Translating social items from the Tibetan Epic “King Gesar” into english: what a corpus-based analysis reveals and how it can help

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Translating social items from the Tibetan Epic “King Gesar” into english: what a corpus-based analysis reveals and how it can help

The Ge Sa-er (also known as Gesar) saga has been handed down for above 1000 years by Tibetan Chinese, Mongolian Chinese, the Tu and the Naxi, describing a heroic story in present-day Kangba Tibetan area. This article analyse the English translation of social discourse in the Ge Sa-er version retold...

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Main Authors:	Zhou, Yuqiao, Halim, Hazlina Abdul, Ujum, Diana Abu, Wong, Ling Yann
Format:	Article
Published:	Academy Publication 2024
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/105730/

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