Stan Lai’s Translation Thoughts of Performability from the Perspective of Translators Voice: A Case Study of Subtext Translation of <i>Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land</i>

Wu Bian; Ketong Liu

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Stan Lai’s Translation Thoughts of Performability from the Perspective of Translators Voice: A Case Study of Subtext Translation of Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land

Wu Bian, Ketong Liu

Published in International Journal of Literature and Arts (Volume 11, Issue 4)

Received: 20 May 2023 Accepted: 11 July 2023 Published: 24 July 2023

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Abstract

Stan Lai is a well-known director and playwright in China and abroad, and his self-translation play Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land has been toured all over the world many times. However, few scholars have studied Lai’s translation thoughts through this play. What’s more, subtext is an eminent feature in drama and it is difficult to translate, especially in Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land, which includes abundant subtexts. As a result, the thesis takes the translator’s voice as theoretical bases and studies Lai’s translation thoughts of performability through the subtext translation of Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land. The thesis adopts O’Sullivan’s framework and analyzes Stan Lai’s voice from the translation and the paratexts to see whether they are consistent. During the analysis, comparative studies, interviews, and literature research will be adopted. There are two main findings: In the target text, Stan Lai shows his voice by adopting the translation strategies of changing narration, amplifying narration, and reductive narration to achieve performability, especially the speakability, individuality, actability, and acceptability of the lines. In the paratexts, the author also finds that Lai’s identity, translation motives, and translation strategies also reflect his voice on performability, which is consistent with the one in the target text.

Published in	International Journal of Literature and Arts (Volume 11, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijla.20231104.13
Page(s)	176-185
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Performability, Translator’s Voice, Stan Lai, Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land, Subtext

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Wu Bian

School of Interpreting and Translation Studies, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China
Ketong Liu

School of Interpreting and Translation Studies, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China

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