| no simplification.(2) The Story of the Stone satisfactorily conveys the thematic and artistic messages of the original and very close to the original from the artistic point of view; A Dream of Red Mansions successfully presents the original language features of Hong Lou Meng and more close to the original in the surface language structure and style.(3) Hawkes and Minford vividly reproduce the grand scenes and grandiose spectacles which Cao Xueqin produced in Hong Lou Meng by some comparatively long, gorgeous and literary words and the 'Hawkes-featured' sentences. However, in order to make the translation more acceptable and understandable to the Western readers, Hawkes and Minford enrich their version with their understandings, imaginations and explanations which demolish the style of the original in a sense and embody an unequal power relation, and hamper the correct understanding and conveying of the Chinese culture.; while the Yangs, who aim to introduce the novel and Chinese culture to the Western world, try very hard to retain the original feature by sticking to the original style from lexical to syntactic level. |
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