Study on Culture-Loaded Words in Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang’s English Translation of Roadside Hut of the Old Drunkard from Hermeneutic Perspective

Junyu Zhang

doi:10.54691/bcpssh.v19i.1594

Authors

Junyu Zhang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54691/bcpssh.v19i.1594

Keywords:

Hermeneutics, Roadside Hut of the Old Drunkard, Culture-loaded words, George Steiner

Abstract

As one of the important cultural carriers, culture-loaded words are always one of the focus of translation research. Chinese abounds in words and phrases with rich cultural connotations. In order to explore culture-loaded words more deeply, this paper, under the guidance of George Steiner’s four translation motion theory (FTMT), takes the perspective of hermeneutics and conducts a study on the culture-loaded words in the English version of Roadside Hut of the Old Drunkard translated by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang. Through a theoretical analysis of the work, it is found that the English version of Roadside Hut of the Old Drunkard translated by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang is a comprehensive and vivid completion of the four steps of translation: trust, aggression, incorporation and restitution.

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