China is a country that attaches great importance to names,honor,and prestige.The set phrase,to achieve both fame and wealth,gives the true meaning of the word fame.Chinese food culture has a long history,and forms a ...China is a country that attaches great importance to names,honor,and prestige.The set phrase,to achieve both fame and wealth,gives the true meaning of the word fame.Chinese food culture has a long history,and forms a variety of dishes,These Chinese dishes are popular with the whole world.English translation of Chinese dish can be found everywhere in China nowadays.For example:restaurants have bilingual menus;cook books are translated into English;food is discussed and recommended in English on newspaper,magazines and TV programs.Some of the English equivalents are so wordy or awkward that they read like recipes instead of names.Some are confusing and misleading.The problem is that some dish names embedded with cultural connotation are still translated literally,which makes the menus unintelligible and the target language reader lost chances to enjoy Chinese food culture.Owing to these features of the Chinese culinary culture,the names of Chinese food are kaleidoscopic and deny easy forms.展开更多
Movie is an art and a commodity as well.With the opening of the Chinese market,we have more English movies.The translation of movie titles must be accurate and embody the commercial values.As the huge differences betw...Movie is an art and a commodity as well.With the opening of the Chinese market,we have more English movies.The translation of movie titles must be accurate and embody the commercial values.As the huge differences between two kinds of culture,language in the film titles translation,how to do to "faithfulness,expressiveness,elegance?" For various types of Eng lish movie titles translation,several principles should be obeyed.After the analysis of the current problems and principles of transla tion of English movie titles,the translation skills are summarized.展开更多
文摘China is a country that attaches great importance to names,honor,and prestige.The set phrase,to achieve both fame and wealth,gives the true meaning of the word fame.Chinese food culture has a long history,and forms a variety of dishes,These Chinese dishes are popular with the whole world.English translation of Chinese dish can be found everywhere in China nowadays.For example:restaurants have bilingual menus;cook books are translated into English;food is discussed and recommended in English on newspaper,magazines and TV programs.Some of the English equivalents are so wordy or awkward that they read like recipes instead of names.Some are confusing and misleading.The problem is that some dish names embedded with cultural connotation are still translated literally,which makes the menus unintelligible and the target language reader lost chances to enjoy Chinese food culture.Owing to these features of the Chinese culinary culture,the names of Chinese food are kaleidoscopic and deny easy forms.
文摘Movie is an art and a commodity as well.With the opening of the Chinese market,we have more English movies.The translation of movie titles must be accurate and embody the commercial values.As the huge differences between two kinds of culture,language in the film titles translation,how to do to "faithfulness,expressiveness,elegance?" For various types of Eng lish movie titles translation,several principles should be obeyed.After the analysis of the current problems and principles of transla tion of English movie titles,the translation skills are summarized.
