Introduction.- Corpus-based Translation Studies and Political Discourse Analysis.- Theoretical Framework and Methodology.- Translation of Appraisal Epithets in Chinese Political Discourse.- Translation Patterns of Appraisal Epithets and Variations of Stance.- Conclusion.

Tao Li is currently an Associate Professor of Translation Studies at the Centre for Corpus Research, Shanghai Ocean University. He holds a Ph.D. in Translation Studies from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research interests cover corpus-based linguistic and translation studies, discourse analysis. His publications have appeared in Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice, Discourse & Society, Jo STrans: The Journal of Specialised Translation, Discourse, Context & Media. He has also co-authored a monograph Introducing Corpus-based Critical Translation Studies (2018, in Chinese). 

Kaibao Hu is a Professor of Translation Studies and Head of the Institute of Corpus Studies and Applications, Shanghai International Studies University. He is Principal Investigator of a Major Project of the National Social Science Fund of China ‘Construction, Translation and Dissemination of Chinese Diplomatic Discourse’ (17ZDA319). He has authored 9 monographs and more than 100 papers in journals, such as Perspectives, Meta, Foreign Language Teaching and Research, and Chinese Translators Journal. He also worked as the book series editor of Frontiers in Applied Linguistics by Routledge and Corpus-based Translation Studies by Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press.