Survey Responses on English Translations of Li Bai's 'Yu Jie Yuan

403 survey responses from American audiences evaluating four English translation strategies for Li Bai's classical Chinese poem 'Yu Jie Yuan'. The dataset was created by Hongjing Chang and last updated in May 2026. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected via an online questionnaire on the Prolific and Qualtrics platforms.

Use Cases

• Compare reader preference for prose, free verse, rhymed, and literal translations based on the survey results.
• Analyze reader response across the five dimensions of content, theme, affective involvement, character behavior, and typology mentioned in the description.
• Study the empirical relationship between translation strategy and perceived aesthetic balance in cross-cultural poetry communication.
• Validate or challenge the finding that rhymed translation was more popular with readers in this specific cultural context.

Strengths

• Includes responses from 403 participants, providing a substantive sample for analysis.
• Employs a mixed-methods approach combining quantitative (t-tests, ANOVA) and qualitative (thematic analysis) data.
• Focuses on a specific, well-defined case study: four translations of a single poem by Li Bai.

Limitations

• Sample is limited to American audiences, limiting generalizability to other cultural groups as noted in the description.
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, indicating limited scope and likely a summary or aggregated data.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Hongjing Chang

Collection Method

Online questionnaire (Reader Response Questionnaire) distributed via Prolific and hosted on Qualtrics.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 17:26:04; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United States (American audiences)