Translation Strategies of 300 Tang Poems from the Perspective of Relevance Theory -- Taking Mr.Xu Yuanchong's Translation as an Example University of Leeds
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between author, reader, and translator to achieve optimal contextual effects. His strategies ensure semantic equivalence, reactivate cultural
imagery, and reproduce aesthetic experiences, embodying "faithfulness, expressiveness, and elegance." Xu's practice demonstrates how reconstructing cognitive contexts enables effective global transmission of classical Chinese poetry and expands Relevance Theory's application in
literary translation.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.70711/neet.v4i7.9784
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