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Assignment 5: Translation Compare/Contrast

1. Find the two translation versions of //A Dream of Red Mansions://
 * Hawkes, David. //The Story of the Stone//. London: Penguin Books, 1973. Print.
 * Hsien-yi, Yang, and Gladys Yang. //A Dream of Red Mansion//. Beijing: Foreign Lanugages Press, 1978. Print.

2. Read one chapter of your choice from the original Chinese //A Dream of Red Mansions//, and read the two translation versions of this chapter in the above two books.

3. Produce a 1500-2000 word paper including:
 * An introduction about the translators;
 * An intoduction about the content of the chapter you have chosen;
 * Comparison and contrast of the two translation versions;
 * Analysis of specific strategy (domestication or foreignization) adopted by the translators;
 * Your opinion about the lossess or gains of the two translation versions from the perspective of reader's response theory.
 * Citations of you sources and a reference list using __MLA__ s tyle.

4. Submit your paper via GoogleDocs, and provide the URL on your student page by 4/25.