A Study on Roger T.Ames'Translation of The Art of War from the Perspective of Thick Translation
As the first translation that integrates the Han dynasty bamboo slips version of The Art of War from Yinque Mountain,Roger T.Ames'translation reconstructed the historical context to introduce the philosophical ideas and history of The Art of War to Western Sinology through a thick para-text.By employing subjective dialectical thinking,interpreting the Chinese through Chinese,and explaining the original text by itself to reconstruct the context of Chinese philosophical interpretation for readers,Roger T.Ames'explored the historical origin with a typical thick translation.These methods had a positive effect on avoiding Western readers from misunderstanding Chinese classics,as well as promoting the exchange and dissemination of philosophical wisdom from the Chinese classic The Art of War to the Western countries.