News translation in the representations of Hong Kong
A critical narrative analysis of the Legislative Council oath-taking controversy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21243044 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yuan Ping (0000-0003-2962-6464, University of Leeds, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 231-249 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asia Pacific Translation and Intercultural Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2330-6351 • E-ISSN: 2330-6343 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23306343.2018.1525791 |
| OpenAlex | W2909584303 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 17 |
Adopting Baker’s model of narrative theory and Harding’s intratextual model of narrative analysis as its analytical framework, this paper investigates the representations of Hong Kong in news translation through a critical narrative analysis of the Legislative Council oath-taking controversy which occurred in Hong Kong in late 2016. It also explores various framing strategies which the translator employed to accentuate, undermine, or modify the narrative in a source text and frame news in translation. The data collected in this study draw on English and Chinese translations of news articles for the coverage of the event from newspapers and websites in the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, the UK, and the US. Research methods involve narrative analysis, framing analysis, and contrastive analysis of original narratives and their translated versions. Based on the findings, we argue that the selected media outlets follow some consistent narrative patterns in terms of narrators and retroversions and adopt different strategies to (re)frame aspects of the event through translation, which reveal the hidden stances of the translator and the news media towards the subject matter
Legislature · Linguistics · Narrative · Oath · Political science · Politics · Sociology · History · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy
Narratology
Media and Politics in Post-Handover Hong Kong
Translation and Conflict
Evaluation in Translation
Frame analysis
Media in Hong Kong
Social theory and the politics of identity
Media discourses in Hong Kong
Reframing translated news for target readers
Narrativity, Narrative Identity, and Social Action
Translating, Narrating and Constructing Images in Journalism with a Test Case on Representation in Flemish TV News
Media Ecology and the Politics of Dissent
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |