This book is a study of English translation from a cultural perspective, aiming to provide necessary materials for English translation research. The first chapter introduces the concept and nature of translation, and clarifies the standards and processes of translation; the second chapter, on the basis of elaborating the connotation of language and culture, reveals the relationship between language and culture, culture and translation, and outlines the cultural turn theory and research methods of translation studies; Chapters 3 to 6 explore the research issues of English-Chinese idiom culture, allusion culture, folk culture, natural culture, life culture and translation on the premise of analyzing the differences between English and Chinese languages. Chapters 7 and 8 explore business translation and external publicity translation based on a cultural perspective. This book is rich in content and clear in structure. It is an excellent work on English-Chinese translation research from a cultural perspective.
Reader comments
Just like when I was learning English, I always couldn't understand those idioms. After reading this book, I realized that there are so many cultural reasons behind them. And I think that annoying character in the book is the "translator's accent", which always makes me sound weird. But this book really gave me a deeper understanding of translation and made me more interested in learning about different cultures!
Just like when I was learning English, I always couldn't understand those idioms. After reading this book, I realized that there are so many cultural reasons behind them. And I think that annoying character in the book is the "translator's accent", which always makes me sound weird. But this book really gave me a deeper understanding of translation and made me more interested in learning about different cultures!