Numbers across the linguistic barriers? A case study of the translation of the number 9 from Chinese into Spanish using the CCEVAO Corpus

  • Tian Mi Universidad de Nankai
  • Rodrigo Muñoz Cabrera Universidad de Nankai
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/estr.66684
Keywords: Corpus Linguistics, translation, cross-cultural studies, Journey to the West, Spanish, Chinese

Abstract

Language is a means by which any society sees and describes the world and life. It is needless to say that words and idioms show part of the culture, history, and tradition of a civilization. However, numbers –at least some of them- have also developed additional meanings apart from those related purely to quantification in order to show and describe concepts that human beings were unable to understand. For that reason, some of them have a special significance. We aimed to study number 9, which has a special meaning in Mandarin Chinese, and to analyze how translators have negotiated linguistic barriers in order to translate all the meanings it possesses into Spanish.

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Published
2020-12-01
How to Cite
Mi T. y Muñoz Cabrera R. (2020). Numbers across the linguistic barriers? A case study of the translation of the number 9 from Chinese into Spanish using the CCEVAO Corpus. Estudios de Traducción, 10, 285-298. https://doi.org/10.5209/estr.66684
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Vol. 10 (2020): Monographic: Emerging approaches in jurilinguistics: texts, methods and professional development in legal translation
Section
Miscellany

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