本土文化视野下中国特色菜名的对外翻译策略

On the Translation Strategy for Chinese Food Specialties from the Perspective of Indigenous Culture

中国特色菜名承载着丰富的文化信息和历史内涵,蕴含着特色鲜明的本土文化元素。因此,译者必须重视本土文化内涵的传递,制定恰当的中国特色菜名对外翻译策略。从本土文化视角出发,对中国特色菜名的翻译方法进行深入的分析,提出了"以我为主、兼顾读者"的显性翻译策略。

The names of Chinese food specialties implicitly convey the profound historical and cultural information and connotation,which is endowed with a striking element of indigenous culture.So it follows that a translator is highly expected to think much of disseminating the elements of indigenous culture and lay out a proper translating strategy for the Chinese food specialties.Viewed from the perspective of China′s indigenous culture,this paper gives an elaborate analysis of different versions for the names of Chinese specialties and tries hard to work out an overt translation strategy,featuring ＂highlighting China′s indigenous culture,giving full consideration to foreign readers＂.