A Study Of The Translation Of Culture-loaded Terms In English And Russian Versions Of The Republic Of Wine

This thesis is aimed to compare the translation strategy of culture-loaded terms in English and Russian versions of The Republic of Wine from the perspective of Venuti’s Foreignization and Domestication Theory. Based on the five types of cultural factors divided by Nida, there are five categories of culture-loaded terms:ecological, religious, social, material and linguistic. When translating culture-loaded terms, sometimes translators chose the same strategy, while sometimes they adopted different strategies.Through the bilingual comparison, a conclusion is reached that the English version is prone to domestication, while the Russian one is foreignization. Domestication and foreignization have their own strengths, and translators should adopt flexible strategies under different conditions.The thesis include5parts. The first part is about the purpose of this thesis; the second part presents the translation theory in this thesis-Venuti’s Foreignization and Domestication Theory; the third part briefly introduces the original version of The Republic of Wine and the author, and the English and Russian versions and translators; the fourth part focuses on case studies by analyzing culture-loaded terms in English and Russian versions; the last part is conclusion.