Cosmopolitan Translation and Cross-Cultural Paradigms: A Chinese Perspective

This paper proposes to investigate the shifting cross-cultural paradigms in response to cosmopolitan thinking and consciousness as well as the nature of cultural translation in relation to cosmopolitanism. The perception of cosmopolitan translation, referring primarily to cultural translation situated fully within the cosmopolitan constellation, is closely linked to cognitive, social, and cultural change in a global and globalizing context. The rapid development of globalization raises questions about nationalism, cultural identity, and, above all, translation itself. Psychological differences between different ethnic groups are centrally concerned with the production and reception of cultural meaning and its dependence upon cross-cultural awareness. Different conceptions…