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Study of English Translation of Quzhou Food Names From the Perspective of Intercultural Communication

Author(s)

ZHANG Jiacheng, HU Lijun

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DOI:10.17265/1539-8080/2022.05.004

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Quzhou University, Quzhou, China

ABSTRACT

Food culture is an important part of Quzhou characteristic culture. The name of food contains rich local historical and cultural information and plays an indispensable role in Quzhou cultural construction. For Quzhou, although all sectors of society are committed to the cultural construction of “Dynamic New Quzhou and Beautiful Garden”, it is obvious to find a rather weak awareness of food culture publicity translation as a result of insufficient attention to the potential value of English translation. This paper introduces some historical stories of Quzhou food followed by analyzing the existing problems in the process of English translation from a cross-cultural perspective. Finally, it explores some viable translation strategies, such as literal translation, literal translation annotation for translating Chinese food names into English to better promote Quzhou culture.

KEYWORDS

Quzhou food, translation, intercultural communication

Cite this paper

US-China Foreign Language, May 2022, Vol. 20, No. 5, 192-198

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