Title: The Concept of National Translation Practice: Meanings of “National” and “Practice” and Their English Translation

Speaker: Ren Dongsheng (professor, doctoral supervisor)

Time: 10:20-11:50, September 29, 2024 (Sunday)

Venue: Room 211, Building 5, Binhai Central Campus, TUST

Warmly welcome teachers and students to attend it.

Speaker Introduction:

Ren Dongsheng, Ph.D, a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Foreign Languages, Ocean University of China, focuses on translation theory and national translation practice. He has published over 90 research papers in suchacademic journals as The Translator, Foreign Languages, Chinese Translators, and Chinese Foreign Languages, authored 2 monographs, and edited a set of national-level planned teaching materials in 2 volumes. He has presided over 2 projects funded by the National Social Science Fund and has completed projects from the China Foreign Languages Bureau, the National Translators Association, and 6 military projects. He is recognized as an excellent graduate supervisor in Shandong Province and has received the second prize for national teaching achievements (third place).

He is the director of the “National Translation Collaborative Innovation Center” at Ocean University of China, the director of the “Shapiro Research Center” at Ocean University of China under the China Foreign Languages Bureau, vice president of the Language Service Professional Committee of the China Comparative Studies Association, a council member of the Translators Association of China, and a council member of the Chinese Religious Studies Association.

Lecture Content:

“National translation practice” is a new concept derived from a comprehensive description of translation history and the “subject + action” model. Within the conceptual framework of “national translation practice”, the connotation of “national” involves “subject → object → function” and the “one body with two sides and three dimensions” of “national translation research” while “practice”reflects the “guiding → organizational → goal-oriented” three dimensions of national translation. Through comparative analysis of several English translation methods of “national” and “practice”, it can be seen that an appropriate English translation of “national translation practice” facilitates the international expression of original discourse and identifying concepts of Chinese translation studies.