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On Cultural Translation

Yang Shizhan

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The complexity of translation and the openness of translation theory study determine the necessity of cultural translation theory. Cultural translation which synthesizes culturology, cross-cultural communication theory and cultural linguistics is a kind of translation study at a new angle. The study of its main two problems of translation in culture and culture in translation gives prominence to the study on translator and cultural character of the translated text.

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The complexity of translation and the openness of translation theory study determine the necessity of cultural translation theory. Cultural translation which synthesizes culturology, cross-cultural communication theory and cultural linguistics is a kind of translation study at a new angle. The study of its main two problems of translation in culture and culture in translation gives prominence to the study on translator and cultural character of the translated text.

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The complexity of translation and the openness of translation theory study determine the necessity of cultural translation theory. Cultural translation which synthesizes culturology, cross-cultural communication theory and cultural linguistics is a kind of translation study at a new angle. The study of its main two problems of translation in culture and culture in translation gives prominence to the study on translator and cultural character of the translated text.

Key concepts: Translation studies, Linguistics, Translation (biology), Cultural translation, Openness to experience, Cultural diversity, Dynamic and formal equivalence, Sociology

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