Cultural Differences and Translation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4344243 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chen Hongwei, Hongwei Chen (0009-0007-7971-4186, Central China Normal University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 121-132 |
| Publication date | 2002-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Meta Journal des traducteurs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-0452 • E-ISSN: 1492-1421 |
| Publisher | Consortium Erudit (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.7202/002224ar |
| OpenAlex | W2154735903 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
This article discusses the influence of cultural differences on translation'a cross-culturalcommunication event. However complex a culture is, it can roughly be divided into threecategories: material culture, institutional culture and mental culture. Language belongsto institutional culture, which is closely related to mental culture in formation and performance.Differences in mental culture are what produce the differences in languagesinvolved in translation. The article first examines the differences between Chinese andEnglish arising from their respective mental culture, which are mainly manifested inimage and function, integrity and individuality, covertness and overtness, thought andform. It then further provides effective methods to solve culture-bound problems intranslation from Chinese into English
Biology · China · Chinese culture · Function (biology) · Linguistics · Political science · Sociology · Translation (biology) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Translation Studies and Practices
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2024 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |