A Study on Explicitation in The Travels of Lao Ts’an from the Perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistics
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This paper analyzes explicitation in Harold Shadick’s translation of Liu E’s novel Lao Can You Ji. It categorizes explicitation into ideational, interpersonal, and textual functions. Cultural and linguistic disparities, text types, and translator choices influence techniques like literal translation with annotations, explanatory translation, free translation, and addition used in the translation. Translators enhance clarity by incorporating subjects and connectors to convey attitudes and emotions, which play a crucial role in novel translations.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v6i26.10193
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