Translating Tagore's Stray Birds into Chinese

Contents

Foreword

Figures

Tables

Abbreviations and Symbols

Abbreviations for Interlinear Glossing

Acknowledgements

Preface

Chapter 1 Delineating the specificity of poetry translation

1.1 Understanding poetry

1.2 Translators' perspectives on poetry translation

1.3 A survey of recent studies on poetry translation

Chapter 2 Demystifying translation as recreation of meaning through choice

2.1 Matthiessen's conceptualization of translation

2.2 Stray Birds and its four Chinese translations

2.3 Analytical framework and data size

Chapter 3 Translation on the expression plane of language: Graphological and phonological choices

3.1 Analysis of graphological choices

3.2 Analysis of phonological choices

3.3 Summary

Chapter 4 Translation on the content plane of language: Lexicogrammatical choices

4.1 Analysis of Theme

4.2 Theme shift

4.3 Analysis of process type

4.4 Process type shift

4.5 Summary

Chapter 5 Contextual considerations in translation: Analyzing field, tenor, and mode

5.1 Contextual analysis of field

5.2 Contextual analysis of tenor

5.3 Contextual analysis of mode

5.4 Contextual analysis and translation shifts

5.5 Summary

Chapter 6 Conclusion: Exploring poetry translation with Systemic Functional Linguistics

6.1 Significance of the study

6.2 Future directions

References

Index