Gender in Literary Translation

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-7

3. Literature Review

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   Pages 9-28

4. Theoretical Framework

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   Pages 29-51

5. Methodology

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6. Results and Discussion

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   Pages 69-134

7. Conclusion

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   Pages 135-139

8. Back Matter

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This book explores the role of gender in male- and female-produced efforts to translate a Chinese novel into English. Adopting the CDA framework and corpus methodology, the study examines the specific ways in which, and extent to which, a female British translator and a male American translator construct their gender identity in translation. Based on an analysis of the two translations’ textual and paratextual features, it reveals the fascinating ways in which language, gender and translation interact. The book is intended for anyone who is interested in gender and translation studies, particularly in applying the new corpus methodology to exploring the interface between gender and translation in the Chinese context. 

• Gender Construction
• Literary Translation
• Corpus-Based
• Chenzhong De Chibang
• Post-structuralist Perspective
• CDA
• literary diction
• translation studies

• School of Foreign Languages, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

  Lingzi Meng

Dr. Lingzi Meng currently works at East China Normal University’s School of Foreign Languages. Her specific areas of research include corpus-based translation studies and gender and translation studies.

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