{"id":49245,"date":"2022-05-14T12:29:46","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T04:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/?p=49245"},"modified":"2024-01-16T12:06:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T04:06:07","slug":"stfl-public-lecture-found-in-translation-common-mistakes-in-chinese-usage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/stfl-public-lecture-found-in-translation-common-mistakes-in-chinese-usage\/","title":{"rendered":"[STFL Public Lecture] Found in Translation: Common Mistakes in Chinese Usage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"49245\" class=\"elementor elementor-49245\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-08fe32d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"08fe32d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-464c7f5\" data-id=\"464c7f5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99c3c7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99c3c7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><\/p><p><strong>14 May 2022<\/strong><\/p><p>Mr William Che, Lecturer of the School of Translation and Foreign Languages, delivered a public lecture entitled \u2018Found in Translation: Common Mistakes in Chinese Usage\u2019 on 14 May 2022.<\/p><p>The public lecture started with a brief introduction of common mistakes in Chinese usage. Mr Che pointed out three common mistakes related to translation: over-literal translation, Europeanised phrases, and Europeanised syntax. Over-literal translation is illogical and often involves overuse of some common structures. Europeanisation, a prevailing trend, is widely incurred in sentence structures through translation, causing imprecision or repetition in meaning.<\/p><p>Mr Che later cited several examples from the daily life to illustrate common mistakes in Chinese usage seen in Europeanised phrases and syntax. He thought that Chinese phrase structures are more limited than English ones, because nouns can only be pre-modified in Chinese, while nominals can both be pre-modified and post-modified in English. Relative clauses in English can often be seen to be translated into pre-modifiers in Chinese, sometimes resulting in unnaturalness in Chinese usage.<\/p><p>Towards the end of talk, Mr Che stressed that we should avoid over-correction in making judgement about mistakes in Chinese usage and should differentiate between ungrammatical and illogical structures.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1267d62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1267d62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"576\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Picture1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Mr Che explains cases of over-literal translation and overuse of common structures.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8d4ad3e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8d4ad3e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b5ac6c\" data-id=\"0b5ac6c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6615b1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6615b1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"576\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Picture2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Mr Che cites an example to explain mistakes in Chinese usage seen in translation. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"14 May 2022 Mr William Che, Lecturer of the School of Translation and Foreign Languages, delivered a public lecture entitled \u2018Found in Translation: Common Mistakes in Chinese Usage\u2019 on 14 May 2022. 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