Tripartite Confrontation of Social Translatology: Case Analysis of "Linyi xiaoshuo" and Translation Trend in Late Qing China

Abstract

With the theoretical system of sociological approaches in translation studies, especially the basic framework of Bourdieu.s "field-habitus"theory on the capital systems, this article focuses on the analysis of typical figure, Lin Shu and his foreign novel translations, furthermore the translation trend in late Qing China as well. The case study on Lin Shu and his translations in this article also aims to indicate the practical processing of "Linyi xiaoshuo ('Greek Passage')"from the perspective of Bourdieu. sociological theories, in especial the balance among three core concepts, field, habitus and capital, with the further analysis to discover close relations among the translator, translation activity, cultural power, social context, and so on.