Exploring Popular Science Translation Strategies from the Perspective of Relevance Theory: A Case Study of When Panic Attacks: The New, Drug-Free Anxiety Therapy That Can Change Your Life

Yuexia Zhang

Article ID: 3239
Vol 6, Issue 4, 2023

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Abstract


With the accelerated pace of society and increasingly fierce competition across various fields, people’s daily stress continues to increase, and anxiety disorders have gradually become a prominent issue in the field of public mental health. Using the psychology work When Panic Attacks: The New, Drug-Free Anxiety Therapy That Can Change Your Life as an example, this paper explores the application of Relevance Theory in the translation of psychotherapy popular science texts. It summarizes the textual features and translation principles of psychotherapy popular science texts, and analyzes the methods and strategies to achieve optimal relevance between the source text and target text on the lexical and syntactic levels, aiming to provide references for future popular science translation practices.


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Relevance Theory; Psychotherapy Popular Science Texts; Anxiety Disorders; Translation Analysis

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.24294/ijmss.v6i4.3239

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