TITLE:
Jiangxi’s Resistance War: Translation, Dissemination, and Global Reception
AUTHORS:
Shubin Chen, Liping Wu
KEYWORDS:
Jiangxi’s Resistance War, International Dissemination, Cultural Translation, Cross-Cultural Communication
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.13 No.8,
August
15,
2025
ABSTRACT: This study addresses the marginalization of Jiangxi’s Resistance War within global World War II narratives by employing cultural translation theory and cross-cultural communication frameworks, utilizing methods of document analysis and case study to systematically examine its translation practices and international dissemination efficacy. The findings reveal that existing translations exhibit non-systematic presentation and selective adaptation characteristics, with translation quality compromised by inaccurate conversion of culture-loaded terms. Furthermore, singular dissemination channels coupled with cultural discount effects have resulted in weak international recognition. To overcome these challenges, the study proposes a systematic optimization strategy. Regarding translation, it recommends forming specialized translator teams for collaborative work, conducting systematic compilation of core historical materials such as military-civilian archives and local chronicles, and developing a cross-cultural conversion model for cultural imagery to eliminate semantic distortion. In terms of dissemination, the study advocates integrating digital media platforms with international cooperative publishing resources, designing layered narrative frameworks tailored to audience cultural backgrounds, and establishing quantitative evaluation indicators for dynamic optimization of communication effects. The research makes dual contributions: empirically demonstrating the strategic value of China’s battlefield in the Global War against Fascism while facilitating deeper integration of regional history of the resistance war into worldwide war narratives, and innovatively proposing a tripartite “historical translation-dissemination channel-effect evaluation” paradigm for international dissemination of regional history, providing a replicable methodological framework for similar historical dissemination studies in China and globally.