Studies in Literature and Language
An Eco-Translatological Perspective to Folk Culture Translation: A Case Study of To Live Translated by Michael Berry
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This paper aims to explore the translation of Chinese folk cultural elements from an eco-translatological perspective. Through the analysis of Berry’s translation of folk cultural elements in the novel To Live, it can be concluded that the translator’s selection in the translation properly adapts to the translational eco-environment from linguistic, cultural and communicative dimensions, and also it proves that the emerging eco-translatology theory is applicable and significant to folk culture translation.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/9347
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