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dc.title	Between Rigor and Reverence. Yu Dafu and His Views on Translation
dc.contributor.author	Magagnin Paolo
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Articolo
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-orientale/2021/1/between-rigor-and-reverence-yu-dafu-and-his-views/
dc.description.abstract	Despite his prominence in modern Chinese literature and the significant role played by translation in his literary career, Yu Dafu’s (1896-1945) activity as a translation theorist and practitioner remains largely unexplored. Yu translated into Chinese a number of short stories, treatises, and poems by such authors as Wilde, Twain, Sinclair, Nietzsche, and Rousseau; he also devoted several essays to the issue of translation and its practice. Through an analysis of Yu’s theoretical writings, I aim to provide a brief account of his reflections on the subjectivity of the translator, the principles of a desirable translating practice, the relation between translation and original writing, and the cultural significance of translation. By doing so, I wish to highlight the seminal role played by such a reflection in Yu’s artistic career, as well as the specificity of his contribution within the intellectual debate on translation in his time.
dc.relation.ispartof	Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 57 \| Giugno 2021
dc.issued	2021-06-30
dc.dateAccepted	2021-05-11
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-01-14
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2385-3042
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2021/01/016
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Cultural innovation
dc.subject	Cultural innovation
dc.subject	Literary creation
dc.subject	Literary creation
dc.subject	Theory of translation
dc.subject	Theory of translation
dc.subject	Translation
dc.subject	Translation
dc.subject	Yu Dafu
dc.subject	Yu Dafu

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Between Rigor and Reverence. Yu Dafu and His Views on Translation

Paolo Magagnin Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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abstract

Despite his prominence in modern Chinese literature and the significant role played by translation in his literary career, Yu Dafu’s (1896-1945) activity as a translation theorist and practitioner remains largely unexplored. Yu translated into Chinese a number of short stories, treatises, and poems by such authors as Wilde, Twain, Sinclair, Nietzsche, and Rousseau; he also devoted several essays to the issue of translation and its practice. Through an analysis of Yu’s theoretical writings, I aim to provide a brief account of his reflections on the subjectivity of the translator, the principles of a desirable translating practice, the relation between translation and original writing, and the cultural significance of translation. By doing so, I wish to highlight the seminal role played by such a reflection in Yu’s artistic career, as well as the specificity of his contribution within the intellectual debate on translation in his time.

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30 Giugno 2021

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11 Maggio 2021

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14 Gennaio 2021

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Keywords: Cultural innovation • Yu Dafu • Literary creation • Translation • Theory of translation

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