Cultural Issues in Chinese Idioms Translation.

This article explores the cultural issues of Chinese idioms translation in the broad context of cultural studies. The author suggests that various factors such as culture, cognition, context and reader should be taken into account in the process of translation. The pragmatic meaning should be much m...

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Publicado en:Perspectives: Studies in Translatology Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 215 - 230
Autor principal: Min, Fan
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2007
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