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Analysis of the Translation of Local Culture in Mo Yan's Works by Skopos Theory
- 1 Ningbo University
- 2 Hubei University
- 3 Tianjin University
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Abstract
Mo Yan's works present the Chinese local culture, which have a profound cultural significance and have had a far-reaching impact on the international scale. However, for many English-speaking readers, some of the words in Mo Yan's works with a special Chinese local culture are difficult and complex to understand. Because of this, an inaccurate translation may cause readers to be biased. This article uses the Skopos Theory as a guideline and takes Howard Goldblatt's English translation as examples to analyse the translation of local culture in several of Mo Yan's masterpieces, so as to achieve the purpose of spreading local culture in translation. The study found that most of Howard Goldblatt's translations of the words related to local culture in Mo Yan's works conformed to the Skopos Theory, appropriately combining Chinese local culture with western culture to promote readers' understanding and provide an effective way for foreign readers to understand Chinese local culture.
Keywords
Mo Yan's novel, local culture, Howard Goldblatt's translation, Skopos Theory
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Ma,S.;Qiao,Y.;Yang,F. (2023). Analysis of the Translation of Local Culture in Mo Yan's Works by Skopos Theory. Communications in Humanities Research,6,271-276.
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