Open AccessContrastive Research on Attitudinal Resources in English Translation of Li Bai’s Poems Based on Appraisal Theory
Author(s) -
Jing Lü,
Xin Cheng
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
studies in linguistics and literature
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2573-6434
pISSN - 2573-6426
DOI - 10.22158/sll.v2n3p140
Subject(s) - poetry , translation studies , quality (philosophy) , literature , order (exchange) , translation (biology) , psychology , appraisal theory , linguistics , contrastive analysis , philosophy , art , social psychology , epistemology , economics , chemistry , biochemistry , finance , messenger rna , gene
In order to promote the translation of Chinese poetry, this paper studies the differences of attitudinal resources between Li Bai’s eight poems and the English translation poems of both Xu Yuanchong and Lowell based on Appraisal Theory, and it finds out that the quality of the translation poems can be improved by adjusting appraisal strategies.