Keywords
English translation
Textual research on edition
Characteristics of translation
Annotation
Submitted : 2024-08-31
Accepted : 2024-09-15
Published : 2024-09-30
Abstract
Yue Jueshu is an important historical book tracing back to the source of Yue culture, has been much studied on its title, author, edition, historical value and so on, but less attention has been paid to its English translation. Starting with the significance of Yue Jueshu as a historical book to Western scholars, this paper attempts to make a study on the English translation of Yue Jueshu from textual research on the edition, the characteristics of translation, and the interpretation of annotation.
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