Contemporary Chinese newspaper discourse on translation: A mixed-methods approach to the People’s Daily (1949–2023)
Xinyu Shi, Libo Huang
TL;DR
This study analyzes how translation is discussed in the People’s Daily from 1949 to 2023, showing how societal views on translation have changed over time.
Contribution
The paper introduces a mixed-methods approach combining frequency and discourse analysis to trace translation discourse in Chinese newspapers.
Findings
Translation discourse in the People’s Daily reflects shifting societal perceptions over time.
Changes in translation-related terms correlate with China’s sociopolitical and cultural developments.
The study reveals interdisciplinary implications for translation and discourse research.
Abstract
Newspaper discourse on translation forms a particular discourse that uses newspapers as a medium to discuss the products, processes, and functions of translation. It can reflect how a society perceives translation as a general phenomenon in a certain period. Adopting a mixed-methods approach to the contemporary Chinese newspaper discourse on translation, this study examines the perceived roles of translation in the People’s Daily between 1949 and 2023. It identifies main translation-related terms in the discourse through frequency analysis, traces the developmental trajectories of those terms through time series analysis, and investigates the discourse focuses in different periods based on corpus-assisted discourse analysis. The findings show that there are diachronic changes in the perceived roles of translation, and that such changes are closely related to the broader sociopolitical,…
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Taxonomy
TopicsTranslation Studies and Practices · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Advanced Technology in Applications