Translating emphatic/contrastive focus from English to Mandarin Chinese

This paper concerns the translation of spoken English into Mandarin Chinese, paying particular attention to the emphatic/contrastive focus in WHquestions which is realised by means of phonological stress in spoken English but by lexical and syntactic devices in Mandarin. A translation framework which is capable of treating emphatic/contrastive focus is outlined.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2008
• Where: MT
• Authors: Chen-li Kuo, Allan Ramsay
• Keywords: Mandarin Chinese, MT 2008, Particular Attention, Spoken English