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2009 , Vol. 3 >Issue 1: 119 - 132

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11702-009-0005-x

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The cultural turn in translation studies and its implications for contemporary translation studies

  • XIE Tianzhen
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  • Graduate Institute of Interpretation and Translation, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai 200080, China

Published date: 05 Mar 2009

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Abstract

The author of this paper attempts to make a detailed analysis of the impact the notion of the cultural turn exerted upon the translation studies at home, and to explore the historical elements of the notion and its inevitability of the emergence. The author also intends, at the conclusion of the paper, to present his view on the broad vista that the notion of the cultural turn has opened up the new areas for the current translation studies.

Key words： translation studies; cultural turn; the significance of comparative literature

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XIE Tianzhen . The cultural turn in translation studies and its implications for contemporary translation studies[J]. Frontiers of Literary Studies in China, 2009 , 3(1) : 119 -132 . DOI: 10.1007/s11702-009-0005-x

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