A Corpus-Based Study of Translators’ Style——Taking the Chinese Translations of the Three Volumes of His Dark Materials

Abstract

This study examines the stylistic differences demonstrated by three different translators in their respective translations of the three parts of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials Trilogy. By constructing a corpus and utilizing Python for data processing and quantitative analysis, the study conducts a comparative analysis of the three Chinese translations at both the lexical and syntactic levels. The results reveal that each translator exhibits distinct levels of lexical richness and syntactic complexity in their respective translations, reflecting their unique translation styles.