On Chinese-into-English Translation from the Perspective of Mechanics: A Case Study of Translating Chinese Multi-clause Sentences into English

WANG Jian-guo

Volume 33 Issue 5

Jun. 2021

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WANG Jian-guo. On Chinese-into-English Translation from the Perspective of Mechanics: A Case Study of Translating Chinese Multi-clause Sentences into English[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2017, 33(5): 19-28,42.

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WANG Jian-guo. On Chinese-into-English Translation from the Perspective of Mechanics: A Case Study of Translating Chinese Multi-clause Sentences into English[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2017, 33(5): 19-28,42.

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On Chinese-into-English Translation from the Perspective of Mechanics: A Case Study of Translating Chinese Multi-clause Sentences into English

WANG Jian-guo

East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China

Received Date: 2017-03-25
Available Online: 2021-06-18

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Based on the view from the perspective of Mechanics that Chinese is a kinetic-energy-oriented language while English a potential-energy-oriented one, this paper explains the formations of the Chinese topic-comment structure and of the English subject-predicate structure. Hence, inevitably, the Chinese topic-comment structure featuring continuity should be reorganized into the English subject-predicate structure featuring hierarchy and discreteness. With examples taken from Chapter Three of Hong Lou Meng and its two English versions, this paper formulates the tendency of reorganization in translating Chinese multi-clause sentences into English, and points out that English rewording should rely on appropriate uses of topics and often-condensed comments with view to the thematic relevance to ensure discourse fluency and balance that help the discourse acquire greater potential energy when mentally raised.
- Mechanics,
- translating Chinese multi-clause sentences into English,
- reorganization,
- rewording,
- potential energy

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