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Translative Trends in Three Modern Greek Renderings of the Daodejing
Amarantidou, Dimitra
2023-02-01
Source PublicationReligions
Volume14Issue:2Pages:283
Abstract

Many Chinese and Western scholars have looked into the relation between Daoist and Greek thought, implementing Greek philosophical vocabularies to explain or highlight the distinctness of Daoist terms. This paper offers a view of an alternative and unexplored area of such endeavors: the translation of Daoist philosophy in modern Greek. More specifically, I offer an account of the reception and interpretation of the text by looking at three renderings of the Daodejing 道德經 (or Laozi 老子) in modern Greek. I first summarize the translators’ methodologies, overall understanding of the Daodejing’s focus and current relevance, and views on authorship and translation, and identify a set of translative trends: reliance on familiar notions, frameworks, and cultural experiences; mystification; attention to poeticity; and emphasis on a perceived remedial function of the text for a modern Greek readership. I then look at the renderings and explications of the key notions dao 道 and de 德 in four passages as case studies. The final section sums up the findings and concludes that the dominant interpretive tendency and translative trend in the examined translations is the assumption of similarity between Daoist and more familiar beliefs and frameworks.

KeywordComparative Studies Dao Daodejing De Modern Greek Translation
DOI10.3390/rel14020283
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Indexed ByA&HCI
Language英語English
WOS Research AreaReligion
WOS SubjectReligion
WOS IDWOS:000941775100001
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85148884442
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CollectionFaculty of Arts and Humanities
DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES
AffiliationFaculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Macau, E21A Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macao
First Author AffilicationFaculty of Arts and Humanities
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Amarantidou, Dimitra. Translative Trends in Three Modern Greek Renderings of the Daodejing[J]. Religions, 2023, 14(2), 283.
APA Amarantidou, Dimitra.(2023). Translative Trends in Three Modern Greek Renderings of the Daodejing. Religions, 14(2), 283.
MLA Amarantidou, Dimitra."Translative Trends in Three Modern Greek Renderings of the Daodejing".Religions 14.2(2023):283.
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