Contrastive Research on Attitudinal Resources in English Translation of Li Bai’s Poems Based on Appraisal Theory

Abstract

In order to promote the translation of Chinese poetry, this paper studies the differences of attitudinal resources between Li Bai’s eight poems and the English translation poems of both Xu Yuanchong and Lowell based on Appraisal Theory, and it finds out that the quality of the translation poems can be improved by adjusting appraisal strategies.