Reader reception of translation strategies for Li Bai’s “Yu Jie Yuan”: Empirical evidence from a mixed-methods study
Hongjing Chang, Jing Zhao, Yuhao Sun, Huan Ding · 2026
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Hongjing Chang and co-authors study how readers receive translations of a Li Bai poem in this 2026 paper. Classical Chinese poetry crosses cultures with loss, since rhythm and imagery differ across tongues. Four English versions of one poem were compared head to head.
The versions used prose, free verse, rhyme, and literal styles. A total of 403 American readers rated them through an online survey. Questions covered content, theme, feeling, and character views. Rhymed translation proved most popular with this audience. It seemed to balance sense and beauty best. Open replies were coded for themes, and the poems were also read closely as texts.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hongjing Chang, Jing Zhao, Yuhao Sun, Huan Ding |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 68 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |