Fuzzy Language in Literature and Translation

Bringing a fuzzy logic-based approach into translation studies and drawing on the theory of information entropy, this book discusses the translation of fuzzy language in literary works and advances a new method of measuring text fuzziness between translation and source text.

Lu SHAO is Professor of Translation Studies and Director of the Centre for Overseas China Studies at Sun Yat-sen University, China. Her research interests include literary translation and fuzzy language in literature and translation.

1. Introduction 2. An Overview of the Evolution of Fuzzy Theories 3. Re-Thinking Translation in Light of Fuzziness Research 4. The Concept and Explication of the Law of Fuzziness in Translation Studies 5. Case Study under the Theoretical Framework of the Law of Fuzziness: A Comparative Analysis of The Da Vinci Code and Its Chinese Versions 6. From Case Study to Philosophical Thinking