Translating English-language Christian-themed fiction in Taiwan (2000-)

This product- and process-oriented study looks into the translingual and transcultural phenomena surrounding the introduction of English-language Christian-themed literature into Taiwan after the year 2000. The texts chosen for this study are C. S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia, Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead, and William P. Young’s The Shack. The empirical data for this research contains the translated texts and their source texts, various paratextual materials, my own observations, and the information obtained from my interviews and correspondence with translation agents in Taiwan. Polysystem theory is used to analyse my findings regarding the interaction of relevant cultural systems, such as the Christian and secular cultural systems in Taiwan and the U.S. My case studies show that the introduction of Christian-themed fiction from the Anglophone contexts into the Taiwanese context can be understood as systemic functioning. In the theoretical aspect, my discussion illustrates the continued usefulness of the polysystem approach for investigating translation phenomena if it is integrated with other theories to take into account of the weaknesses that criticism has pointed out: mainly its downplay of agents (or, institution) and its subjectiveness. I tackle these limitations by borrowing theoretical elements from two of the most known social theories in translation studies: Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology of culture featuring ‘field’, ‘habitus’, and ‘capital’, and Niklas Luhmann’s social systems theory. This study suggests that polysystem theory can be applied to examine literary and cultural phenomena in which the institution plays a major role, especially when the institutional efforts tend to adhere to a certain belief system. However, to weaken the mechanical tendency hinted by system-based theories, it would be helpful to incorporate Bourdieu’s idea of habitus into the system-oriented theoretical framework. Luhmann’s theorisation of social systems helps to strengthen my point on the structuralisation and self-containedness of the Christian literary polysystem and also enables me to critically reflect on the vantage points from which the systems are examined and described

Effect and clinical medicine observation after phacoemulsification for herpes simplex keratitis with cataract

AIM: To research the vision changes after phacoemulsification for herpes simplex keratitis(HSK)with cataract, and the clinical effect of antiviral drugs in preventing HSK relapse as well.<p>METHODS:Twenty-two cases(22 eyes)with HSK combined cataract were treated by phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation, and then randomly divided into two groups. The patients in treatment group received aciclovir tablets and ganciclovir ophthalmic gel, those in control group received ganciclovir ophthalmic gel only. The vision changes after phacoemulsification were observed and the HSK relapse was analyzed.<p>RESULTS: After follow-up of 6 months, the visions of patients in both groups were improved. No relapse of HSK was found in the treatment group, and only one relapse of HSK was found in the control group after 6 months. There were no significant differences in therapy effects. <p>CONCLUSION: Under the protection of antiviral drug, cataract surgery can be applied to patients with HSK recurrence-free more than 6 months, and improve the visions effectively. Ganciclovir ophthalmic gel can effectively prevent the relapse of HSK after cataract surgery

The Numerical Solution of Scalar Field for Nariai Case in 5D Ricci-flat SdS Black String Space with Polynomial Approximation

As one exact candidate of the higher dimensional black hole, the 5D Ricci-flat Schwarzschild-de Sitter black string space presents something interesting. In this paper, we give a numerical solution to the real scalar field around the Nariai black hole by the polynomial approximation. Unlike the previous tangent approximation, this fitting function makes a perfect match in the leading intermediate region and gives a good description near both the event and the cosmological horizons. We can read from our results that the wave is close to a harmonic one with the tortoise coordinate. Furthermore, with the actual radial coordinate the waves pile up almost equally near the both horizons.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figure

Bis[4-(2-hydroxy­benzyl­amino)phen­yl] ether

The title compound, C26H24N2O3, was synthesized by reduction of the corresponding Schiff base. The mol­ecule does not possess crystallographic or non-crystallographic symmetry. The dihedral angle between the oxygen-bridged benzene rings is 67.98 (8)°. Both hydroxyl groups are involved in O—H⋯O intra­molecular hydrogen bonding. The mol­ecules are linked into a two-dimensional network parallel to the (010) plane by N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds