An Analysis of Wang Zuoliangs Translation Thoughts 英语(毕业论文).docVIP

An Analysis of Wang Zuoliangs Translation Thoughts I.Introduction The study of translation thoughts is not only the translation criticism, but also a kind of evaluation. Mr. Wang Zuoliang, conversant with ancient and modern learning, is a learned scholar of tremendous accomplishment who enjoys high reputation in the academic circles both at home and abroad with many titles (an educator, a foreign literature critic, an expert of comparative literature, a translator, a translation theorist, a linguist as well as a writer and poet, etc.) simultaneously conferred on him, who is thus dubbed as“a versatile man of the Renaissance”. He is prolific in translation theory with his profuse corpora, including Translation: Thought and Practice, A Sense of Beginning: Studies in Literature and Translation and Some Observations on Verse TranslationThis research aims, on the one hand, to analyze and clarify Wang Zuoliang’s translation style resulting from the combination of his translation theory with his translation practice, and on the other hand, to find out how important and significant a role Wang Zuoliang plays in building China’s translation theory and boosting our translation practice, especially in the literary translation cause. What a pity, however, that only a little has been done about the study of Wang Zuoliang’s translation achievements, especially the study of his translation style, leave alone to study it comprehensively, systematically and scientifically. So it is in need to study his translation thoughts. II.Context 1. Wang Zuoliangs life, translations and achievements in translation Wang Zuoliang is a famous educator, an authority on English literature, an inaugurator of comparative literature study in China, a noted translator and translation theorist, an outstanding linguist as well as an excellent writer and poet, because of which he earns the title of“a versatile man of Renaissance”and enjoys high reputation in the academic circles both at home and abroad. I