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Pseudotranslation, intertextuality and metafictionality : three case studies of pseudotranslation from early twentieth-century China
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Liu, Jane Qian (2019) Pseudotranslation, intertextuality and metafictionality : three case studies of pseudotranslation from early twentieth-century China. Perspectives : studies in Translation Theory and Practice, 27 (3). pp. 389-403. doi:10.1080/0907676X.2018.1523203 ISSN 0907-676X.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0907676X.2018.1523203
Abstract
The turn of the twentieth century saw a growing number of works of pseudotranslation in China. Pseudotranslation engages with authentic translation on three levels: textual, generic and discursive. It engages with authentic translations on the textual level because sometimes authors of pseudotranslation borrow various semantic units, such as words, phrases or passages, from authentic translations to construct their own disguised works. More importantly, pseudotranslation can be considered to be referring intertextually to the genre of translation, where genre is conceived as the specific norms and stylistic characteristics of literary translation. Pseudotranslation may also refer to specific discourses, that is, it makes use of certain discourses embodied in and represented by translations, as well as the source texts they represent. These three levels of intertextual engagement foreground the metafictional nature of pseudotranslation, that is, the way it reflects on and refracts authentic translations and domestic cultural and literary traditions. Three case studies of pseudotranslation in China at the beginning of the twentieth century are provided to illustrate and explore the three levels of intertextual engagement.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Perspectives : studies in Translation Theory and Practice | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0907-676X | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 2019 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 27 | ||||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 389-403 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/0907676X.2018.1523203 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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