Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences, 2021, 4(1); doi: 10.25236/AJHSS.2021.040113.
Liping Liao
School of Foreign Languages, Guangdong Polytechnic College, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, 526100, P. R. China
After the publication the translated version of Stray Birds by FENG Tang, the public opinion was in an uproar and the academic community was divided in its evaluation. Feng Tang's version of Stray Birds integrates his own understanding and remodeling, which is unique in style. It is necessary to reinterpret the translation from the perspective of reception aesthetics, not only to make people realize that the translator plays a key role in the dissemination of foreign literary works, but also to enrich the connotation of translation research and translation practice. The poetic elements of Stray Birds are analyzed from the perspective of translation aesthetics. It is timely and necessary to analyze Feng's translation strategies from three aspects of style, diction and culture and to make an aesthetic examination of Feng's translation.
Translation Aesthetics, FENG Tang, Stray Birds
Liping Liao. On the Translated Version of Stray Birds by Feng Tang from the Perspective of Translation Aesthetics. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2021) Vol. 4, Issue 1: 69-71. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2021.040113.
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