A Contrastive Study of the Translator’s Behaviour in English and Spanish Translations of Metaphors in Xi Jinping: The Governance of China

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Examines translation behaviors in English and Spanish, revealing different principles in political discourse translation.

The English translation prioritizes semantic equivalence over formal equivalence, while the Spanish translation leans towards truth-seeking.
The English translating team maintained a balance between truth-seeking and utility-attaining behaviors across the three volumes.
The Spanish team shows a consistent preference for the truth-seeking principle, with slight improvement in utility-attaining behavior over time during translations. There is a notable divergence in faithfulness philosophy, with Spanish translators emphasizing form and English translators emphasizing pragmatics.

Chang et al. (2024) studied this question.

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