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Reflecting the Impact Function of Chinese Translations in the Translator’s Paratext
- Authors: Guo J.1,2
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Affiliations:
- Moscow State Linguistic University, Moscow, Russia
- Hulunbeier Institute, Hulunbeier, China
- Issue: No 9(903) (2025)
- Pages: 16-21
- Section: Linguistics
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/2542-2197/article/view/341473
- ID: 341473
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The article deals with the ways of realizing the impact function of Chinese translations from Russian in prefaces and afterwords. By means of linguopragmatic analysis of translated paratexts the main themes and linguistic means that realise the function of influencing the reader are identified. Nine Chinese paratexts to the translations of Russian works on philosophy and literary studies were taken as research material. The results indicate that Chinese translation paratexts are characterized by a pronounced desire to influence the reader’s perception of the text, which indicates a different understanding of the purpose of translation in Chinese culture from that in Europe.
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Jinghan Guo
Moscow State Linguistic University, Moscow, Russia; Hulunbeier Institute, Hulunbeier, China
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Email: 1026645976@qq.com
PhD student, Department of General and Comparative Linguistics at Moscow State Linguistic University; Lecturer at Hulunbeier Institute of the People’s Republic of China
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