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A Comparative Study on the Renditions of Shangshu by James Legge and Bernhard Karlgren from the Perspective of Intertextuality

  • The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
  • Abbr : JSLCKC
  • 2024, (72), pp.25-44
  • DOI : 10.16874/jslckc.2024..72.002
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature
  • Received : April 10, 2024
  • Accepted : May 20, 2024
  • Published : May 31, 2024

Shen Siqin 1

1徐州工程学院外国语学院

Accredited

ABSTRACT

Shangshu is known as the “ancestor of political books and the source of historical books” in China, with extremely important ideological and cultural values. It is also one of the earliest Chinese classics translated by the Westerners. Since the 17th century, its translation has been popular, and famous English translations include the translations by the 19th-century British missionary Sinologist James Legge and the 20th-century Swedish sinologist Bernhard Karlgren. Due to the intertextuality of the text, examining the relevant intertextual materials referred to by James Legge and Bernhard Karlgren in the English translation process of the book reveals that the intertextual materials chosen by the two have different historical characteristics, and their absorption and transformation of intertextual materials have subjective differences. This is also one of the important reasons for their different translations and interpretations of the original text. Studying and interpreting the differences between these two English translations from the perspective of intertextual theory can not only further expand the research space of the translation of Shangshu, but also deeply grasp the development characteristics and laws of the English translation of this classic. It can also provide reference for the translation of Chinese classics, Sinology, translation teaching, and other research.

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