Dreaming across Languages and Cultures_ A Study of the Literary Translations of the Hong lou meng跨越红楼梦.pdf

Dreaming across Languages and Cultures Dreaming across Languages and Cultures: A Study of the Literary Translations of the Hong lou meng By Laurence K. P. Wong Dreaming across Languages and Cultures: A Study of the Literary Translations of the Hong lou meng By Laurence K. P. Wong This book first published 2014 Cambridge Scholars Publishing 12 Back Chapman Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2XX, UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Copyright © 2014 by Laurence K. P. Wong All rights for this book reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. ISBN (10): 1-4438-5887-0, ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-5887-8 CONTENTS Preface vi Acknowledgements ix Note on Romanization xi Note on Abbreviations xii Note on Glossing xvii Introduction 1 Chapter One 75 Problems Arising from Linguistic Differences Chapter Two 157 Problems Arising from Cultural Differences Chapter Three 230 Idiolect Chapter Four 256 Dialect Chapter Five 280 Register Chapter Six 308 Style Chapter Seven 389 The Limits of Literary Translation Chapter Eight 487 Conclusion PREFACE Originating from my Ph. D. thesis completed in the Graduate Department of East Asian Studies, University of Toronto in 1992, Dreaming