DOI：http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/er.2023.04.001
Study on the Translation of Culture-Loaded Words in Frog from the Perspective of Domestication and Foreignization
Haitao Wen
School of Foreign Languages, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
*Corresponding author: Haitao Wen
Abstract
Frog is written by Mo Yan. Based on the history of rural fertility in the past 60 years in China, Frog tells the life experience of a rural female doctor "Gugu" who has been engaged in obstetrics and gynecology for more than 50 years. It also reflects the difficult course of the family-planning policy in China. This work contains many culture-loaded words. With a strong cultural color, cul-ture-loaded words reflect our national culture. Therefore, the study of the translation of culture-loaded words is crucial. This paper analyzes the translation of culture-loaded words according to the classification of culture-loaded words based on the theory of domestication and foreignization. The research concluded that: Howard Goldblatt mainly uses the foreignization strategy in translating the culture-loaded words of Frog to better bring Chinese culture to the world, and appropriately uses the domestication strategy to ensure that the works can be accepted by the target language readers. In order to achieve the dual purpose, the author suggests that domestication and foreignization can be reasonably combined. This paper provides a new theoretical perspective for studying the translation of culture-loaded words in Frog, and helps readers better understand culture-loaded words.
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How to cite this paper
Study on the Translation of Culture-Loaded Words in Frog from the Perspective of Domestication and Foreignization
How to cite this paper: Haitao Wen. (2023). Study on the Translation of Culture-Loaded Words in Frog from the Perspective of Domestication and Foreignization. The Educational Review, USA, 7(4), 398-402.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/er.2023.04.001
