{"title":"C-E Translation of Cantonese Culturally Loaded Words from a Perspective of Eco-Translatology","authors":"Zhai Qiulan, Shan Xinrong","doi":"10.53789/j.1653-0465.2023.0302.020.p","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53789/j.1653-0465.2023.0302.020.p","url":null,"abstract":"According to eco-translatology, a translator, the focus and crucial part in a translation eco-translation chain, should adapt fully to the translation environment, which contains a series of elements including languages, societies, cultures, economy, communication and so on. Moreover, the translator will make a proper choice in constructing a translation in the target language. In the above-mentioned process of adaption and choice, eco-translatology claims that linguistics, communication and culture are the three dimensions which the translator is expected to consider about. In addition, this article describes the current existing situation and eco-translation environment and, then makes a tentative translation of some Cantonese culturally loaded words from the perspective of eco-translatology and of interpreting translators’ responsibilities. The article claims that only if achieving the three dimensions of linguistics, communication and culture, the translator can provide the best translation version. Hopefully, the translation study based on eco-translatology will provide academic support for traditional Chinese cultural communication.","PeriodicalId":166253,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114283193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Comparative Study on Magic Realism in Beloved and Big Breasts & Wide Hips","authors":"Jiang Fangyuan","doi":"10.53789/j.1653-0465.2023.0302.009.p","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53789/j.1653-0465.2023.0302.009.p","url":null,"abstract":"Originating in Latin America in the 1950s, magic realism has become a literary trend because of its artistic and aesthetic values. World-renowned writers such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Toni Morrison, and Mo Yan have published a series of literary masterpieces embedded with magical realistic elements, which draw the attention of many literary critics. This thesis uses text analysis and comparative study as research methods and examines the magical realistic elements in Mo Yan and Toni Morrison’s representative works Beloved and Big Breasts & Wide Hips. The discussion focuses on similarities and differences from the perspective of magic and reality, magic narrative techniques, magic-realistic symbols, as well as mythological archetypes and sacred scripture in those two novels. Based on this, I find that hallucinatory realism is a better term in further magical realism studies because it shows magic realism’s acceptance and transmission in China.","PeriodicalId":166253,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences","volume":"255 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115665875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Research on the Development of Malaysia-China Economic Relations During the National Front Administration (1974-2018)","authors":"Zhao Xinlei","doi":"10.53789/j.1653-0465.2023.0302.014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53789/j.1653-0465.2023.0302.014","url":null,"abstract":"In the long-term development of Malaysia and China, the economic relationship is one of the most important bilateral relations between the two countries. Since Malaysia and China formally established diplomatic relations in 1974, under the leadership of the National Front, Malaysia has adopted specific economic policies towards China in different development periods, and the specific economic policies have also shown different characteristics in different development periods. Until Malaysia’s 2018 domestic election, Malaysia-China economic relations ushered in a new period of development. Therefore, this article takes the timeline from 1974 to 2018 to analyze the development and changes in Malaysia-China economic relations during this period and what methods and means Malaysia adopted to establish and develop economic relations with China under the leadership of the National Front in order to promote the positive development of its own economy.","PeriodicalId":166253,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116508089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of the German Film Das Wunder von Bern from the Perspective of Cultural Memory","authors":"Huo Jia, Zhang Bing","doi":"10.53789/j.1653-0465.2023.0302.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53789/j.1653-0465.2023.0302.010","url":null,"abstract":"The theory of cultural memory has gradually formed a boom since the 20s of the 20th century, and the theory has continuously matured and developed with the deepening of research by famous scholars such as Jan Assman and Astrite El. The German film “Das Wunder von Bern” was filmed in 2003 while recreating the “Bern Miracle” of Germany’s victory in the 1954 World Cup. It describes the story of a family of former Nazi soldiers, showing the memory of the German people after World War II, including not only the painful memory of his father, Richard Rubinsky, in the prisoner of war camp, but also the memory of the three brothers and sisters’ abhorrence of Nazi crimes and the memory of German fans who regarded the defeat as a shame. Through the research method of rising from individual memory to collective memory, the different modes of cultural memory in the film “Das Wunder von Bern” are discussed, and the embodiment of the purpose and development of cultural memory in the film is analyzed, and finally, a deeper understanding of the film is obtained, and the understanding of cultural memory theory is deepened. The analysis of the film “Das Wunder von Bern” is not only of literary and academic significance, but also of great practical significance.","PeriodicalId":166253,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128656935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Translating Chinese Texts of Intangible Cultural Heritage into English from the Perspective of an Integrated Strategy","authors":"Jia Shaodong, Zhai Qiulan","doi":"10.53789/j.1653-0465.2023.0302.019.p","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53789/j.1653-0465.2023.0302.019.p","url":null,"abstract":"This paper centers around exploring translating Chinese introductory texts into English concerning the intangible cultural heritage of Guangdong Province and Hainan Province. Based on analyzing the textual features of the Chinese texts, the paper puts forward the principles of two types of closeness and five Cs in terms of translating the original text that serves the informative and vocative functions. Then in accordance with the two translation principles, an integrated strategy has developed on the basis of alienation, adaptation and compensation for contextual and cultural default so as to render the source texts into perfect English. Specifically, with the guidance of the principles and the integrated strategy, this research focuses on how to translate text titles, sentences with unique culture-specific items and short passages by employing such methods as transliteration, transliteration plus literal translation, transliteration plus annotation, addition or supplement, interpretation, intra-text annotation, condensation, and substitution, etc. The integrated application of the strategies and methods does work to retain the original culture in the translated text, and on the other, makes the translated versions content-centered, culture-oriented, concise, clear and coherent both in form and in meaning, thus achieving the goal that the translated text should be closer to the cultural characteristics of the source text and closer to the thinking mode of target readers. It is hoped that this exploration will make contributions to the translation research into the texts in relation to the intangible cultural heritage of China.","PeriodicalId":166253,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences","volume":"65 6 Pt A 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123043383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Tokyo Olympics Reports by the Chinese Media and American Media","authors":"Gao Jia, He Aijun","doi":"10.53789/j.1653-0465.2023.0302.003.p","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53789/j.1653-0465.2023.0302.003.p","url":null,"abstract":"Taking Fairclough’s three-dimensional model as a theoretical framework, the present study aims to make a contrastive analysis both qualitatively and quantitatively of the reports of the Tokyo Olympics Reports by China Daily and The New York Times. The study finds that the two media show some similarities on the textual level, which conform to the characteristics of news coverage. But the two media display different focus on description and lexical classification, which indicate China’s and America’s variance in ideological stances. On the discourse-practice level, different use of news sources and reporting modes demonstrate the inclination of the two countries. China Daily focuses on the global expectation and effective measures taken by organizers with specific linguistic techniques, demonstrating the Chinese pursuit of cooperation, inclusiveness and openness with a positive attitude towards the Olympic Games. By contrast, The New York Times emphasizes the negative aspects of this meeting and expresses a disapproving attitude, showing America’s individualism and pursuit of profit.","PeriodicalId":166253,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131678383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Study on Taiwan-related Public Opinion and Its Attitude Differences Among the Netizens of Chinese Mainland: An Analysis of the Topic of “Seeking Independence by Epidemic” on Weibo","authors":"HU Ruxiang, Chen Chiadong","doi":"10.53789/j.1653-0465.2023.0302.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53789/j.1653-0465.2023.0302.015","url":null,"abstract":"This study explores the timing of the outbreak of Taiwan-related public opinion and the corresponding public opinion events among mainland microblog netizens under the theme of “seeking independence through the epidemic”. Utilizing the “interpretation package” theory, “encoding/decoding theory,” and emotional polarity analysis, the study establishes a framework for analyzing netizens, sentiment in terms of priority, negotiation, and confrontation. The study extracts five distinct emotional differences in national identity, including “acknowledging the legitimacy of the Chinese central government and actively participating in the formation of national identity, “having strong confidence in China’s military power,” displaying “nationalistic and resolute views on sovereignty issues,” “disapproving of certain harmful policies and subjects,” and “patriotic sentiments fueled by Internet populism.”","PeriodicalId":166253,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences","volume":"185 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124690184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"China Promotes Multilateralism for World Peace and Shared Development","authors":"Y. Diallo","doi":"10.53789/j.1653-0465.2023.0302.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53789/j.1653-0465.2023.0302.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":166253,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122367536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Negotiation Process of Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and Its Alliance Turning","authors":"Wang Zhuo","doi":"10.53789/j.1653-0465.2023.0302.012.p","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53789/j.1653-0465.2023.0302.012.p","url":null,"abstract":"The United States launched the “Indo-Pacific Economic Framework” in May 2022, which is an important part of its “Indo-Pacific Strategy” in the economic field. As representatives, experts, ministerial meetings and formal negotiations continue, the tendency of the United States and its allies to establish a political and economic integration alliance to encircle China in the Asia-Pacific region has become increasingly apparent. The purpose of this paper is to study China’s response, how to hold high the banner of peace, development, cooperation, and win-win, promote high-level opening up, and achieve Chinese path to modernization on the path of peaceful development. Through the detailed analysis of the negotiation process and other research methods, it is suggested that in the short and long term, we should focus on the rapid realization of the equal opening of IPEF and the establishment of a community with a shared future for mankind.","PeriodicalId":166253,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences","volume":"197 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122369952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Compatibility Characteristics of Confucian “Great Harmony Society” and Communist Ideal","authors":"Zhang Chuanqing, Liang Yingxin","doi":"10.53789/j.1653-0465.2023.0302.013.p","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53789/j.1653-0465.2023.0302.013.p","url":null,"abstract":"In order to continue to promote the Sinicization of Marxism, we must further improve the work of combining Marxism with China’s specific reality and excellent Chinese traditional culture. The Confucian culture represented by Confucius’ thought has a high degree of self-consistency and compatibility between its excellent spiritual connotation of “the society of great harmony” and the lofty ideal of communism. These self-consistency, and compatibility characteristics mainly include the compatibility between Confucius’ “the world is for all” and communist public ownership; the compatibility between Mencius, “rule of the people” and Marxist “individual ownership”; the compatibility between Confucian “ practice learning” and Marxist practice view; the compatibility between “sages,” “gentlemen” “ key minorities” and “communists” and the compatibility between Confucian rational spirit and Marxist “atheism” thought. A profound understanding of the compatibility between the two has important practical significance for improving our cultural self-confidence and promoting and developing Marxism in China.","PeriodicalId":166253,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences","volume":"2012 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131767151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}