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The Translation Strategies of Chinese Neologisms Based on Polysystem Theory: A Foreignization Tendency

Ruijie Gao

Abstract


Since the reform and opening up in 1978, China’s share in the world’s discourse system has been expanded with more and more Chinese neologisms springing up. Based on Itamar Even-Zohar’s polysystem theory, this paper analyzes the English translation of Chinese neologisms collected from China Daily, Xinhua and other authoritative media with the illustration of the application of foreignization and domestication in the translation of Chinese neologisms into English. Finally, through the comparative study and sample analysis, this paper finds that there is a tendency of adopting foreignization strategy to translate Chinese neologisms into English, indicating a wider application of foreignization strategy in translating Chinese neologisms in the future.

Keywords


Polysystem theory; English translation of Chinese neologisms; Foreignization; Translation strategies

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v7i2.7105

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