Creative Treason Research Articles

An Analysis of the Phenomenon of Creative Treason in Goldblatt’s Translation of Frog

An Analysis of the Phenomenon of Creative Treason in Goldblatt’s Translation of Frog

Keep Harmony in Diversity: The Differentiation and Analysis of Creative Treason, Prejudice and Literary Misreading

The core concepts are the keys to understand the connotation of the disciplines, while the “creative treason” in Medio-translatology, the “prejudice” view in Hermeneutics, and the “literary misreading” in the Variation Studies of Comparative Literature have literally brought some confusion and doubt to scholars. In order to have a clear understanding of these disciplines, this paper uses the method of comparative study to distinguish the similarities and differences among the three, and presents their respective characteristics from the point of view of defining the concept, looking for similarities and differences, and exploring the characteristics of the discipline, by which some help and guidance could be given to later scholars. After the study, it is found that the three have something in common among objective neutrality, inevitability and recipient subjectivity, while the differences are mainly reflected in the research category, research purpose and research focus.

Creative Treason in the English Translation of Confucian Classics in Xi Jinping: The Governance of China III

Creative Treason in the English Translation of Confucian Classics in Xi Jinping: The Governance of China III

Translator’s Subjectivity in the Chinese Translations of Gone with the Wind: A Comparative Analysis of the Translations by Fu Donghua, Chen Liangting and Zhu Youruo

Gone with the Wind is an American novel, that has been popular since its publication. Its related translations and studies in China have been constantly emerging. However, most comparative studies have focused on a small number of Chinese translations and narrow research directions. This paper focuses on the perspective of the translator's subjectivity, in combination with specific historical and cultural contexts, conducting a comparative study of three representative Chinese translations by Fu Donghua, Chen Liangting, and Zhu Youruo. The paper analyzes the three translations from the aspects of creative treason and cultural translation theory. Through the analysis of the translator behavior of Chinese local translators, it is beneficial to demonstrate a more Chinese-characterized translator's subjectivity.

Improving Conveying Implicit Artistic Conception in Translation

This paper mainly discusses how to solve the problem that readers sometimes have difficulty in having an emotional connection with the translation version and help to polish the translation texts from both theoretical and practical perspectives. The paper includes five sections: domestication and foreignization theory, functional equivalence, application of readers response theory in literacy translation, critical attitude towards faithfulness, expressiveness, elegance, and creative treason in film title translation and advertisement translation. In each section, this paper will talk about how to improve translation quality by applying theories appropriately and practically. When dealing with a new text, the translators may be inspired by some theories so that they can deliver better translation: first of all, the translator should have a precise preparation on background culture and a deep understanding of the authors idea, then based on the target reader to balance between domestication and foreignization while following four principles of functional equivalence to translate. Creative treason helps to shorten the aesthetic distance, especially in the film title and advertisement translation.

Creative Treason in Shirly M. Black’s Translation of Chapters from a Floating Life

Creative Treason in Shirly M. Black’s Translation of Chapters from a Floating Life

Creative Treason of Moss Roberts’ Allusion Translation in Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel

Creative Treason of Moss Roberts’ Allusion Translation in Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel

Creative treason in Chinese poetry translation within two different translation behaviours: A tentative study of five versions of "Prelude to Water Melody"

Creative treason in Chinese poetry translation within two different translation behaviours: A tentative study of five versions of "Prelude to Water Melody"

The Study of Translation Variation in The Dark Forest from the Perspective of Consciously Creative Treason

“Creative treason” is a major view in translation studies, and is divided into consciously creative treason and unconsciously creative treason. From the perspective of consciously creative treason, the paper studies translation variation in English version of The Dark Forest, and focuses on compilation, abridged translation and rewriting. Thus, we come to the conclusion that the preeminent translation skills of the translator help the spread of the English version.

A Study on the Translation of The Little Match Man from the Perspective of Creative Treason

Children's literature is the best reading material for children's enlightenment. Good children's literature works can broaden children's horizons and enrich their knowledge. The dissemination of foreign children's literature works is conducive to promoting cultural exchanges, helping children communicate with the world and know more excellent foreign cultures. Therefore, the study of children's literature translation is important in the dissemination of excellent children's literature works in various countries and to increase children's knowledge. Based on the theory of creative treason in medio-translatology, this study takes Huang Yiqing's translation of The Little Match Man as the research object, and adopts the method of comparative observation and case analysis to sort out the creative translation and treason in Huang Yiqing's translation. This thesis summarizes and analyzes the creative treason from personalized translation and simplified translation in Huang's translation of The Little Match Man. Based on creative treason, this thesis discovers that many expressions in the translated version of The Little Match Man seemingly deviate from the source text, but the "rebellious" translation can help children readers accurately understand the real meaning of the source text, which indicates that creative treason is actually another form of fidelity.

A Study on the English Translation and Introduction of YU Hua's Novels from the Perspective of Medio-Translatology

In the past 20 years, Yu Hua's novels have been systematically translated and introduced to English-speaking countries by Random House, and Yu Hua has also moved from Jiaxing to the world, becoming one of the successful writers in contemporary China. Understanding and analyzing the spread of the English translations of his novels in the English-speaking world is helpful to understand Yu Hua's literary influence in the world. Medio-Translatology is the study of translation in literary communication in comparative literature, which provides a research perspective for the research of the translation of Yu Hua's works. From the perspective of Medio-Translatology, this paper discusses the translation and dissemination of Yu Hua's novels in the English world by sorting out and analyzing the English versions of Yu Hua's novels, in order to explore the factors for the success of English translation of his works. The research holds that the successful translation and introduction of Yu Hua's novels in the English world mainly lies in the excellent original works. The translator's "creative treason" in the process of translation, the "cultural responsibility" of excellent editors and the works' quality to meet the expectations of the target readers' "evaluation and acceptance" are also the other important factors for the successful translation, introduction and dissemination of works.

A Study on C-E Translation of Scenic Spots Names under Creative Treason

A Study on C-E Translation of Scenic Spots Names under Creative Treason

Poetry Translation From the Perspective of Creative Treason: Based on the Analysis of Xu Yuanzhong’s Translation of Spring View

Concise and euphemistic, the poem Spring View shows the poet’s deep emotions, both for his family and motherland, possessing strong high aesthetic values. Based on the theory of creative treason, this paper focuses on the version of Xu Yuanzhong to do an analysis of creative treason in his translation process, which demonstrates positive impacts of the theory creative treason in English translation of poetry.

The Dialectical Unity of Creative Treason and Faithfulnes：Take Zhang Peiji’s “Selected Modern Chinese Prose Writings” as an Example

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Poéticas do Traduzir a, na e para a China: uma proposta

Neste artigo apresentaremos e discutiremos alguns pensares do traduzir na e a China que nos conduzam à proposição de uma “poética do traduzir na China” e de uma “poética de traduzir a China”. Para cumprir este objetivo, traçaremos um breve panorama das perspectivas históricas e filosóficas das línguas chinesas e da literatura na China, bem como a visão de autores, tradutores e acadêmicos chineses e brasileiros sobre traduzir literatura da ou para a China. Iniciaremos nossa discussão com uma contextualização sobre a necessidade de (re)considerar as noções de língua, literatura e tradução nos tempo-espaços e espaços-geográficos da civilização chinesa para, em seguida, discorrer sobre a aplicação das noções de chinesidade (Yang Lian), traduto(meio)logia e traição criativa (Xie Tianzhen), paralaxe tradutória (Jatobá) e, ainda, da metáfora do Taotie (Ricardo Portugal), como alternativas para propor uma “poética do traduzir a, na e para a China”.

On Eileen Chang's Chinese Version of The Old Man and the Sea from the Perspective of Feminist Translation Theory

Abstract: The feminist translation theory is the combination of feminism and translation studies, originated from Western Translation. It draws great attention and provides a new scope of translation studies with in a specific social, historical and cultural context. The advocators of feminist translation theory which focuses gender issues and emphasizes the translator's subjective, especially that of the female translators query faithfulness, equivalence and translator' s invisibility of traditional translation theory and advocate Creative Treason in process of translation. This paper attempts to analyze Eileen Chang's Chinese version of The Old Man and the Sea from the feminist translation theory to explore how Eileen Chang's feminist consciousness is manifested with the feminist interventionist strategies adopted by herself and also to deepen the feminist translation theory and broaden the viewpoints of the studies on Eileen Chang's translation works.

On Translator’s Subjectivity from the Feminist Translation Perspective

Feminist translation theories have subverted the traditional standing of translation, highlighting the translator’s subjectivity. Emphasizing the creative treason in the translation process, feminism translations recognize and promote the status of translators in theory. In translation practice, feminist translators manipulate the source text to make the translators visible. Feminism reinterprets the relationship between translators’ subjectivity and the loyalty of translation from the perspective of gender studies. This paper discusses the relationship between the translators’ subjectivity and loyalty of translation from the feminist perspective. Feminism translations hold that translators who carry distinctive social, cultural and gender identity will inevitably leave their special mark on the translation works in the translation process. This serves as the need to highlight the subjectivity of translators. Feminist translation theories stand as one of the newly emerging translation theories which prosper with the cultural turn in translation studies.

Rebirth of Comparative Literature in China from the Perspective of Medio-translatology

In his article "Rebirth of Comparative Literature in China from the Perspective of Medio-translatology," Wei Guo discusses the "rebirth" of Comparative Literature in China from the development of medio-translatology. He argues that, though translation has received wide attention in Comparative Literature, both domestic and foreign, especially in today's globalized world, the proposition of medio-translatology and systematic investigation by Xie Tianzhen and other Chinese scholars constitute an important way forward for translation in Comparative Literature. It makes translation an independent branch in this discipline, which is conducive to ending the longstanding confusions in translation under medio-translatology and translation studies on the whole and addressing certain controversial phenomena in translation as in the case of "creative treason" and the position of "translated literature."

A Study of Creative Treason in Red Sorghum : From the Perspective of Rewriting Theory

In literary translation, the translated works always deviate from and distort the original texts to a certain extent because of the linguistic and differences between nations. Therefore, Robert Escarpit，a French literature sociologist, puts forward the notion of “creative treason”. He claims that “translation is always a kind of creative treason”. Translated by Goldblatt, Red Sorghum , the English version of Hong Gao Liang Jia Zu which is written by Mo Yan and a representative of contemporary Chinese novels, is no exception. However, the traditional translation approach cannot give a full explanation to the “creative treason” in Goldblatt’s translation, let alone judge the translator and his translated work objectively and fairly. Since translation studies took the cultural turn in 1970s, some translation theorists have adopted a descriptive method to analyze translation from the socio-cultural perspective. During this process, Lefevere, the leading figure of Manipulation School, deserves special attention. The Rewriting Theory proposed by him expanded the horizon of translation studies. Taking this thoery as theoretical foundation, this paper aims to analyze the underlying causes for Goldblatt’s “creative treason” in Red Sorghum and explore a new route in research of Goldblatt and his translations. Meanwhile, the author hopes that this paper can bring some suggestions to the transmission of contemporary Chinese literature abroad.

The Approaches from National Literature to World Literature

The paper explores the approaches from national literature to world one. The first approach to the world literature is literary translation and translated literature, the former refers to the faithful translation of original national works, and the latter means a creative treason of translation, or a kind of rewriting, based on the original text; the second is to gain the Nobel Award for Literature; The third is travel, exile or Diaspora of literature; and the last one is literary communication. In the end, the author stresses that the world literature is a literary garden of diversional and different dimension.