The Influence of Chinese and Western Ways of Thinking on Chinese‐English Translation from the Perspective of Person and Object

Cui Wu

《International Journal of Social Science and Education Research》 5卷9期 (2022/09) Pp. 84-89

https://doi.org/10.6918/IJOSSER.202209_5(9).0012

摘要

Influenced by traditional philosophical views, Westerners prefer object consciousness, while the Han people prefer subject consciousness. Therefore, this difference in subjective and objective philosophical views has led to very different ways of thinking between Chinese and Westerners. The most direct manifestation of differences in thinking is language differences. Chinese tends to go with an personal style, while English an impersonal style. This thesis uses Shen Congwen's Biancheng as the original text, and Gladys Yang's and Jeffey C. Kinkley's English versions as the references to explore specific forms of Chinese personal subject and English impersonal subject, analyze and contrast the characteristics of Chinese and English.

關鍵字

The difference in the way of thinking ； Chinese and English ； personal subject and impersonal subject ； language characteristics ； Biancheng

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