Collusion and Culture Construction in the Translation of Modest Social Address Terms a case study of ＂Xiao Ren＂ in ShuiHu Zhuan

Bassnett believed that collusion exerts influence between the author, translator as well as target reader, thus providing us with a new perspective for translation studies. Enlightened by Susan Bassnett＇s notion of ＂collusion＂ , the writer makes a contemplative study about the social address terms in Chinese classic novel Shui Hu Zhuan. The research studies the translation of modest social address terms in Outlaws of the Marsh and All Men are Brothers from the perspective of collusion and culture construction. Through the study of the source text and target text, the thesis makes analysis as well as comparison of the two English versions, in order to investigate the possible criteria for the translators to evaluate their choices of words in translating the Chinese specific terms. During the research, the writer discovers that collusion plays an im nortant role in the nroeess of translation. with a notential result of culture construction in the target readers＇ mind.

Collusion and Culture Construction in the Translation of Modest Social Address Terms a case study of "Xiao Ren" in Shui Hu Zhuan

culture construction cultural transmission collusion social address terms