Research on C-E Translation Techniques of Culture-loaded Expressions

DOI

10.2991/cesses-18.2018.120How to use a DOI?

Keywords

culture differences; culture reflection; culture transferring; culture loss

Abstract

Translation of Chinese culture-loaded expressions are decided by the context if the equivalence can be found in the target language. Sometimes culture expressions in English are similar to Chinese, some are not, so exploration on translation techniques can solve the problems in transferring the culture information. The paper aims to convey and analyze the source of culture difference which have decisive influence on shaping people’s mind and culture in English and Chinese, offering related translation techniques by categorizing the culture-loaded expressions from the perspectives of culture reflection, culture loss, and culture transferring, thus make Chinese culture easily understood on basis of readers acceptance and make communication successfully both in Chinese and English, meanwhile enhance students recognition on the distinction between Chinese and English.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Yinping Lv
PY  - 2018/11
DA  - 2018/11
TI  - Research on C-E Translation Techniques of Culture-loaded Expressions
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Ecological Studies (CESSES 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 538
EP  - 541
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/cesses-18.2018.120
DO  - 10.2991/cesses-18.2018.120
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