A Study of English Translation Strategies for Reduplicated Words in Minority-Nationality Poetry — Taking the Naxi Epic Lu Ban Lu Rao as an Example
Using a self-built parallel corpus, this article analyzes the English translation of reduplicated words in the Naxi epic Lu Ban Lu Rao (Zhang Liyu/Li Ming translation, drawing on Luo Huifan's translation report), identifying three construction types (full reduplication, partial reduplication, compound reduplication) and three translation strategies illustrated with tabulated examples: "word correspondence" (direct lexical/grammatical equivalence, the norm for minority poetry translation), "fuzzy correspondence" (near-equivalent renderings, additions, omissions, or domestication when full equivalence is impossible), and "zero correspondence" (translator-added content with no direct original counterpart, used to resolve untranslatability). The author argues meaning should take priority over form and sound when trade-offs are necessary, following Xu Yuanchong's "three beauties" hierarchy, and calls for reader-centered, corpus-based comparative research across more minority-nationality poems and translators.
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