Applying Functional Equivalence in Translating Chinese Culture Specific Items into English
Globalization brings in opportunities to China and challenges to the translators.A large quantity of "Chinese culture specific items" with distinct Chinese cultural features needs to be translated into English.We should take the relations of language,culture and translation into consideration since the translation of these items is influenced by many cultural factors.In this thesis,we introduce Eugene Nida's theory of "functional equivalence" in the translation of Chinese culture specific items into English,and provide detailed translation strategies and methods applied in translating such items.Then the translation will be more customary with the target readers and the idea of the source language can be more accurately and completely transmitted.