Abstract
Cognitive Naratology is a subject connecting narratology and cognitive science which puts its focus on the readers' cognitive frame and explores the relation between text hints and readers' cognition. This paper, taking cognitive narratology as the starting point and Shapiro' s translation of Lost and Shadows on Egret Lake in National Translation Program as investigated subject, makes an overall research of the deviation in conceptual meaning as well as interpersonal meaning. It also investigates the multiple factors hidden behind the phenomenon in the hope of giving some inspiration to the national translation in the trend of Chinese Literature going abroad.
Highlights
Sidney Shapiro, as the institutionalized translator in the National Translation Program of China, was guided by this translation model in terms of translation strategies which could show the consideration of political environment and ideology, etc
This article will discuss the deviation of conceptual meaning and interpersonal meaning in Lost and Shadows on Egret Lake translated by Sidney Shapiro
Sidney Shapiro, as an institutional translator in the National Translation Program, deviates a large number of interpersonal meaning which could reflect his consideration of politics and other aspects, make the translation works more suitable to be publicized to the external world
Summary
Sidney Shapiro, as the institutionalized translator in the National Translation Program of China, was guided by this translation model in terms of translation strategies which could show the consideration of political environment and ideology, etc This consideration, to some extent, leads to the deviation of conceptual meaning and interpersonal meaning. In view of the purpose of publicizing Chinese literature and building a national image in National Translation Program, these deviations reflect the role of translators in serving Chinese translation practice and are a desirable way to spread Chinese literature in the Western world. By analyzing these deviations, the author finds that they are closely related to the reader's cognition.
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