Translation and Adaptation in Dissemination of Foreign Literary Works: A Case Study of Robinson Crusoe

Zhou Hongmin

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Translation and Adaptation in Dissemination of Foreign Literary Works: A Case Study of Robinson Crusoe

Zhou Hongmin

Published in International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 6, Issue 5)

Received: 5 August 2018 Accepted: 10 September 2018 Published: 8 October 2018

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When investigated in a broader vision, adaptation carried out away from translational act can also contribute to transmission of a foreign text. Based on the presumption that the act of translation moves foreign classics into the periphery of target culture, but far from asserting their finality, the author, supported by the case of Robinson Crusoe, singles out translation (retranslation), and adaptation (adaptive translation and post-translation adaptation) for a study, and attempts to explore how they are related to one another and identify their role in contributing to the transmission of foreign text. It is concluded that besides translation and retranslations, post-translation adaptation contributes more share to transmitting and canonizing a foreign text.

Published in	International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 6, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijll.20180605.11
Page(s)	140-147
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Translation, Adaptation, Roles in Transmitting Foreign Text

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