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Chinese Political Discourse in Translation: A Corpus-based Critical Discourse Analysis book cover

1st Edition

Chinese Political Discourse in Translation A Corpus-based Critical Discourse Analysis

By Lijuan Du Copyright 2025
208 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Building on Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis (CDA) framework, Du examines the official translators’ agency in reconstructing the image of China. Comparing the source text and target text, her book focuses on ideologically striking translation shifts that occur at different levels. Drawing on the Seven Reports to the National Congresses of the Communist Party of China (CPC) (1992-2022)... Read more

1. Introduction: Political Discourse Translation 

2. Chinese Political Discourse and its Studies in China 

3. A Corpus-based Analysis of the Official Translators’ Agency

4. Recontextualization of Translated Chinese Political Discourse 

5. Ideological Factors behind the Image of China in the Translated Chinese Political Discourse and the International News Outlets

6. Conclusion: Implications and Findings

Index

Biography

Lijuan Du holds a PhD from Shanghai International Studies University. Her research interests include political discourse translation, corpus linguistics, and critical discourse analysis. Her publications appeared in Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, Critical Arts, Journal of Language and Politics, Perspectives, Meta, and SAGE Open.

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