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Faithfulness to the Original Style on Two Chinese Translations of Wuthering Heights

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LIU Yuan

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DOI:10.17265/1539-8080/2023.04.002

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University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

ABSTRACT

In order to probe into Nida’s translation theory of functional equivalence in practice, we compared two popular Chinese versions of Wuthering Heights from the aspects of lexical and syntactic translation. We have explored that absolute faithfulness of original style in translation is impossible because of the linguistical and cultural differences between English and Chinese. Thus, a translator can only achieve the resemblance instead of identity in reproducing the linguistic form and spirit.

KEYWORDS

functional equivalence, style, lexical choice, syntax

Cite this paper

US-China Foreign Language, April 2023, Vol. 21, No. 4, 129-134 doi:10.17265/1539-8080/2023.04.002

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