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A Study on the Acceptance of the English Translation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Overseas Readers Based on Python Data Analysis Technology

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LIU Wei, ZOU Jianling

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DOI:10.17265/1539-8072/2023.05.005

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University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

ABSTRACT

Paperless reading has become a prevalent trend among global readers, leading to the accumulation of vast amounts of reading data on numerous book websites. This offers new perspectives for studying translated works. This paper utilizes Python-based data processing technology to collect and analyze reader reviews of Romance of the Three Kingdoms on Amazon and Goodreads, presenting trends in review volume, word cloud maps, and readers’ emotional attitudes in a quantitative manner. The findings indicate that overseas readers generally exhibit a positive emotional tendency towards Romance of the Three Kingdoms and recognize its cultural value. However, negative opinions do exist, focusing on aspects of the book’s quality, such as printing quality and proofreading. These results provide valuable insights for the foreign translation of canonical texts.

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Romance of the Three Kingdoms, readers’ comment, emotional analysis

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Sino-US English Teaching, May 2023, Vol. 20, No. 5, 187-194 doi:10.17265/1539-8072/2023.05.005

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