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functionandalicationofdescriptivetralationstudies
1introduction
theintentionofthisstudyistoexplorepoibleadvantagesofdescriptivetralationstudiesasinitsalicationintralationpracticeandtralationanalysis.
sinceearly20thcentury,tralationstudiesgraduallybrokeawayfromthemarginalstatuswithinotherrelateddisciplinesandestablisheditselfasanempiricalscience.fromthenon,schoolsofthoughthavekeptcomingoutandeachclaimsitslegitimacyforexistence.amongtheseschoolsisdescriptivetralationstudies(dts).
dtsaroachestralationfromanempiricalperective.tralationisviewedtobeasocialactivityhavingsignificantimportanceinthereceivingcultureandforthetargetcommunity.therefore,tralationisdealtwithbeyondthelinguisticrealizationandlanguagecomparison,andisincorporatedinsocialandculturalcontext.
myattentionwasfirstdirectedtodtsbyitspeculiarcharacteristicofoervation,descriptionandexplanation.thesubjectiswhateverhaeintralationpractice,fromthedeterminationofproectivefunctionoftralationtotheproceoftralator’schoiceofstrategies,braitormingandtherevision,tothefinalproductmakingaearanceinthetargetcommunity.
themethodofdtsisbasicallydescriptive.theprescriptivetendencyandtheproblem-solutionpatternisabandoned.tralationphenomenaarenoteddown.withaccumulateddata,someunderlyingtruthsabouttralationwillcomeoutwhichwillprovetobeitructivenotonlyfortheoreticalprobebutalsoforaliedtralationpractice.iwillalythisdescriptivemethodinthecasestudyofthisthesis.
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