A Study on the Translation of Culture loaded Words in The Secret Garden from the Perspective of Cultural Translation Theory

Fuli Li

doi:10.54691/1mvkjd43

Authors

Fuli Li

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54691/1mvkjd43

Keywords:

Cultural translation, The Secret Garden [1], Culture-loaded words, Translation strategies.

Abstract

Under the guidance of Susan·Bassnett's "cultural functional equivalence" theory, the cultural elements in Li Wenjun's translation of The Secret Garden were classified and some culturally loaded words were analyzed from the perspectives of ecology, language, material, society and religion. The results show that the translator's high cultural awareness and rich translation techniques can ensure that the literary works' translation achieves the maximum degree of cultural functional equivalence, while also being a basic guarantee for smooth communication between different cultures.

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