Translation of Narrative Voice and Reproduction of a Simulated Storytelling Mode
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16914918 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yunhong Wang (0000-0002-8421-9821, Jinan University), Gao Zhang (0000-0003-0891-4221, Jinan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | SAGE Open (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/21582440211060349 |
| OpenAlex | W3216434229 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 22 |
Chinese vernacular fiction is characterized by a simulated storytelling mode through which the narrator manipulates narration and facilitates interaction with the reader. There is little research on the representation of this distinctive Chinese narrative mode across languages and cultures. Recently scholars in translation studies have begun to focus on how different types and levels of voice are represented in translated texts. The present article investigates how the overt voice of the simulated storyteller characterizing the Chinese vernacular narrative style is represented in three complete English translations of a Chinese classic entitled Shuihu Zhuan. The article includes a comparative study of how the storyteller-narrator manifests his narrative voice through storytelling formulae and rhetorical narratorial questions and more importantly, on how the storyteller-narrator’s voice has been rendered by different translators. Besides, by relating the reproduction of narrative voice to translatorship, it shows that the professional role and status of each translator influence their strategy-making as to whether, and to what extent, the narrative voice of the source text should be reconstructed
Art · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Narrative structure · Storytelling · Vernacular · Computer Science · History · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy · Translation Studies and Practices
English Translations of Shuihu Zhuan
The Translator's Voice in Translated Narrative
The Classic Chinese Novel
Language, Ideology and Point of View
The Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel
Toward an Aesthetic of Chinese Vernacular Fiction
On the Translation of Children‟s Literature
Translation and negotiation of gender stereotypes
The Early Chinese Short Story
The Chinese Vernacular Story
Chinese Narrative
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |