Cognitive Dissonance with Chinese Characteristic Or my Life as a Translator
This is some of what i have to translate today--and this paragraph in particular makes my head explode.
Why? Notice the mixture of revolutionary language--mobilization, praxis--and 21st century capitalism
is interesting but it's hell to translate, in some way because the revolutionists' idiom is lost on me--
the cliches corporate capitalism, also present here, are much more familiar to me, though only slightly less repulsive. However, it is somehow combining these two in a bout of coherent English is bit jarring, creating
a unique type of cognitive dissonance--cognitive dissonance with Chinese characteristics, shall we call it?
上海大众全面启动“创先争优”活动
认真贯彻中央精神，根据市委、市国资委党委和上汽党委的工作部署，近期上海大众党委下发了《关于深入开展“创先争优”活动的实施意见》，10月20日，公司党委组织中心组扩大学习，明确部署了深入开展“创先争优”活动要求。
《实施意见》要求各级党组织和广大党员围绕经济深入实践，创先争优推动企业发展，凝聚力量建设队伍，创先争优构建和谐稳定，全心全意服务员工，创先争优解决民生实事，创新基层组织建设，创先争优增强生机活力。各分党委、党支部、广大党员要按照公司党委统一部署，形成党内“创先争优”活动机制，积极开展组织夺红旗——“登高行动”、支部创标杆——“育林工程”、党员争标兵——“创‘星’计划”。公司党委
