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Anyone in the world will inevitably have to make contact with other social groups or societies, whether directly or indirectly. Cultures can not be isolated. Instead, they should be open. Literary works, especially classic literary works, will mirror various aspects of the society and culture of the time, including politics, economy, daily life, customs, social status, architecture, marriage, funeral, clothing, and even food and entertainment. It is difficult to have people of another culture understand cultural information completely. Translators should adopt different strategies in their translated works so that the deep cultural connotation can be reflected.Language is the carrier of information and the culture. The Eastern and the Western nations are influenced by different factors, such as cultures, living habits, customs and social systems. It is impossible to translate everything of one language into another exactly. Therefore, in translation, the cultural connotation of both source language and target language must be considered, so that the target language is faithful to the source language, and accords with the communicative habits of the language.Besides the information of surface layer, the cultural meaning of deeper layer should be also expressed. They have similarities and differences. The translators must have a good command of language skill, and meanwhile they can transfer the different languages. Translation is not as easy as what imagined by many people. In fact, the cultural gap of ideologies of deep layer is hard to transgress. So the cultural factors are important in translation.Cross-cultural translation is to compare two or more cultures from the perspective of translation, the purpose of which is to convey and transmit the connotation of the culture. Most of the modern translation theorists believe translation is the transmission of both the language and the culture. What’s more, the transmission of culture is highly regarded by people. And translation is fixed as cross-cultural communicative activities. The linguists and the translators from different nations put forward various methods, among which, domestication and foreignization are most representative. In the course of literary translation, the differences of cultures will affect the cultural transmission. Cultural factors are the concrete manifestations. Exactly, cultural factors are some words and phrases which implicate cultural elements, and can be translated and transferred. The author believes that the significances of the thesis are the following.1. When translating the literary works, translators should take every factor of cultural influence into account and choose the appropriate strategies.2. The research for the factors and strategies will facilitate cross-cultural literary translation.3. The author has collected a large quantity of language materials which can be provided to research in future.
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