Strategies of Back Translation of Works on China Written by Modern Foreign Scholars--Illustrated by Translation of Chinese Characteristics

Since 1980s,with the deepening of the cultural communication between China and western countries,more and more works on China written by modern foreign scholars are translated into Chinese,and most of the versions are of high quality. But there also exist some common deficiencies,the most representative of which lie in the versions reflecting the Chinese elements,that is,the versions are ( 1) less formal; ( 2) less idiomatical and ( 3) unable to correct the errors of the original. However,translation practice shows that back translation is an effective way to solve the problems above. Based on the discussion of the back translation theory and his experience from translating Chinese Characteristics,the author presents some corresponding strategies about back translation.

Since 1080s, with the deepening of the cultural communication between Chi-na and western countries, more and more works on China written by modern foreign scholars are translated into Chinese, and most of the versions are of high quality. But there also exist some common deficiencies, the most representative of which lie in the versions reflecting the Chinese elements, that is, the versions are （ 1 ） less formal; （ 2 ） less idiomatical and （ 8 ） unable to correct the errors of the original. However, translation practice shows that back translation is an effective way to solve the problems above. Based on the discussion of the back translation theory and his experience from translating Chinese Characteristics, the author presents some corresponding strategies about back translation.