title: Difficulties in Translating Concepts that Denote Objects and Phenomena of Material Culture of Central Asian People, and the Principles of Overcoming Them (on the Example of the Translation of V. G. Yan’s Novel “Genghis Khan” from Russian into Chinese)
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metadata.value: Wu, Airong
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metadata.value: Liu, Kun
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metadata.value: 2021-09-03T18:20:33Z
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metadata.value: 2021-09-03T18:20:33Z
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metadata.value: 2021-03
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metadata.value: Wu Airong, Liu Kun. Difficulties in Translating Concepts that Denote Objects and Phenomena of Material Culture of Central Asian People, and the Principles of Overcoming Them (on the Example of the Translation of V. G. Yan’s Novel “Genghis Khan” from Russian into Chinese). Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, 2021, vol. 13, issue 1, pp. 19–31.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu13.2021.102
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/33047
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metadata.value: The concept of national-oriented translation as a part of the cultural translation theory becomes
  most relevant during the translation of fiction books into languages where the native
  speakers’ cultural context is far from what is narrated in the text of the translated work.
  The problem may be even more complicated if the language of the translated work is not the
  language of the described culture. This problem is exemplified by the Chinese translation of
  V. G. Yan’s novel “Genghis Khan”, which was written in Russian and depicts the complexity
  of socio-cultural processes in Central Asia during the 13th century. The description of the
  most important elements of material culture presented in the novel reflects the diversity of the
  material culture of the peoples of Central Asia. The article analyzes typical errors and inaccuracies
  in the translation of concepts that denote objects of material culture of Central Asian
  peoples. The authors attempt to identify the causes of translation errors: translator errors that
  arose due to differences in the semantic systems of the Russian and Chinese languages, as
  well as errors related to cultural differences between the peoples of Central Asia and China.
  The methodological basis of the research is Yuri Naida’s concept of dynamic equivalence as
  well as the principles of functional equivalence of the original and translated texts proposed
  by L. K. Latyshev. The source of material for the comparative analysis is the translation of the
  novel “Genghis Khan” into Chinese by Chen Hongfa. As a result of the analysis of errors and
  generalization of theoretical provisions, the authors propose three translation principles in
  order to avoid errors in the translation of names for objects of material culture, namely: the
  principles of “Double definition”, “Semantic correspondence” and “Addition of translation by
  explaining the connotative meaning of the word”. Adherence to these principles will allow
  translators to bring the translated text closer to the original text in both functional and communicative
  as well as semantic and structural ways.
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metadata.value: Foundation project: Shanghai project of philosophy and social Sciences: study of language education
  in Central Asia within the framework of the “One Belt, One Road” initiative, 2018BYY001.
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies;Volume 13; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: material culture of Central Asian peoples
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: translation errors
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: translation principles
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Difficulties in Translating Concepts that Denote Objects and Phenomena of Material Culture of Central Asian People, and the Principles of Overcoming Them (on the Example of the Translation of V. G. Yan’s Novel “Genghis Khan” from Russian into Chinese)
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metadata.value: Article
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