Development of one translator's style: a corpus-based investigation of Allan Barr's style of translating Yu Hua's works

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Development of one translator's style: a corpus-based investigation of Allan Barr's style of translating Yu Hua's works

This paper examines the evolution of translator Allan Barr's style and methodology. Regarded as the primary English translator of Yu Hua's works for fifteen years, Barr's corpus is examined in order to catalogue the development of his translation style. This corpus consists of Yu Hua’...

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Main Authors:	Li, Yajie, Abdullah, Muhammad Alif Redzuan, Mohd Hanafiah, Halis Azhan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Asian Economic and Social Society 2023
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/107315/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/107315/1/Development%20of%20one%20translator%E2%80%99s%20style.pdf

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