Keywords
300 Tang Poems translated by Xu Yuanchong
Metonymy
English translation
Submitted : 2024-11-03
Accepted : 2024-11-18
Published : 2024-12-03
Abstract
This paper studies the English translation texts of Du Fu’s poems selected from 300 Tang Poems, which were translated by Xu Yuanchong, and displays his poetry writing stages and styles clearly by learning about his life experience. This paper classifies the translation methods of metonymy adopted by the translator, Xu Yuanchong, by analyzing specific English translation texts of metonymy in Du Fu’s poems to provide translation methods regarding translating metonymy in Chinese poetry into English.
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