On Translation Equivalence from the Perspective of Culturally-loaded words expressions 英语专业毕业论文.doc

PAGE  PAGE 12 Contents Abstract 摘要 Introduction 1. The theory of translation equivalence 2. Translation as the medium for propagation of culture and communication 3. The correlation between translation and culture and language and culture 4. The Difficulty of combining source language and target language cultures 5. Culturally-loaded words in translation processing 5.1 Literal translation to retain source language national characteristics 5.2 Free transliteration to reject source language national characteristics 5.3 Combination with literal translation and free translation 5.4 Transliteration 5.5 The union of transliteration and free translation 5.6 Interpretive method 5.7 Reusing 5.8 Making up vacancy 5.9 Seeking common ground while reserving the difference 5.10 Alienation and adaptation Conclusion Bibliography Acknowledgements Abstract Culture is a complex while language is an important part and carrier involved in the culture. Culturally loaded words expressions are loaded with specific national cultural information and can best reflect cultural differences between different nations. In translating or interpreting, we should not only pay attention to vocabulary and grammar, but also lay more focus on national cultural meanings of vocabulary, such as historical cultural meaning, cultural-customs meaning, and geographical environmental meaning. We should try best to lessen the deviation caused by translating through equivalent transformation of cultural meanings between different languages to promote communication between different peoples. The basic difference between Chinese and the Western language is in vocabulary form, and the difficulty in translating is in the translation of Culturally loaded words expressions words. This article takes the Nida’s equivalent translation as the foundation, and analyzes the phenomenon of translating words from many angles. Key word: cultural difference; translation equivalence; culturally-loaded words expressions;