Gengshen Hu
Biographic Data
| ID | 6546032 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gengshen Hu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gengshen |
| FAMILY NAME | Hu |
| SIGNATURE | HU G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tsinghua University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2851-0366 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Shujaa Okonkwo analysis from the perspective of Eco-Translatology
The relationship between translation, literature, and culture is intricate and solid, as they mutually influence and shape one another. However, translating cultural perspectives often presents challenges due to linguistic and cultural differences. This study investigates the translation of cultural elements from the English novel Things Fall Apart into the Swahili version, Shujaa Okonkwo, using the framework of Eco-Translatology. It examines how…
Unveiling the Dynamic Landscape of Translation Studies
Translation studies have demonstrated its dynamic and constantly evolving nature, propelled by various influential factors. This study conducts a bibliometric analysis to explore the evolving landscape of translation studies by seeking to identify annual publication trends, significant publications, affiliations, authors, countries, sources, co-cited references, and research foci. To achieve this objective, 1,948 papers published in the Web of Sc…
Adaptation in Consecutive Interpreting
Standing at the centre of a dynamic process of communication between communicators from different cultures, consecutive interpreters adapt to the oral interpretational eco-environment through selective adaptation and selection. Providing exemplification and analyses from his own thirty-odd years of experience of work with English-Chinese and Chinese-English consecutive interpreting, the author first discusses the oral interpretational eco-environ…
Translator‐Centredness’
This article presents a concept of ‘translator‐centredness’ which challenges the theories of the two poles of ‘source text‐centered’ and ‘target text‐centered’ that have predominated in studies of translation. The concept is discussed on the basis of previous translator studies and from different perspectives on such factors as the basic triangle of ‘source text‐translator‐translated text’, differences in translations of the same author or work, …
Translation as adaptation and selection
This article discusses translation ‘as a translator's adaptation and selection activities in a translational eco‐environment ‘. Such an environment includes the worlds of the source text and the source and target languages, the linguistic, cultural, and social aspects of translating, as well as the author, client, and readers. Within a theoretical framework of translation as adaptation and selection, the process of translating is a production of …
Translation as adaptation and selection
This article discusses translation ‘as a translator's adaptation and selection activities in a translational eco‐environment ‘. Such an environment includes the worlds of the source text and the source and target languages, the linguistic, cultural, and social aspects of translating, as well as the author, client, and readers. Within a theoretical framework of translation as adaptation and selection, the process of translating is a production of …
Translator‐Centredness’
This article presents a concept of ‘translator‐centredness’ which challenges the theories of the two poles of ‘source text‐centered’ and ‘target text‐centered’ that have predominated in studies of translation. The concept is discussed on the basis of previous translator studies and from different perspectives on such factors as the basic triangle of ‘source text‐translator‐translated text’, differences in translations of the same author or work, …
Translation as adaptation and selection
This article discusses translation ‘as a translator's adaptation and selection activities in a translational eco‐environment ‘. Such an environment includes the worlds of the source text and the source and target languages, the linguistic, cultural, and social aspects of translating, as well as the author, client, and readers. Within a theoretical framework of translation as adaptation and selection, the process of translating is a production of …
Translator‐Centredness’
This article presents a concept of ‘translator‐centredness’ which challenges the theories of the two poles of ‘source text‐centered’ and ‘target text‐centered’ that have predominated in studies of translation. The concept is discussed on the basis of previous translator studies and from different perspectives on such factors as the basic triangle of ‘source text‐translator‐translated text’, differences in translations of the same author or work, …
Adaptation in Consecutive Interpreting
Standing at the centre of a dynamic process of communication between communicators from different cultures, consecutive interpreters adapt to the oral interpretational eco-environment through selective adaptation and selection. Providing exemplification and analyses from his own thirty-odd years of experience of work with English-Chinese and Chinese-English consecutive interpreting, the author first discusses the oral interpretational eco-environ…
Unveiling the Dynamic Landscape of Translation Studies
Translation studies have demonstrated its dynamic and constantly evolving nature, propelled by various influential factors. This study conducts a bibliometric analysis to explore the evolving landscape of translation studies by seeking to identify annual publication trends, significant publications, affiliations, authors, countries, sources, co-cited references, and research foci. To achieve this objective, 1,948 papers published in the Web of Sc…
Shujaa Okonkwo analysis from the perspective of Eco-Translatology
The relationship between translation, literature, and culture is intricate and solid, as they mutually influence and shape one another. However, translating cultural perspectives often presents challenges due to linguistic and cultural differences. This study investigates the translation of cultural elements from the English novel Things Fall Apart into the Swahili version, Shujaa Okonkwo, using the framework of Eco-Translatology. It examines how…
Translation Studies and Practices (4 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Adaptation (eye (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Process (computing (2 works) · Selection (genetic algorithm (2 works)