Reader Response to Li Bai Poetry Translations from 403 American Participants

403 American participants recruited via Prolific evaluated four English translations of Li Bai's "Yu Jie Yuan" using an adapted Reader Response Questionnaire. The dataset, created by Hongjing Chang and last updated in May 2026, contains quantitative and qualitative responses analyzed with t-tests, ANOVA, and thematic analysis. Results indicated a preference for rhymed translation, offering empirical support for translation strategies in cross-cultural communication.

Use Cases

• Compare reader preferences for prose, free verse, rhymed, and literal translation strategies based on the described questionnaire dimensions.
• Analyze correlations between affective involvement and thematic understanding based on the five RRQ dimensions mentioned.
• Train models to predict translation strategy popularity based on reader response scores.
• Conduct qualitative thematic analysis on open-ended responses about poetry reception.

Strengths

• Dataset includes responses from 403 participants, providing a substantive sample size for analysis.
• Mixed-methods design combines quantitative scores from a structured questionnaire with qualitative open-ended responses.
• Data is shared under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for broad reuse and adaptation.

Limitations

• Sample is limited to American audiences, which may limit the generalizability of findings to other cultural groups.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for certain statistical methods.

Provenance

Source

Hongjing Chang via figshare

Collection Method

Online questionnaire administered via Qualtrics to participants recruited from the Prolific platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 17:26:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United States (participants were American audiences)