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Publication details [#992]

Cao, Deborah. 1994. Strategies in translating oral history between Chinese and English. Babel 40 (3) : 137–145.

Publication type

Article in jnl/bk

Publication language

English

Keywords

genre | historical approach=historiography=history | strategy=procedure | translation method=method

Source language

English

Target language

Chinese

Journal DOI

10.1075/babel

Abstract

This study shows that to translate oral history effectively, especially between such disparate languages and cultures as English and Chinese, the special characteristics of the text genre should be a paramount consideration in determining the method of transfer and translation strategies.

Source : Based on abstract in journal