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Intercultural Bewilderment: Translating Hallerstein's Letters from China

Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: The article presents a translation of Jesuit missionary Hallerstein's letters from Slovenian into English.The discussion touches on domestication and foreignization translation strategies, before focusing on some intercultural and historical challenges of translating place names and names of people.Using examples from practice, the paper draws attention to the impact of the use of sources, the cross-linguistic differences in orthography, Romanization standards of Chinese names, the contemporary guidelines on the translation of place names and names of people, and translators' consistency in their use.
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7125610960
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