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13 程杨《边城》中文化负载词的翻译—以戴乃迭英译本为例 Translation of Cultural-loaded Words in Border Town:A Case Study of Dai Naidie’s English translation

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 In 1980, Professor Xu Guozhang published Culturally Loaded Words and English Language Teaching in Modern Foreign Languages, initiating the study of culture-loaded Words. At the same time, more and more attention has been paid to the study of culture-loaded words. Culture-loaded words, as the main bearing object of a national culture, are the embodiment of the most distinctive personality of culture. However, such words reflecting cultural differences have brought great obstacles to cultural communication and translation. The differences in language and culture between ethnic groups contribute to the diversity of ethnic communication, but at the same time bring great difficulties. Due to the incomplete equivalence of the functions and contents of words among different nationalities, many errors or even major errors in translation process are caused, which will not only cause a certain loss to the cultural or commercial activities at that time, but even cause a certain negative impact on the subsequent cultural exchanges. The generation and use of vocabulary is a unique way of activities accumulated by a nation in the long historical process, which is different from other nations. The translation of culture-loaded words is quite difficult. If the translation is improper, cultural loss will occur, that is, cultural differences will be mistaken for cultural common core, and the target language will be forced to adopt the cultural model of the source language, resulting in communication failure; or replacing the cultural image of the source language with the cultural image of the target language. Communication succeeds, but the regret is the cultural loss of the source language.(Qi, 2020: 163-164)
-Culture-loaded words usually appear in literary works with ethnic characteristics. The ''Border Town'', Shen Congwen's representative work, is praised as "the purest novel text in the history of modern literature" and "the peak work in the pastoral legend of modern Chinese literature". It shows readers the harmonious life form of the Xiangxi Area. There are a large number of words which reflect the traditional customs and culture and dialect characteristics of the rural areas of Hunan, China. These culture-loaded words increase the difficulty of translation. In Dai Naidie’s translation, the translator also tries to reproduce the cultural characteristics of the original text in a variety of ways, so that the target readers can feel the local characteristics and charm of the ''Border Town'' more truly and appropriately.
+Culture-loaded words usually appear in literary works with ethnic characteristics. The ''Border Town'', Shen Congwen's representative work, is praised as "the purest novel text in the history of modern literature" and "the peak work in the pastoral legend of modern Chinese literature". It shows readers the harmonious life form of the Xiangxi Area. There are a large number of words which reflect the traditional customs and culture and dialect characteristics of the rural areas of Hunan, China. These culture-loaded words increase the difficulty of translation. In Gladys Yang’s translation, the translator also tries to reproduce the cultural characteristics of the original text in a variety of ways, so that the target readers can feel the local characteristics and charm of the ''Border Town'' more truly and appropriately.
 ===3. Analysis of Translation of Cultural-loaded Words in ''Border Town'':A Case Study of Gladys Yang’s English translation===

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 Culture-loaded words usually appear in literary works with ethnic characteristics. The ''Border Town'', Shen Congwen's representative work, is praised as "the purest novel text in the history of modern literature" and "the peak work in the pastoral legend of modern Chinese literature". It shows readers the harmonious life form of the Xiangxi Area. There are a large number of words which reflect the traditional customs and culture and dialect characteristics of the rural areas of Hunan, China. These culture-loaded words increase the difficulty of translation. In Dai Naidie’s translation, the translator also tries to reproduce the cultural characteristics of the original text in a variety of ways, so that the target readers can feel the local characteristics and charm of the ''Border Town'' more truly and appropriately.
-===3. Analysis of Translation of Cultural-loaded Words in ''Border Town'':A Case Study of Dai Naidie’s English translation===
+===3. Analysis of Translation of Cultural-loaded Words in ''Border Town'':A Case Study of Gladys Yang’s English translation===
 ====3.1 The Introduction to Gladys Yang====
 Gladys Yang (1919-1999) was born Gladys B.Tayler in 1919 to a British missionary family in Beijing. At the age of seven, she returned to England to receive education. She initially studied French language and literature, but in the later switched to Chinese language and literature because of her love for traditional Chinese culture. After marrying Yang Xianyi in 1940, she settled down in China, where she and her husband hosted and translated many Chinese classics. The translated works range from pre-Qin prose to A Dream of red Mansions of more than 100 kinds. In their early works, Yang Xianyi presided over the completion of the first draft, while Gladys Yang was responsible for proofreading and correcting the English expression. "Yang Xianyi actually translated the Chinese into English, and I turned it into a narrative antithesis," she later recalled. With the continuous improvement of her Chinese and English translation skills, she began to try to independently translate Chinese literary works into English books, and contributed a large number of classic English translation literary works. The ''Border Town'' is one of the representative translations of Gladys Yang's independent translation period. The translation of Chinese classic literature works by Gladys Yang and her husband Yang Xianyi not only promoted the cultural exchange between China and English-speaking countries, but also promoted the development of literary translation, promoted the translation process of Chinese classical novels, and contributed a huge force that cannot be ignored for Chinese culture to go out.(Song, 2017:24-27)

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 ===Key Words===
 Culture-loaded words; ''Border Town''; Gladys Yang; Translator behavior criticism
 ===摘要===
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 ===关键词===
 文化负载词；《边城》；戴乃迭；译者行为批评
 ===Introduction===

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 ===Abstract===
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 ===Key Words===
 Culture-loaded words; ''Border Town''; Gladys Yang; Translator behavior criticism
 ===Introduction===

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 =13 程杨 《边城》中文化负载词的翻译—以戴乃迭英译本为例 Translation of Cultural-loaded Words in ''Border Town'':A Case Study of Dai Naidie’s English translation =
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 ===Abstract===
 With the increasingly frequent cultural exchanges in the world and the increasingly exposed differences between cultures, cultural diversity plays a very important role in national exchanges. Different countries and nationalities have their own cultural characteristics and features, which are deeply rooted in their own language. Language is the carrier of culture, and word is the basic unit of language and the most active part of language. In cross-cultural communication, culture-loaded words are an important part and an important bridge and link between two languages. The study of culture-loaded words is not only an important link in the process of cross-cultural communication, but also an important mean and method for the development of a nation. There are a lot of culture-loaded words in Shen Congwen's Border Town. This paper discusses the translation of culture-loaded words in the translation based on the theory of translator's behavior.

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 ===Conclusion===
-Translation practice examines not only the translation ability of the translator, but the translator also plays a variety of roles while performing translation activities. With the improvement of women's social discourse power, women have begun to consciously assume the cultural identity of translators. As a special group of translators, in addition to choosing materials related to female growth, female translators have unique translator behavior tendencies. ''The Border Town'' translated by Gladys Dai, a female translator, embodies two typical characteristics of female translators: on the one hand, female translators tend to choose neutral words and avoid using negatively discriminatory words; on the other hand, women The translator is more keenly aware of the original author’s linguistic information, and thus puts more emphasis on emotional communication when choosing words. As an indispensable and important component of the translation community, female translators play an increasingly important role.
+Translation practice examines not only the translation ability of the translator, but the translator also plays a variety of roles while performing translation activities. With the improvement of women's social discourse power, women have begun to consciously assume the cultural identity of translators. As a special group of translators, in addition to choosing materials related to female growth, female translators have unique translator behavior tendencies. ''The Border Town'' translated by Gladys Yang, a female translator, embodies two typical characteristics of female translators: on the one hand, female translators tend to choose neutral words and avoid using negatively discriminatory words; on the other hand, female translators are more keenly aware of the original author’s linguistic information, and thus put more emphasis on emotional communication when choosing words. As an indispensable and important component of the translation community, female translators play an increasingly important role.
 At the same time, although there are many existing articles on the comparison of translations of ''The Border Town'', there are not many reference translations that can be given after the comparison. There is no definite method in translation, and there is no limit to translation, and the road to translation is long. As a translator, you must dare to make breakthroughs in the process of translation and introduce new ones. When translating culturally loaded words, you must not only take into account the dissemination and acceptance of culture, the culture of the target language reader and the correct dissemination of Chinese culture, but also the loyal original language and the correct dissemination of Chinese culture. The fluent expression of the target language, flexible use of domestication and foreignization translation strategies, transliteration, and footnote methods will enable the target readers to better understand and appreciate Chinese culture in terms of vocabulary and text, and ultimately achieve the purpose of spreading Chinese culture. So as to truly realize the "going out" of Chinese culture.(Yin, 2020: 124-128)

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 ===3. Analysis of Translation of Cultural-loaded Words in ''Border Town'':A Case Study of Dai Naidie’s English translation===
-====3.1 The Introduction to Dai Naidie====
+====3.1 The Introduction to Gladys Yang====
-Dai Naidie (1919-1999) was born Gladys B.Tayler in 1919 to a British missionary family in Beijing. At the age of seven, she returned to England to receive education. She initially studied French language and literature, but in the later switched to Chinese language and literature because of her love for traditional Chinese culture. After marrying Yang Yixian in 1940, she settled down in China, where she and her husband hosted and translated many Chinese classics. The translated works range from pre-Qin prose to A Dream of red Mansions of more than 100 kinds. In their early works, Yang Yixian presided over the completion of the first draft, while Dai Naidie was responsible for proofreading and correcting the English expression. "Yang Yixian actually translated the Chinese into English, and I turned it into a narrative antithesis," she later recalled. With the continuous improvement of her Chinese and English translation skills, she began to try to independently translate Chinese literary works into English books, and contributed a large number of classic English translation literary works. The ''Border Town'' is one of the representative translations of Diana's independent translation period. The translation of Chinese classic literature works by Dai Naidie and her husband Yang Yixian not only promoted the cultural exchange between China and English-speaking countries, but also promoted the development of literary translation, promoted the translation process of Chinese classical novels, and contributed a huge force that cannot be ignored for Chinese culture to go out.(Song, 2017:24-27)
+Gladys Yang (1919-1999) was born Gladys B.Tayler in 1919 to a British missionary family in Beijing. At the age of seven, she returned to England to receive education. She initially studied French language and literature, but in the later switched to Chinese language and literature because of her love for traditional Chinese culture. After marrying Yang Xianyi in 1940, she settled down in China, where she and her husband hosted and translated many Chinese classics. The translated works range from pre-Qin prose to A Dream of red Mansions of more than 100 kinds. In their early works, Yang Xianyi presided over the completion of the first draft, while Gladys Yang was responsible for proofreading and correcting the English expression. "Yang Xianyi actually translated the Chinese into English, and I turned it into a narrative antithesis," she later recalled. With the continuous improvement of her Chinese and English translation skills, she began to try to independently translate Chinese literary works into English books, and contributed a large number of classic English translation literary works. The ''Border Town'' is one of the representative translations of Gladys Yang's independent translation period. The translation of Chinese classic literature works by Gladys Yang and her husband Yang Xianyi not only promoted the cultural exchange between China and English-speaking countries, but also promoted the development of literary translation, promoted the translation process of Chinese classical novels, and contributed a huge force that cannot be ignored for Chinese culture to go out.(Song, 2017:24-27)
-In the process of translating ''Border Town'', Diana was inevitably influenced by the social ideology of China at that time. As a foreigner herself, she was restricted and oppressed to a large extent, so her translation works mainly catered to the mainstream ideas of Chinese society at that time. At the same time, the powerful cultural countries represented by Britain and the United States at that time generally preferred the stereotyped works that fit their imagination in the weak culture. However, Shen Congwen's description of the backwardness and occlusion of the small town in Xiangxi was just in line with the imagination of the British and American society for the distant China, so it was once very popular in The British and American countries.(Sun, 2013: 49-50)
+In the process of translating ''Border Town'', Gladys Yang was inevitably influenced by the social ideology of China at that time. As a foreigner herself, she was restricted and oppressed to a large extent, so her translation works mainly catered to the mainstream ideas of Chinese society at that time. At the same time, the powerful cultural countries represented by Britain and the United States at that time generally preferred the stereotyped works that fit their imagination in the weak culture. However, Shen Congwen's description of the backwardness and occlusion of the small town in Xiangxi was just in line with the imagination of the British and American society for the distant China, so it was once very popular in The British and American countries.(Sun, 2013: 49-50)
-On the basis of being faithful to the original text, Diana's translation fully conveys the tendency of female translators' choice of translation strategies, which is reflected in the particularity of female translators' behavior in the process of translation.(Liu, 2017: 91-94)
+On the basis of being faithful to the original text, Gladys Yang's translation fully conveys the tendency of female translators' choice of translation strategies, which is reflected in the particularity of female translators' behavior in the process of translation.(Liu, 2017: 91-94)
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 ===Abstract===
 With the increasingly frequent cultural exchanges in the world and the increasingly exposed differences between cultures, cultural diversity plays a very important role in national exchanges. Different countries and nationalities have their own cultural characteristics and features, which are deeply rooted in their own language. Language is the carrier of culture, and word is the basic unit of language and the most active part of language. In cross-cultural communication, culture-loaded words are an important part and an important bridge and link between two languages. The study of culture-loaded words is not only an important link in the process of cross-cultural communication, but also an important mean and method for the development of a nation. There are a lot of culture-loaded words in Shen Congwen's Border Town. This paper discusses the translation of culture-loaded words in the translation based on the theory of translator's behavior.
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 ====1.1 Background of ''Border Town''====
 ''Border Town'' was written in the 1930s, when the society was in turmoil and the development of urban civilization collided violently with the traditional agricultural civilization. The whole traditional civilization has been challenged and impacted unprecedentedly, and the traditional society has become fragmented, but on the whole it still exists peacefully. In China at that time, conscientious and thoughtful men of letters had a strong sense of responsibility and perception for the society. They did not want to see the whole nation degenerate in the violent civilization of cities, nor did they want people to lose their way in the vanity of cities. Mr. Shen as a member of the advanced intellectuals, he hoped that through ''Border Town'' this work for the impression of Xiangxi, which is similar to the Peach Blossom Land, to the confused people in cities shows the simplicity and purity of traditional culture, but also indicate the direction for them to move forward: there is a pure and natural love in life, and life needs to be converted to the nature of natural life.
 ====1.2 Introduction of the Author Shen Congwen====
 The 1930s was the time when Shen Congwen had a good harvest in love and career, and his wife Zhang Zhaohe had the greatest influence on his creation. After their marriage, Shen Congwen wrote to his wife: "I have crossed many bridges, seen many clouds and tasted many kinds of alchohol, but I have only ever loved a man of the best age." Zhang's comely appearance and dark complexion are traits Mr. Shen used repeatedly in his works. Cuicui in ''Border Town'' was also based on her. At the same time, the Border Town also carries Shen Congwen's strong feelings for Xiangxi. Although his description of the stones, water plants, boatmen and other things in the Border Town is almost plain description, a close reading can feel his love for Xiangxi from the heart. ''Border Town'' is not only about the life of young men and girls born and raised in this small town, but also a beautiful, healthy, natural and human life form, which is also the original intention of Shen Congwen's creation.(Shen, 2013:104-105)
 Shen Congwen's style inclines to romanticism, he asked the poetic novel of effect, integrating realism, recording, symbolism be in harmony an organic whole. He also asked the language style of primitive simplicity, sentence of simple forms, and thick and pure style with rich local color. He highlighted the country unique charm with a twinkle in human nature. Shen Congwen's novels are typical rural culture novels, which not only compare with the modern civilization of the city on the whole, but also pay attention to the way of living, the footprint of life and the historical destiny of the villagers, which are determined by the collision of different cultures during the transformation of the Xiangxi Area to the modern era. The whole work is full of worries about life and philosophical thinking about life, just like his real and tenacious life, giving people lessons and enlightenment.
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 On the basis of being faithful to the original text, Diana's translation fully conveys the tendency of female translators' choice of translation strategies, which is reflected in the particularity of female translators' behavior in the process of translation.(Liu, 2017: 91-94)
 ====3.2 Analysis on Cultural-loaded Words====
 Each language has its own unique features in pronunciation, vocabulary and syntax. Due to the differences in language and culture, the translatability of the expression forms of these languages will be limited when they are conveyed as information content in communicative language. If we do not understand the language and cultural characteristics of the original language, it is bound to produce ambiguity and mis-understanding. Meanwhile, translators of different identities have different approaches to translation. As a female translator, Dai Naidie was deeply aware of Shen Congwen's attitude and view when she read his work Border Town. Therefore, when dealing with the problems encountered in translation, especially some words with the color of feminism, she carefully and rigorously screened the original author Shen Congwen's own attitude, avoiding unreasonable and inappropriate translation of words, thus improving the accuracy and readability of the translation.(Song, 2017:25)
 =====3.2.1 Analysis on Ecological Words=====
 Ecology is a branch of biology that refers to the study of the relationship between organisms and their surroundings, especially their connections with their living environments. The diversity of ecological culture is naturally caused by the differences of geographical environment and natural conditions in various countries. The difference of ecological conditions will inevitably lead to the difference of national culture, so that culture shows a distinct regional.