Abstract
ABSTRACT: This essay is based on an in-depth transtextual study of two independently published Chinese versions of the first two chapters of Finnegans Wake; the respective translations are Dai Congrong's 2012 simplified Chinese version (as contained in Finnegans Wake , Volume 1), and Liang Sun-chieh's 2017 traditional character rendering of the first two chapters of Book I, titled A Selected Translation of "Finnegans Wake." Throughout, these two ground-breaking target-language texts are compared with regard to the extent to which they have remained true to the content, style, and spirit of the original text, their overall readability, their respective stylistic approaches to Wakean wordplay and humor, their domesticating and annotative efforts to ensure greater accessibility for Chinese readers, and, finally, their creative endeavors to enhance the overall reading experience in translation.
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