Minru Zhao
Biographic Data
| ID | 6546135 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Minru Zhao |
| GIVEN NAMES | Minru |
| FAMILY NAME | Zhao |
| SIGNATURE | ZHAO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Guangzhou City University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7902-7406 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Multimodal world construals in English translations of Hongloumeng
Text world, a key concept in Text World Theory, refers to the mental representation discourse creates in the reader’s mind. The way readers conceive or interpret the text world is known as world construal. Hongloumeng , the classic Chinese novel, is well-known for its realistic representation of a text world. However, the novel in English (target text or TT) may offer a different construal of the world compared with that in Chinese (source text o…
Translator positioning in characterisation
Luotuo Xiangzi, a renowned modern Chinese novel, successfully portrays a young rickshaw puller in Beijing–Xiangzi. Upon its translation into English at the end of World War II, the protagonist aroused much sympathy from American readers. As a best seller in the United States, the novel has been retranslated many times. A contributing factor to its popularity is the creation of the memorable protagonist. The paper investigates the role of translat…
Translator positioning in characterisation
Luotuo Xiangzi, a renowned modern Chinese novel, successfully portrays a young rickshaw puller in Beijing–Xiangzi. Upon its translation into English at the end of World War II, the protagonist aroused much sympathy from American readers. As a best seller in the United States, the novel has been retranslated many times. A contributing factor to its popularity is the creation of the memorable protagonist. The paper investigates the role of translat…
Translator positioning in characterisation
Luotuo Xiangzi, a renowned modern Chinese novel, successfully portrays a young rickshaw puller in Beijing–Xiangzi. Upon its translation into English at the end of World War II, the protagonist aroused much sympathy from American readers. As a best seller in the United States, the novel has been retranslated many times. A contributing factor to its popularity is the creation of the memorable protagonist. The paper investigates the role of translat…
Multimodal world construals in English translations of Hongloumeng
Text world, a key concept in Text World Theory, refers to the mental representation discourse creates in the reader’s mind. The way readers conceive or interpret the text world is known as world construal. Hongloumeng , the classic Chinese novel, is well-known for its realistic representation of a text world. However, the novel in English (target text or TT) may offer a different construal of the world compared with that in Chinese (source text o…
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Beijing (1 work) · Character (mathematics (1 work) · China (1 work) · Cognition (1 work)