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Reappraising Self and Others

A Corpus-Based Study of Chinese Political Discourse in English Translation

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Authors:
  1. Tao Li

    1. Centre for Corpus Research, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China

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  2. Kaibao Hu

    1. Institute of Corpus Studies and Applications, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China

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  • Examines the evaluation of China and other countries in the English translation of Chinese political discourse
  • Promotes the corpus-based discourse analysis approach to translation studies in the Chinese context
  • Proposes a two-layered Ideological Square model based on translation data

Part of the book series: Corpora and Intercultural Studies (COINST, volume 6)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction

    • Tao Li, Kaibao Hu
    Pages 1-11

  3. Corpus-Based Translation Studies and Political Discourse Analysis

    • Tao Li, Kaibao Hu
    Pages 13-51

  4. Theoretical Framework and Methodology

    • Tao Li, Kaibao Hu
    Pages 53-83

  5. Translation of Appraisal Epithets in Chinese Political Discourse

    • Tao Li, Kaibao Hu
    Pages 85-119

  6. Translation Patterns of Appraisal Epithets and Variations of Stance

    • Tao Li, Kaibao Hu
    Pages 121-180

  7. Conclusion

    • Tao Li, Kaibao Hu
    Pages 181-189

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 191-194
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About this book

This book is a valuable resource for those involved in translation studies and discourse analysis. Drawing on a corpus-based approach and a combined framework of Appraisal and Ideological Square, this book investigates the variations in stance towards China and other countries in the English translation of contemporary Chinese political discourse. It presents research findings based on comparisons and statistical analyses of the English translation patterns of appraisal epithets, the most prototypical appraisal resources for evaluation, in Chinese political discourse at both lexico-grammatical and discourse semantic levels.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Corpus Research, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China

    Tao Li

  • Institute of Corpus Studies and Applications, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China

    Kaibao Hu

About the authors

Tao Li is currently an Associate Professor of Translation Studies at the Centre for Corpus Research, Shanghai Ocean University. He holds a Ph.D. in Translation Studies from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research interests cover corpus-based linguistic and translation studies, discourse analysis. His publications have appeared in Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice, Discourse & Society, JoSTrans: The Journal of Specialised Translation, Discourse, Context & Media. He has also co-authored a monograph Introducing Corpus-based Critical Translation Studies (2018, in Chinese). 


Kaibao Hu is a Professor of Translation Studies and Head of the Institute of Corpus Studies and Applications, Shanghai International Studies University. He is Principal Investigator of a Major Project of the National Social Science Fund of China ‘Construction, Translation and Dissemination of Chinese Diplomatic Discourse’ (17ZDA319). He has authored 9 monographs and more than 100 papers in journals, such as Perspectives, Meta, Foreign Language Teaching and Research, and Chinese Translators Journal. He also worked as the book series editor of Frontiers in Applied Linguistics by Routledge and Corpus-based Translation Studies by Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press. 



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Reappraising Self and Others

  • Book Subtitle: A Corpus-Based Study of Chinese Political Discourse in English Translation

  • Authors: Tao Li, Kaibao Hu

  • Series Title: Corpora and Intercultural Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9488-5

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-9487-8Published: 04 February 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-9490-8Published: 04 February 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-9488-5Published: 04 February 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2510-4802

  • Series E-ISSN: 2510-4810

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 194

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Applied Linguistics, Intercultural Communication, Sociology of Culture

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