People's Daily Articles on Translation, 1949–2023

A 1.6 MB ZIP file contains the complete list of article entries from the People's Daily newspaper, published by Xinyu Shi on figshare. The data supports a mixed-methods analysis of translation discourse over a 74-year period from 1949 to 2023. The dataset is licensed under CC-BY-4.0 and was last updated on March 18, 2026.

Use Cases

• Conduct time series analysis of translation-related discourse based on the 1949–2023 date range.
• Perform frequency analysis of translation themes and roles based on the article entries.
• Explore interactive relationships between translation and society based on newspaper discourse.
• Identify main translation forms and their evolution across different historical periods based on the article list.

Strengths

• Covers a 74-year time span from 1949 to 2023.
• Includes both Chinese and English versions of the article list.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The 1.6 MB size suggests a relatively small dataset, which may limit analysis scope.

Provenance

Source

Articles from the People's Daily newspaper.

Collection Method

Likely compiled through archival research and text extraction for discourse analysis.

Time Range

1949–2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 17:22:59; freshness should be verified.

Geography

China