Comparison Of The Translation Of Cultural Information In Lu Xun's Short Novels

Under the background of multiculturalism, the subjectivity of translators has become increasingly conspicuous in the translation process when the traditional translation standards should be supplemented with new criteria, for the social and historical determinants will inevitably exert an essential influence on translators. The invisible interaction of the ideology of translators and patrons, poetics and universe of discourse exercises a great impact on the selection of the translation and the strategies employed by translators. Consequently, the power relations should be taken into consideration when to evaluate a translation.As an aesthetic art, literary translation aims to enable target readers to appreciate the exotic features of other cultures and make them familiarize with the characteristics of the cultural other and show a positive attitude toward the differences. By defamiliarizing the original, foreignizing strategy can serve the peculiar function of literary translation so that target readers can be motivated to comprehend the alien cultural characteristics and the aesthetic expectation different from that of the native literature can be achieved. Eventually the value of literary translation can be materialized when the equal communication between different cultures will be promoted. However, the degree of the manipulation of foreignizing strategy should not be neglected, for the essential requirement of translation is to facilitate the dialogue between different cultures; thus, the standards of the target-language culture and the acceptance of the target readers should be incorporated into the consideration of the selection of translation strategies. Hereby, the expedient degree of foreignizing strategy, namely, the "optimization strategy" will be the compromise which is conductive to the convenient...