On Mencius' Key Philosophical Term-Ren C-E Translation in the Perspective of Reception Theory  

作　　者：赖兰兰[1] 郦伟[1] 陈小莹 

机构地区：[1]惠州学院,广东惠州516007 [2]湛江中心人民医院

出　　处：《大学英语教学与研究》2018年第4期31-36,共6页College English Teaching & Research

摘　　要：With the guidance of reception theory, based on the corpus of James Legge, the LCC and D. C. Lau's versions of Mencius, a comparative study will be conducted on the key philosophical term: Ren. After comparison, reasons for the differences will be stated. Targeting at missionaries, James adopted the 19 century old English and strived for faithfulness. Lau's translation work is of high academic value and receives good comments popularly in western sinology circle, being considered as the exemplary work for translating Chinese classics into English. Zhao et al. translated Mencius for modern readers, who might have acquired more knowledge of China and want to learn something about Mencius. Quantitative analysis shows that Ren appears 157 times in Mencius, and"benevolent/benevolence"gains a dominant position in these three versions.With the guidance of reception theory, based on the corpus of James Legge, the LCC and D. C. Lau＇s versions of Mencius, a comparative study will be conducted on the key philosophical term： Ren. After comparison, reasons for the differenceswill be stated. Targeting at missionaries, James adopted the 19 century old English and strived for faithfulness. Lau＇s translationwork is of high academic value and receives good comments popularly in western sinology circle, being considered as theexemplary work for translating Chinese classics into English. Zhao et al. translated Mencius for modern readers, who might haveacquired more knowledge of China and want to learn something about Mencius. Quantitative analysis shows that Ren appears 157times in Mencius, and＂benevolent∕benevolence＂gains a dominant position in these three versions.

关 键 词：MENCIUS English versions Reception Theory REN 

分 类 号：G4[文化科学—教育学]