| With its rich content,clear arrangement,high collection value and folk culture,Flower of the Orient:Zhuxianzhen Chinese New Year Paintings gives a systematie introduetion to all aspects of Zhuxianzhen Chinese New Year paintings including their historical background,production process and artistic features.Ancient people introduced Chinese silk and porcelain to overseas markets across the Silk Road while nowadays people could make Chinese traditional culture well-known in the world through the Belt and Road Initiative.Folk culture 1s regarded as an important part of Chinese culture,so translating the above-mentioned book can show the charm of Chinese New Year paintings to foreign readers and push traditional folk art to the world,thus boosting cultural exchanges and cooperation with the rest of the world.Based on the book,this translation report conducts a detailed introduction,analysis and summary of this translation task.It mainly consists of four parts:the task descnption,description of the translation process,case analysis and summary.The task description together with description of the translation process give an overall introduction of the task including the background,requirements and introduction of the source text,preparation for translation and major difficulties in translation as well as proofreading and revision after translation.As an essence of this report,the part of case analysis focuses on the ways to solve the major difficulties concerning the translation of special vocabularies and syntactic structure,such as the translation strategies and techniques employed in dealing with proper names of Chinese New Year paintings,Chinese culture-loaded words,four-character structure.And the problem of parataxis is analyzed in detail.The last part mainly includes self-assessment,limitations of present research and suggestions for future research.Apart from providing a platform for foreign readers to understand Zhuxianzhen Chinese New Year paintings,the significance of this report lies in an active impact on cultural exchanges between China and Western countries.Moreover,the translator further proves the guidance of the Adaptation Theory on the translation of Chinese publicity materials. |
