Analysing Chinese Language and Discourse across Layers and Genres

This case study is exemplified to probe into the distinctions between English translations either by English native translators Hawkes, Joly and Bonsall, or Chinese translator Yang in translating the personal deictic Nainai as appellation in chapter 27 of Honglou Meng , to sort out what cognition of Chinese culture they retained and intended to consolidate and evaluate if the translation(s) have convinced positive traditional Chinese culture. The discussion covers the reliable narration and unre