A Study on Translation Strategies of the White PaperChina's Energy Transitionfrom the Perspective of International Communication—Also on the International Communication Impacts of the Shift in Translation Strategies
Abstract
In the context of globalization, the Chinese government has strengthened external publicity to present China's policy discourse system to the world, which has become a major research focus for Chinese scholars in recent years. As an important official document issued by the Government of the People's Republic of China, the English version of the white paperChina's Energy Transitionacts as a key tool for China to build a sound national image. It also exerts extensive influence on China and the whole world and serves as an effective way to enhance China's soft power. Taking this white paper as the research object and referring to relevant overseas research achievements, this paper explores its translation process and approaches by adopting variational translation theory and discourse reconstruction methods. The research results show that translators adopt literal translation, free translation, structural adjustment, annotation and other methods in translation. On the premise of retaining the original meaning, these methods greatly improve the readability of the text and readers' experience. Different translation methods also reflect the trend that China's policy discourse is transforming from internal-oriented publicity to external-oriented publicity, which promotes China's status and role in global energy governance. Meanwhile, this paper provides references for related research and puts forward new ideas for the study of China's international communication.
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