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1、CulturalElementsandTranslation1. Introduction Astheworldentersintoastateofmulticulturalisminthecontextofglobalization,thefocusoftranslationstudieshasshiftedfromlinguisticitemstoculturalfactors.The“culturalturn”intranslationstudies,whichtookplacesinthe1990s,
2、hasmadethestudyofculturalfactorsevenmoreurgentandacute.Inthepast,fromtheverybeginningoftranslationactivitiestothemid20thcentury,translators’attentionmainlyfellonhowtorenderthesourcetextintothetargetlanguageonthelinguisticlevel,andthedisputesweremostlyaboutwhe
3、thertotranslatewordforwordortotranslatethesense.Fromthe1970s,moreandmorescholarsandtranslatorsbegantosettheireyesontherenderingofculturalelementsintranslation,andtheproblemofhowtorendertheculturalelementsintranslation,andtheproblemofhowtorendertheculturalelem
4、entscontainedinthesourcelanguageispresentedbeforetranslatorsandscholars.Differentstrategieswereputforwardanddiscussed,butinessence,thestrategieswerestillconfinedtothedisputesoverfreeandliteraltranslation.Afterthe“culturalturn”,therecametherealbreakthroughinth
5、efieldoftranslationstudies.Theproblemofhowtorendertheculturalelementsinthesourcetextremainedunsolved,andanotherroundofconflictsconcerningwhethertoadoptaforeignstrategyoradomesticatingstrategywaslaunched,whichinnaturewastheextensionofthedisputesonfreeliteraltr
6、anslation,andthiswasespeciallytruewiththesituationinChina.Uptonownoagreementhaseverbeenachieved.Theseconflictsanddisputesontranslationstrategiesprovedthatstrategiesintheformofdichotomyhavetheirinborndeficiencyandtendedtobecontroversial. 2. Differentfunction
7、sinthetextofthetranslationofculturalfactors Cultureisaverywidecoverageoftheconcept,anditisinextricablylinkedtolanguage.InTranslation,thesourcelanguageandtargetlanguagebearingtheculturaldifferencesareoftenmorevulnerablethanthelanguagedifferencebetweenthethorny
8、problems.So,howtoproperlyhandleculturalfactorsisTranslatorinthetranslationprocessneedscarefulconsideration.Achievementsoftheirpredecessorsinthestudyonthebasisofthispaper,theauthorseekstou