Translation of British Relations with China from an Explicitation Perspective (I)

British Relations with China is a political commentary taken from the Edinburgh Review(1802-1929). It delves into the political and commercial interactions between Britain and China in the mid-19th century and is marked by overt political bias and personal nuances. The study analyzes the English-to-Chinese translation of British Relations with China from the perspective of the Explicitation of Ideational Metafunction. Interpretation, addition, extension, conversion and substitution are employed to make metaphors, euphemistic expressions or omitted information explicit.