A Report On The Translation Of Moral Exemplars In ’the Analects’:The Good Person Is That(Chapter Five)

Moral Exemplars in ’the Analects’ :The Good Person is That and its translation are the primary topic of this report.The author masters the masterstroke throughout the whole book with a clearly logic and vivid style of writing.The source text analyzed hereinafter comes from Chapter Five of this book,in which the author gives a detailed description and analysis of Confucius’ s moral characters,body language and facial expressions.The research on this chapter will definitely bring certain benefits for cultural communication.It is an academic masterwork,and informative text.In the international arena,increasing attention has been paid to China,a country that has experienced rapid development recently.Consequently,more and more foreign scholars have kept a keen interest in Chinese culture and have produced some insights on Confucianism.Inevitably,one of the hot topics is cultural self-confidence.However,it is urgently necessary for the domestic research on Confucianism to incorporate some new and fresh ideas.According to the characteristics of original text,the author utilizes the vocabulary deletion,addition,transformation,abstraction,specification,and transformation of active and passive voice to translate,and analyzes the long and complicated sentences.The following sections are included in the translation report: The background and purpose of the translation,as well as the content and features of the book are introduced in Chapter 1;Chapter 2 describes the work done throughout the entire translation process;Chapter 3 analyzes how some typical difficulties were solved and how the translation version was improved;Chapter 4 summarizes this report,reveals some limitations and provides some advice for future research.The purpose of this report is to explore a number of translation methods and techniques by analyzing and discussing some typical examples from the lexical and syntactical aspects.At the same time,the shortcomings of this practice report are also revealed.I hope the book Moral Exemplars in ’the Analects’ : The Good Person is That can provide a unique perspective on the study of Confucianism.Particularly,this translation practice report is expected to provide reference to other translators in translating the same type of texts.