A Bibliometric Analysis of Translation Studies
A Case Study on Chinese Canon The Journey to the West
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3360320 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Feng Wang (0000-0003-4825-1151, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, corresponding author), Philippe Humblé (0000-0002-3426-3218, Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Wen Chen (0000-0002-6839-8890, Shanghai Jian Qiao University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | SAGE Open (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2158244019894268 |
| OpenAlex | W2995307793 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 23 |
A Chinese classic novel The Journey to the West (Chinese: 西游记, pinyin: Xi You Ji) has been yielding large volumes of English renditions across genres and media in the past 120 years starting in 1895. This body of renderings gives considerable material for research on how particularly translations have been handled. To give an overview of this research, this article proposes a bibliometric analysis to sketch a map of the translation studies conducted so far on The Journey to the West. A series of queries are made: which translators are most researched; which translations are most often compared with each other; which research questions are most addressed or ignored; which theories are most applied to resolve these questions. As Rovira-Esteva et al. state, "we need maps to know where we are so as to be helped instead of unconsciously being steered by them" (p. 160). The multiple and complementary perspectives we provide in this article are constructive to identify problems and lacunas and point out future directions. The present analytical framework has been applied to English translations of a Chinese classic, but we believe it can be successfully extrapolated to other similar cases
Algorithm · Art · Canon · Chinese characters · Constructive · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literature · Pinyin · Sketch · Sociology · Translation studies · Computer Science · Mathematics · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy · Translation Studies and Practices
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Readers’ perceptions of Anthony Yu’s self-retranslation of The Journey to the West
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A contrastive analysis of the main benchmarking tools for research assessment in translation and interpreting
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A Comparative Study of Two Major English Translations of The Journey to the West
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The Classic Chinese Novel
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |