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Propaganda Banners


mungouk

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One of the first things I noticed when I moved to Beijing is the very big red and white banners which appear to have propaganda/slogans on them.

 

I can translate them literally, but I wonder if there's a proper way of expressing them in English which has the right tone and vocabulary to make them sound like the voice of the Party?

 

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roddy

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I have never figured out how to handle these, and am grateful I've never had to. @Jim, any thoughts?

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Jim

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@roddy I tend to get the historical ones in texts i deal with, where you can nick other people's work or it's become a set phrase. Suppose I try to keep that style if handling a new one, punchy but stiff if that makes sense. "Stamp out gangsterism! Hold high right living!" sort of thing.

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roddy

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Whenever I try and do it it ends up sounding like China's ruled by William Mcgonagall. 

 

Thanks for the photos!

Pall

Posted

Maybe I'll try as a Russian.
For the first picture it is:


grow fresh winds of culture
be a citizen
make the city civilized

 

If you like it, I can continue

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