Translation Of Political Texts Research Articles

THE STRATEGIES OF ARGUMENTATION IN POLITICAL SPEECHES

Background. Political discourse is the most value-oriented of other types of discourse. The most compelling political arguments during the presidential campaigns include four key criteria: democracy, moral persuasion, social questions and ideological problems. The current political discourse presents characterizations of events from the standpoint of individual values, party values, and personal interests. In this case, the concept of political/ideological characterizations is associated with a system of values, which determine the position of the subject of speech. Nowadays, argumentation is studied by a special method – the theory of argumentation, but at the same time it becomes an interest for linguistic research, because argumentation exists only in one of the forms of speeches.
 The purpose. Is to characterize the specific linguo-stylistic features of political speeches, identify the argumentation tools in the politicians’ speeches and analyze the ways and peculiarities of their translation, which help translators to preserve the completeness of the content and transmit the argumentation tools into the translation of political texts from English into Ukrainian.
 Methods. The following linguistic research methods were used in our study: descriptive method to describe the characteristics of argumentation tools and their equivalents, which were studied and comparative method to make comparisons between argumentation tools in source and target languages. 
 Results. The functional specificity of political discourse in relation to other types of discourse is manifested in its basic instrumental function (the struggle for power). At the same time, political discourse, along with religious and advertising, is included in the group of discourses for which the regulatory function is leading, since it emphasizes the role of language in regulating the behavior of the. The main function of political discourse is to use it as an instrument of political power. Political communication performs the function of an intermediary link, often replacing physical violence itself and makes possible changes in society towards ordering, paves the way for compromises, making facts and arguments well-known for public. Various lexico-stylistic devices, figures and tropes emphasize the language of a political leader and have a direct impact on the image of politicians. It turned out that the main ones are: extensive usage of colloquial and slang vocabulary and composite words. We discovered the following stylistic figures: antithesis, inversion, ellipsis, parceling, repetitions and rhetorical questions. The most frequently used among them were repetitions, rhetorical questions and parceling. 
 Discussion. The dominant aspect of the political discourse is the concept of value, which must be reproduced in the translated political text, taking into account the value hierarchy of different cultures. Translation includes several stages: first translator should understand and clearly explore what he/she translates, analyze (if the original text causes difficulties), and after that choose appropriate means of expression in the target language.The investigation of different lexico-stylistic devices, types of preservation of argumentation in the translation of political speeches of American politicians is not exhaustive and requires further study by structural, grammatical and morphological analysis.

The difference in meaning of some terms used during translation of Political texts

The difference in meaning of some terms used during translation of Political texts

Analysis of the C-E Translation Skills of Political Text Based on the Eco-Translatology

As China’s exchanges with other countries grow more frequent, and influence keeps increasing, many foreigners have an increasingly strong desire to know much more about China. In this context, political texts, as authoritative publicity materials, cover all aspects of Chinese society. They provide an authoritative source of information for foreigners to follow China’s development trend.Based on the Eco-Translatology theory, the author takes the 2021 Government Work Report as an example to explore the complex and changeable translational eco-environment of today’s political texts through a comparative analysis of the Chinese and English versions. It also talks about how translators of political text can convey the Chinese voices throughout the world and establish cultural confidence while maintaining the ecological balance between the original language and the target language.This paper mainly talks about the C-E translation of the 2021 GWR from the eco-environment of Eco-Translatology. The analysis part focuses on skills and strategies adopted in the translation of political texts from the perspectives of lexis, syntax and text, taking the 2021 Government Work Report as an example. The conclusion is a summary of translation strategies for C-E translation of political texts. It also lists the limitations of this paper and the prospects of the research.

On Translation Skills of Chinese Political Texts from the Perspective of Skopos Theory

China's change in international status has attracted the attention of more and more people around the world. Political texts translation is an important channel for foreign countries to understand China. Political text is not only a part of politics, but also the final product of politics in many cases. Compared with texts in other fields, it is more constrained and restricted by history, culture, value orientation and ideology. This paper, based on the Skopos Theory, analyzes the stylistic characteristics of political texts, points out the prominent problems to be solved in the translation of political texts with Chinese characteristics, and puts forward the principles and strategies to solve these problems. The main purpose is to highlight the use of Skopos rules in the process of translation practice.

Common Problems in Translation of Political Texts: The Case of English and Kurdish Languages

Common Problems in Translation of Political Texts: The Case of English and Kurdish Languages

A Study on English Translation Tactics of the Report on the Work of the Government 2021 from the Perspective of Eco-Translatology

The Report on the Work of the Government is one of the important channels to convey China’s views and positions to the international community, and it is also an important window to shape China’s good image in the international community. The Report on the Work of the Government 2021 is a good material to study international publicity translation in that it involves China’s politics, economy, culture and ecology, which contains many specialized words with Chinese cultural characteristics. Therefore, based on the theory of Eco-Translatology, this paper compares the Chinese and English versions of the report and explores the translation tactics of outreach materials from three dimensions: language, culture and communication. Results show that the translation of some specific terms in the report follows the principle of “three-dimensional” transformation in Eco-Translatology. Its translation not only expresses the connotation of Chinese culture effectively, but also fully realizes the equivalence of communicative intention through appropriate expressions, and roughly achieves correspondence and balance in linguistic dimension, cultural dimension, and communicative dimension. This study can help translator better grasp the translation tactics of the Report on the Work of the Government from the perspective of Eco-Translatology, and also provide references for the better translation of political texts in the future.

TRANSLATION STRATEGIES OF METAPHORS IN POLITICAL TEXTS – A CASE STUDY OF THE REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE GOVERNMENT 2020

<p>As a cognitive phenomenon, metaphor is frequently used in political texts, which have been gradually standardized and characterized in China in recent years. Appropriate metaphors can better convey political information and express political stance. Therefore, the accurate translation of metaphor is of great importance. It can not only help to improve the effect of publicity, but also contribute to the construction of national discourse. Based on the bilingual version of the Report on the Work of the Government 2020 (RWG), this study discusses the translation strategies of metaphors in political texts, so as to provide references for the translation of political texts, thereby improving the publicity efficiency and promoting the construction of national discourse.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0646/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

An exploratory study of Chinese words and phrases

Abstract This research was carried out with two main purposes: to survey the methods necessary to translate Chinese words and phrases into English, and to investigate how frequently their English versions appear in twenty different countries or regions. The research was conducted through an analysis of data from Xi Jinping’s book The Governance of China (English version), published by Foreign Languages Press. The results show that 401 Chinese words and phrases reflect seven specific translation methods. Moreover, their frequency of usage shows obvious differences across twenty different countries or regions based on the statistical analysis of the corpora. It is hoped that the Chinese-English (C-E) translation of political texts can benefit from these conclusions.

A Study on the C-E Translation of Expressions with Chinese Characteristics in 2017 National Government Work Report from the Perspective of Functional Equivalence

Nowadays China plays an increasingly important role in international arena and draws great attention from all over the world. Government Work Report (GWR) reflects the latest and most authoritative work of the present situation in China, which not only summarizes the past work experience, but also puts forward the future work plan. The C-E translation of 2017 GWR is a good reference for people who are interested in C-E translation of political texts and provides a glimpse of China’s national conditions for foreign countries. Considering the linguistic and cultural differences between Chinese and English, the author studies the expressions with Chinese characteristics in the 2017 Government Work Report (2017GWR) from perspective of functional equivalence.

Translation and Political Discourse

Abstract The paper describes the text linguistic research of political texts in the field of Translation Studies and presents an overview of critical discourse analysis-based studies. First, the relationship between text, power and ideology and its implications on the role of translation are explored. This is followed by a review of a number of studies on the translation of political texts and on the power relations involved. The paper classifies such studies into the following six categories representing distinct research fields: translators' professional roles and politics; translators acting as mediators in situations of political conflict; translators' professional responsibilities and the strategies they apply; the inference of translators' own historical, social and cultural backgrounds; manipulation in the translation of literary texts and other text types; and critical discourse awareness in Translation Studies. The most recent studies in the above research fields and their results are also presented. It is concluded that these approaches exhibit quite varied research methods and their results are almost impossible to compare. With a view to the future development of this research field, it seems expedient to introduce a unified research theory, method and tool.

Political discourse in translation

Political discourse has been the subject of increasing interest in recent decades with the development of ideological and rhetorical criticism focusing on US presidential speeches, especially after the events of 9/11. Indeed, extensive research literature already exists in the field of American presidential rhetoric. The same cannot be said for studies of political texts available in translation. Currently, translation studies seems to be more concerned with the politics and the politicization of translation than with the translation of political texts, which have been examined more from a synchronic perspective than a diachronic one. Using a diachronic parallel corpora of Italian translations (published in books and newspapers) of a specific genre of US presidential speech, the inaugural address, this study highlights recurring translation strategies as well as problems, related to culture-bound and value-laden political terms, style, and phraseology. This research also seeks to contribute to the definition of political language as a language for specific purposes.