on the style of translation / Guo Hongan and Xu Jun -- Faithfulness, expressiveness, and elegance vs. truth, goodness, and beauty / Tu An and Xu Jun -- The unity of form and spirit in poetry translation / Jiang Feng and Xu Jun -- To preserve the original artistic style as much as possible / Lu Tongliu and Xu Jun -- On the subjectivity of literary translators / Yang Wuneng and Xu Jun -- To be honest and to translate earnestly / Cao Ying and Xu Jun -- The translator should have multiple strategies / Li Wenjun and Xu Jun -- The gains and losses in translation / Fang Ping and Xu Jun -- Translation is well-known, but the gains and losses are only known to the translator : on the translation of le rouge et le noir / Zhao Ruihong and Xu Jun -- Orienting literary translation / Xu Jun and Yuan Xiaoyi -- From "dreaming" to reality / Xu Jun and Yuan Xiaoyi -- Translation and creative writing / Zhao Ruihong, Yang Yi and Xu Jun -- Language and translation / Chen Yuan and Xu Jun -- Translating and introducing Latin American literature in China / Lin Yian and Xu Jun "The book is a collection of the dialogues between Xu Jun, a well-known expert in French literary translation and eminent "Changjiang" scholar in translation studies in China, and some celebrated literary translators in contemporary China, some of whom are also literary scholars, linguists, poets, prosers, and editors. It's a fundamental achievement of research on the literary translation in the 20th century in China, involving multiple literary types, such as novels, poetry, dramas, prose, and fairy tales, and multiple languages, such as English, French, German, Russian, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, and Sanskrit. The dialogues are centered around the fundamental issues in the theory and practice of literary translation, such as the re-creation in literary translation, the relationship between form and content in literary translation, the subjectivity of literary translators, the literary translation standards and principles, the gains and losses in literary translation, the principles and methods of literary criticism, and so on. Those translation experts' experience and multiple strategies not only play an active role in guiding literary translator in practice but also is beneficial to the theoretical development in literary translation. Therefore, the book will contribute to worldwide translation studies and get well recognized by translation studies students, teachers, and scholars in the world"-- Provided by publisher