Functional Equivalence
A Social Semiotic Translation and Interpretation of Two Tujia Ballads
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22109689 |
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| Authors | Jing Zhou (0009-0007-8795-5916), Weichao Wang (0000-0002-4597-3338, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 360 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Literature and Arts (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2331-0553 • E-ISSN: 2331-057X |
| Publisher | Science Publishing Group (PUBLISHER • PK) |
| DOI | 10.11648/j.ijla.20210906.25 |
| OpenAlex | W3216996879 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
Tujia folk songs are created and spread in the work and life by Tujia people through ages, which condense the vitality of Tujia people and reflect the unique aesthetic concept and spiritual outlook of them. Tujia folk songs are all orally inherited. Enshi Tujia folk songs play a very important role in China’s folk songs, and the translation of Enshi Tujia folk songs is of great significance to the Chinese Culture’s Going Global. The social semiotics translation method pursues the goal of "correspondence in meaning and similarity in function" (functional equivalence) between the source language and the target language, which is especially suitable for the translation of Enshi Tujia folk songs. In the light of social semiotics, this paper tries to make a commentary on the translation of two widely circulated Enshi Tujia folk songs -- In Lunar October Comes Minor Spring and A Field-weeding Song , and make a critical interpretation of their English versions from the referential meaning, linguistic meaning and the pragmatic meaning. It is pointed out that "correspondence in meaning and similarity in function" at multiple levels of referential meaning, linguistic meaning and pragmatic meaning can be ensured in the translation of Enshi Tujia folk songs by the application of relevant translation strategies
Art · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literature · Semiotics · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · Philosophy · Translation Studies and Practices
| Highly cited | No |
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