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Domestication and Foreignization: A Case Study Of Selected Modern Chinese Essays Rendered by Zhang Peiji Abstract Domestication and foreignization are widely applied as two major translation strategies. Also, as an academic issue, they are discussed with ardent interest by scholars at home and abroad. As scholars hold different opinions about theirapplication, the author believes that the two strategies are worth studying further. The author concludes that domestication is much more frequently employed and foreignization functions as a complementary strategy in Zhang’s translated works, and that domestication can be reasonably applied as the dominating translation strategy, and foreignization may be effectively used to translate cultural elements, which is especially true of translation of Chinese essays into English. It is sincerely hoped that this thesis will enlighten translators and help them flexibly utilize translation strategies so that they may do better in translation. Key words: translation strategies, domestication, foreignization, a case study Chapter One Introduction 1.1 Necessity and Significance of This Study Since translation appeared, research on translation strategies has never ceased. As two translation strategies, domestication and foreignization have aroused intense discussions since they were put forward by Lawrence Venuti. Many researchers have raised their opinions on domestication and foreignization. But there are still problems. This thesis not only presents a relatively comprehensive study of domestication and foreignization, but also provides a case study of Selected Modern Chinese Essays translated into English by Professor Zhang Peiji so as to show how domestication and foreignization are flexibly employed in translation practice and to prove which is the dominating translation strategy and which is the supplementary one. 1.2 Research Methodology The major methods used in this