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English Retranslations of The Classic on Tea From the Perspective of Cultural Awareness
WANG Chengping, JIA Xiaoqing
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5542/2025.04.003
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
The paper analyzes the English retranslation of The Classic on Tea from the perspective of cultural awareness and finds some misinterpretations and omissions of Chinese culture appeared in the translations of foreign scholars. Domestic translators have a deeper understanding of Chinese culture and their retranslations embody the increasing cultural awareness of the source language culture, mainly in seeking conceptual equivalence rather than lexical equivalence, choosing the most suitable translation according to the textual and cultural context, and focusing on cultural facsimile and readers’ awareness. This study will help better spread the Chinese tea culture and help Chinese culture go global.
English retranslation of The Classic on Tea, the perspective of cultural awareness, Chinese tea culture
Psychology Research, April 2025, Vol. 15, No. 4, 165-170
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