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Reserach on Lawrence Venuti’s Translation Theory

Author: CaoHuaJing
Tutor: HeWei
School: Chongqing Normal University
Course: Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Keywords: Venuti Thoughts on Translation Alienation Naturalization Culture processing translation The Wang Rongpei English translation of The Peony Pavilion
CLC: H059
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2011
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Abstract

The American translator Venuti's translation theory in recent years has been more and more attention. Traditional translation criticism translation process strongly advocated reserving differences \His translation theory proposed to cause a new round of discussions translator for the translator position and translation strategies at home and abroad. Venuti's translation theory is built in the post-colonial deconstruction as a center of resistance to cultural hegemony Trend. Its purpose is to challenge the cultural hegemony. The Venuti think authors should be overt rather than stealth. In order to make the the translator \The Venuti advocate with the translation of the \This study Venuti's translation theory contribution in the field of translation and lack of motivation. And combined of Wang Rongpei English translation of the Peony Pavilion cases that Venuti's translation theory in the practice of translation, especially with the use of the obvious cultural differences in the background in the practice of translation. Xianzu called Shakespeare. Soup the drama also been seen as representatives of the Chinese classical theater. The Peony Pavilion is a drama with a strong classical Chinese culture, belonging to vulnerable compared with the mainstream culture and its status in the West rarely translated works of Chinese drama masterpiece. Peony Pavilion has a certain value. Compared to Western culture, Chinese culture is weak culture, system of traditional Chinese literary classics of world literature, but also has long been marginalized. Alienation of translation theory, under the guidance of \This is Lawrence Venuti advocates of minority translation, cry and struggle of living in marginalized vulnerable culture. This article mainly through the analysis of the translation of the the Peony Pavilion rich national culture demonstration Venuti's \Content with the obvious cultural differences, \Translation strategy guidance alienation obvious translation to deal with cultural differences Wang Rongpei mainly use transliteration, literal translation, literal filling these translation skills, to maximize the retention of language and cultural differences, and promote the understanding of Chinese and Western culture exchanges. In the ordinary part of the dialogue, even if it is encountered cultural differences factors should also take into account the acceptance of the readers to take the naturalization translation, the use of a paraphrase Less Translation, Interpretation and translation skills. Finally, through the analysis of the specific use of the translation translating skills, summarized the tendency on the translation strategy. To Venuti's translation theory based, and look forward to further broaden the practical desirability Venuti translation theory contains such a rich cultural background translation practice case studies combined the Wang Rongpei English translation of \place.

Reserach on Lawrence Venuti’s Translation Theory

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