An Analysis of Translation of War Literature in Journals (1931-1945)

The victory of the China’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression is of great significance to the whole Chinese nation because it is the first time in nearly a century that the Chinese people have won a complete victory against imperialism. A large number of translations of foreign war literature were published in anti-war periodicals. However, domestic scholars have not paid enough attention to the study of war literature translation in Anti-Japanese war periodicals, so the research results are relatively few. This paper researches the translation of war literature in three periodicals of the war period (The Anti-Japanese War Literature and Art, The Weekly Digest and Translation Series: A Comprehensive Translation of English Newspapers and Magazines), including a survey of the sources of the translations, the translators, the main ideas of the translations, the translation techniques and their significance. The study found that the translation introductions of war literature from these periodicals penetrated the readership of the public, enhanced the confidence of the nation in the victory the China’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, promoted the awakening of the whole nation, inspired the people of the nation to join in the Anti-Japanese War, and made a special contribution to the victory of the China’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.

nation is the great spirit of resistance to World War II. As a carrier of spiritual and cultural communication, The China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression periodicals allowed the public to receive spiritual baptism in a more intuitive and timely manner. So the study of translation of war literature in China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression periodicals can make the public understand the situation on the battlefield and the spirit of the China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.

Introduction in Journals
The Anti-Japanese War Literature

Translation Quantity Analysis
In the The Anti-Japanese War Literature and Art, there were 37 translations ranging from 1938 to 1945.

In the Translation Series: A Comprehensive Translation of English Newspapers and Magazines, there
were 12 reportage translations published in 1938.
In the The Weekly Digest, there were 10 reportage translations published in 1939.

Translation Source Analysis
According to the above three journals, the articles published in them were mainly translated from China, the Soviet Union, Japan, the United States, Spain, France, Egypt, Ukraine and Serbia. According to rough statistics (the source of some articles is unknown), of the 59 translations, 13 were translated from the Soviet Union, accounting for about 21.6% of the total number of translations; there were also more articles translated from France and China, each with 9 articles, about Each accounted for 15%; 6 articles were translated from Spain, accounting for about 10%; 4 articles each were translated from the United States and Germany, and 1 article each was translated from Egypt, Serbia and Ukraine.
In general, most of the translations in these three journals were from the Soviet Union. At that time, the influence of the Soviet Union on China and the Communist Party of China was not express an opinion.
The Soviet Union was also one of the main forces in the anti-fascist camp during the Second World War. Its experience and theories of the War of Resistance against Fascist were worth learning. Short stories, novels, plays and poems reflecting the anti-fascist struggle and life of the Soviet people were published in large numbers in Chinese literature and art newspapers (He, 2011).

Translator Analysis
Take the above three journals as an example: In the "Anti-Japanese War Literature and Art", there were several translators such as Cao Jinghua, Ma Zongrong, Han Shi, and Ma Er who had translated more than two translations. Among them, the translator Cao Jinghua was the most prominent translator with 5 articles translated. (There was a serialized novel translated). In "Translation Series:

Translation Content
The Resistance against Japanese Aggression. It was mainly reflected in the following aspects.

Resistance against Aggression
Opposing aggression were the main aspiration of people all over the world, which was mainly reflected in: The "Are you all right?" he asked. "It's nothing, just a bit shell-shocked." "Attack commanded Levchenko with a grim look. His eyes were flashing fire; he held a grenade in one hand and a revolver in the other.
I turned my head towards the enemy and noticed a Japanese sniper aiming at Levchenko. "Every second is precious," the thought crossed my feverish brain. I was shivering. With lightning speed In this translation, above conversations showed the unity and friendship between two soldiers and the intensity and bloodshed of World War II.

Publicizing China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression
During the War, the dramatic political changes attracted many foreign correspondents. They reported the heroic deeds of the Chinese people to the world, and their works were quickly translated into

Translation Techniques
Yi Mo translated the Spain's Tempering which was published on The Weekly Digest. By comparing the original text and the translations, it can be seen that the translations had the following features: This paper adopted the techniques omission translation, free translation and rewriting, and did not completely coherent to the original text.
Example 1 ST: Span's Tempering; "A sip of precious water from their bottle, perhaps a man's last gratification...Never, until now, have I seen so much will power and so much firmness." TT: "锻冶"；水壶里一口宝贵的水，也许是最后的惠赠了。我从没有看见过这样的意志力，

这样的坚毅。(易默译)
In the translation, the chines title is completely different from the English title and the translation techniques is free translation. Besides, in the second part, the translator uses the omission translation, because the pronoun "their" and "A man's" is deleted.
It's circulation also followed the rules of domestication, acceptance, expression and circulation. The interaction between the circulation and acceptance of the translations fully considered the readers' ability to accept.
In order to popularize war literature, the translators had a clear sense of serving the workers, farmers and soldiers. They adopted the strategy of popularizing the translation, or added notes in front of the translation to briefly explain the outline of the story, so as to make the translations more coherent and easier to be accepted by readers. show Chinese culture and make the foreign and local readers understand easily.

Conclusion
During the China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the Chinese nation was in a crisis of survival with its security and unity threatened.