On Notes and Annotations in David Tod Roy’s Translation of The Plum in the Golden Vase

FENG QIN

Abstract


Translation of Chinese classics into foreign languages has been a heated topic. Numerous efforts have been spent on translating Chinese classics into English language. The Plum in the Golden Vase, translated by David Tod Roy, is the latest five-volume English rendition of the novel Chin P’ing Mei. It is considered by far the most complete translation of the novel. The translator managed to preserve the properties of the original to the utmost through extensive use of notes and annotations.

 


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Note; Annotation; Translation

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/11415

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