Lexical and Syntactic Features in the Two English Translations of the Huainanzi

This dataset contains measurements of lexical richness and syntactic complexity derived from stratified random samples of two complete English translations of the Huainanzi: the Zhai-Mou translation (2010) and the Major-led translation (2010). The data were collected by randomly selecting four passages from each of the 21 chapters in both translations, ensuring balanced representation across diverse thematic sections. Lexical richness indices include lexical density, sophistication, and variation, while syntactic complexity indices cover production unit lengths, subordination, coordination, and phrasal sophistication. This dataset offers valuable quantitative insights into the linguistic features of the two translations, supporting further studies on translation strategies and cross-cultural textual representation.本数据集包含对两部完整英译《淮南子》（Huainanzi）的分层随机样本（stratified random samples）所提取的词汇丰富度（lexical richness）与句法复杂度（syntactic complexity）的测量数据，两部英译分别为翟莫译本（2010）与梅杰领衔译本（2010）。 数据采集环节中，研究人员从两部译本的全部21章内各随机选取四段文本，以确保不同主题板块的样本分布均衡。 词汇丰富度指标涵盖词汇密度（lexical density）、词汇复杂度（lexical sophistication）与词汇变异度（lexical variation）；句法复杂度指标则涵盖产出单位长度（production unit lengths）、从属结构（subordination）、并列结构（coordination）与短语复杂度（phrasal sophistication）。 本数据集可为两部英译的语言特征提供极具价值的量化分析视角，为翻译策略研究及跨文化文本表征领域的后续研究提供支撑。