Email this article E.I. Kychanov’s Translation of the “Revised and Newly Approved Code of the Heavenly Prosperity Reign” in the Context of the Development of Modern Translation Studies
- Authors: Meng X.1, Tsareva N.1
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Affiliations:
- Shaanxi Normal University
- Issue: Vol 9, No 1S (2023)
- Pages: 195-211
- Section: Original Papers
- URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/2410-0145/article/view/569349
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.55512/wmo569349
- ID: 569349
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Abstract
E.I. Kychanov was well known in Chinese academic circles since 1980s, and his translations of ancient Tangut manuscripts into Russian are often used by Chinese scholars as reference material. This article focuses on the scholar’s translation of the Tangut “Revised and Newly Approved Code of the Heavenly Prosperity Reign (1149–1168)” and analyzes some features of his translation work, his chosen strategies and methods, and also comments on the Chinese specialists’ attitude to E.I. Kychanov’s translation of the Tangut legal text.
About the authors
Xia Meng
Shaanxi Normal University
Email: xmeng003@163.com
ORCID iD: 0009-0008-4115-1514
China, Xi’an
Natalia Tsareva
Shaanxi Normal University
Author for correspondence.
Email: gct-tsareva@yandex.ru
China, Xi’an
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