An Analysis Of Chinese Fantasy Novel Translation From The Perspective Of Skopos Theory

These days,Chinese fantasy novels are pretty popular among foreigners.A large number of foreign readers are attracted by the mysterious Chinese culture and martial arts.Driven by intense interests,many overseas translators begin to translate Chinese fantasy novels for free.Translators of Chinese fantasy novels translation are required to have a good command of Chinese traditional culture,and be familiar with the cultural background and languages of its recipients.Besides,There is no doubt that Chinese fantasy novels are filled up with unique Chinese characteristics,such as small phrases idioms,Chinese poems,proverbs,and Taoism etc.Translators should adopt different translation strategies to translate accurately and vividly.The work translated is The Spiritual Attainment of Minghe,which contains amount of Taoism culture.This report analyzes how Skopos theory works in the translation of Chinese fantasy novels.This report has five parts.The author gives a brief introduction of his translation project and the features of Chinese fantasy novels.The second part illustrates Skopos theory,and its application to the translation of Chinese fantasy novels.The third part is the main part of the report.The author analyzes the specific examples according to three rules under Skopos theory.Then the author draws a conclusion of the methods to translation Chinese fantasy novels,such as addition,deletion and adaptation The last part is the conclusion.The author translated the novel by himself and his translation was polished by foreign proofreaders,that is to say,his translation and this report will serve as an instructive examples for those who will devote to the translation of Chinese fantasy novels.