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Dong-bei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian, China

ABSTRACT

Tao Teh Ching, which is commonly regarded as the greatest book of Taoism in China, is rich in meaning and profound in annotation. In spite of its limited length, it has a great impact on Chinese philosophy. Due to its great popularity, the number of its translations remains increasing, and the translations by different translators vary from each other. The authors make comparison between James Legge’s and Lin Yutang’s translations of some keywords in Tao Teh Ching. By studying the two translators’ personal experiences and basing on the Skopos Theory, they find out that the translators apply different translation strategies because of their cultural backgrounds and translation purposes.

KEYWORDS

Tao Teh Ching, Skopos Theory, cultural background, translation purpose

Cite this paper

Sino-US English Teaching, November 2022, Vol. 19, No. 11, 413-418 doi:10.17265/1539-8072/2022.11.005

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