Table 3 The alignment of PipaXing and its translations.
Stages | The corresponding sentences | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T1_ST | T2_Xu | T3_Yang & Yang | T4_Lin | T5_Zhang & Wilson | T6_Bynner & Kiang | T7_Crammer-Byng | T8_Watson | T9_Gaunt | T10_Giles | |
S1_Orientation: The poet bids farewell to friends. | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1-2(3) | 1–5 | 1-2 | 1–3 | 1-2(5) | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1–4(3) |
S2_Event: The poet encounters a pipa musician playing a song and invites her to perform. | 4–7 | 4–7 | 2(4)–5 | 7–12 | 3–7 | 4–8 | 2(6)–4 | 3–7 | 3–8 | 4(4)–9 |
S3_Description: The musician skillfully plays the pipa. | 8–19 | 8–19 | 6–10 | 13–23 | 8–16 | 9–17 | 5–11(1) | 8–16 | 9–20 | 10–16(1) |
S4_Reaction: The musician reminisces about the past and reflects on the present. | 20–31 | 20–30 | 11–18 | 24–38 | 17–28 | 18–21 | 11(2)–21 | 17–27 | 21–32 | 16(2)–28 |
S5_Evaluation: The poet empathizes with the musician’s melancholy and express his own. | 32–41 | 31–42 | 19–23 | 39–49 | 29–37 | 22–36 | 22–29 | 28–38 | 33–46 | 29–36 |
S6_Coda: The musician responds with a poignant pipa melody, moving everyone to tears. | 42–44 | 43–46 | 24–25 | 50–53 | 38–39 | 37–41 | 30–31 | 39–41 | 47–49 | 37–38 |
