Translating Chinese zero anaphoric subjects into English
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12183236 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lee Cher-Leng (National University of Singapore, corresponding author), Cher‐leng Lee |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-56 |
| Publication date | 1993-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0907-676X • E-ISSN: 1747-6623 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0907676x.1993.9961199 |
| OpenAlex | W2039548694 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
This paper explores the different ways to translate zero anaphoric subjects in Chinese into English. In general, every sentence in English requires a subject, whereas Chinese, a discourse‐oriented language, does not. Thus, translators need to bridge such differences between the paratactic Chinese and the hypotactic English. It is found that translators render the Chinese zero anaphoric subjects in English in different ways including the use of proper nouns, pronouns, passive voice and existential subjects, coordination, subordination and even rearrangement of clauses. The rendition of zero anaphoric subjects occurs not only at the word‐to‐word level but affects readers’ interpretation at the discoursal level
Existentialism · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Noun · Sentence · Subordination (linguistics · Word (group theory · Zero (linguistics · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |