A Sociological Interpretation of the Stylistic Evolution in the English Translations of San Zi Jing: A Corpus-Based Study of the English Translations by Herbert A. Giles and Zhao Yanchun
As a canonical Chinese primer, San Zi Jing (The Three-Character Classic) has an English translation history spanning over two centuries, during which translation styles have exhibited significant diachronic variation. However, existing research predominantly focuses on static assessments of translation quality. Such st...