A Study of the English Version of <i>The Last Quarter of the Moon</i> from the Perspective of Eco-Translatology

Ying Jiang

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A Study of the English Version of The Last Quarter of the Moon from the Perspective of Eco-Translatology

Ying Jiang

Published in International Journal of Applied Linguistics and Translation (Volume 6, Issue 1)

Received: 14 February 2020 Accepted: 26 February 2020 Published: 6 March 2020

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The Last Quarter of the Moon is the first novel to describe the living conditions of the Ewenki people in Northeast China. It was translated into English by the American sinologist Bruce Humes and received high praise. Based on Eco-translatology proposed by Professor Hu Gengshen, this article analyzes the adaptations and selections made by translators in the translation ecological environment by text reading and comparative analysis from “three dimensions”, that is, the linguistic dimension, cultural dimension, and communicative dimension. It is concluded that: for the translation of minority literature, in terms of language pronunciation, the translation should follow the characteristics of minority pronunciation as much as possible to retain the ethnic characteristics. The syntax translation should take into account the differences between English and Chinese and adapt to the target language habits appropriately. On the cultural dimension, the vacancy of cultural phenomena is mostly transliterated with annotation. On the communication dimension, translators should consider the stylistic characteristics, narrative style, character characteristics, and functions of the translation.

Published in	International Journal of Applied Linguistics and Translation (Volume 6, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijalt.20200601.13
Page(s)	20-23
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The Last Quarter of the Moon, Eco-Translatology, “Three-Dimensional” Transformation

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Ying Jiang. A Study of the English Version of The Last Quarter of the Moon from the Perspective of Eco-Translatology. Int J Appl Linguist Transl. 2020;6(1):20-23. doi: 10.11648/j.ijalt.20200601.13

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Ying Jiang

English Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing, China

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