A Study of Mistranslation in English-Chinese Text of Fashion from the Perspective of Eco-Translatology

Gao Jia; Zi Weili

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A Study of Mistranslation in English-Chinese Text of Fashion from the Perspective of Eco-Translatology

Gao Jia, Zi Weili

Published in International Journal of Applied Linguistics and Translation (Volume 4, Issue 4)

Received: 20 November 2018 Accepted: 13 December 2018 Published: 25 January 2019

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Abstract

China's apparel industry occupies an important proportion in the world, thus the development of apparel industry is fundamental to the well-being of world’s apparel sector. Whether it is to promote the development of the international apparel trade industry, or to learn and absorb the advanced fashion culture of other countries, all countries need to communicate with each other. Therefore, language has become one of the most important factors. This paper aims to promote the development of translation research in fashion English and the reference to the clothing knowledge and culture abroad. Based on the theory of Eco-translatology, this paper takes Alison Lurie's The Language of Clothes and Li Changqing's Chinese version as the research objects. Then it mainly adopts induction method, descriptive method and case analysis method to sort out and analyze mistranslations in the study objects from the three-dimension perspectives of language, culture and communication. And finally, the feasible translations are put forward to perfect the translation.

Published in	International Journal of Applied Linguistics and Translation (Volume 4, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijalt.20180404.12
Page(s)	65-71
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Eco-translatology, Clothing English, Mistranslation

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Gao Jia

School of Language and Culture, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing, China
Zi Weili

School of Language and Culture, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing, China

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