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English Translation of Culture-Loaded Words—A Corpus Based Study
PIAN Yu-wei, CHEN Wei
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2022.06.012
Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China
Under the background of Chinese culture “going out” initiative, research on the translation of culture-loaded words can speed up the spread of Chinese culture. Firstly, the author builds a parallel corpus based on the English translation and Chinese version of “Xi Jinping: The Governance of the Country” (Volume III). Secondly, a total of 800 culture-loaded words was collected from this book among which the author selected 135 culture-loaded words by random sampling, and divided them into four categories: social culture-loaded words, material culture-loaded words, ecological culture-loaded words, and language culture-loaded words according to Nida’s classification of culture-loaded words. Thirdly, the study found that foreignization was more preferred by the translators and the author summarized the main translation strategies of culture-loaded words, including literal translation, free translation, transliteration plus annotation, literal translation plus annotation, etc. Finally, seven typical examples were selected for further analysis and the author illustrated how the application of translation strategies promoted Chinese culture “go out” initiative.
culture-loaded word, “Xi Jinping: The Governance of the Country” (Volume III), translation strategy
Journal of Literature and Art Studies, June 2022, Vol. 12, No. 6, 667-673
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