Multimodal Approaches to Chinese-English Translation and Interpreting

List of contents

Introduction: multimodal approaches to Chinese-English translation and interpreting
ZHANG Meifang and FENG Dezheng (William)

1. Intersemiotic shifts in the translation of Chinese costume drama subtitles: a multimodal analysis approach
QIAN Hong (Sunny) and FENG Dezheng (William)


2. A multimodal study of paratexts in bilingual picturebooks on Mulan
CHEN Xi (Janet)


3. Intersemiotic translation of rhetorical figures: a case study of the multimodal translation of The Art of War
LUO Tian (Kevin)


4. Reshaping the heroic image of Monkey King via multimodality: a hero is back
WANG Hui (Wanda) and LI Xiaowei


5. ‘Dis’covering Hamlet in China: a case analysis of book covers of the Chinese Hamlet
XIE Guixia (Rosie)


6. Belt and Road Initiatives in texts and images: a critical perspective on intersemiotic translation of metaphors
ZHANG Xiaoyu (Heather)


7. A corpus-assisted multimodal approach to tourism promotional materials of Macao: a case study of three signature events
LAM Sut I(Michelle) and LEI Sao San (Susann)


8. Effects of non-verbal paralanguage capturing on meaning transfer in consecutive interpreting

OUYANG Qianhua (Tasha) and FU Ai (Ivy)

About the author

Zhang Meifang is Professor of Translation Studies in the Department of English and Master of Cheung Kun Lun College of the University of Macau. She is also the Co-Editor-in-Chief of Babel: International Journal of Translation.
Feng Dezheng (William), PhD, is Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Research Centre for Professional Communication in English at the Department of English, Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Summary

Multimodal Approaches to Chinese-English Translation and Interpreting is among the first attempts to apply multimodal approaches to translation and interpreting with a special focus on Chinese-English translations and interpreting.

Product details

• Authors: Meifang (University of Macau Zhang
• Assisted by: Dezheng Feng (Editor), Dezheng (William) Feng (Editor), Meifang Zhang (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367331962
• ISBN: 978-0-367-33196-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting, Translation & interpretation, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Translation and interpretation, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc