A Study of Formal Features of Chu Ci Translation and Research Texts in English Based on Variational Translation Theory

The dissemination works of Chu Ci (楚辞) in Western countries can roughly be divided into three groups: translation works, research works and literary works. The formal features of the dissemination works are intimately related to and determined by the variational translation methods which include adaptation translation, selective translation, translation and comment, translation and writing, introduction-translation, edited translation, reference translation, condensed translation, and so on. Research on the textual features of Chu Ci dissemination works in the West is of great help to the globalization of Chinese culture, especially to ancient Chinese literary and cultural classics’ going global which is an important national policy of the Chinese government.