Contents

Acknowledgements

Abstract

摘要

Chapter One Introduction-1

1.1 Background and Significance of the Research-1

1.2 Overall Organization of the Thesis-2

Chapter Two Literature Review-3

2.1 Precious Studies on Culture-loaded Words-3

2.2 Introduction to Relevance Theory-3

2.3 Application of Relevance Theory in Translation-4

Chapter Three Translation of Culture-loaded Words in Moment in Peking from the Perspective of Relevance Theory-6

3.1 Overview of Lin Yutang and His Moment in Peking-6

3.2 Classification of Culture-loaded Words in Moment in Peking-6

3.2.1 Ecological Culture-loaded Words-7

3.2.2 Material Culture-loaded Words-7

3.2.3 Social Culture-loaded Words-7

3.2.4 Religious Culture-loaded Words-8

3.2.5 Linguistic Culture-loaded Words-8

3.3 Translation Skills of Culture-loaded Words in Moment in Peking-8

3.3.1 Transliteration-8

3.3.2 Transliteration Plus Annotation-9

3.3.3 Literal Translation-10

3.3.4 Free Translation-11

Chapter Four Conclusion-13

References-14

Abstract

With the development of economic globalization, the exchanges between different countries and nations have become more frequent, and intercultural communication has become a more and more important part in people’s lives. As a communication bridge among different cultures, translation is becoming more and more important. However, because of the differences of environment, beliefs, customs, values and other aspects of lives, different countries from all over the world have formed various traditional cultures. These factors lead to a large number of culture-loaded words, which brings great difficulties to the translation. How to translate culture-loaded words in a correct and reasonable way will contribute to cross-cultural communication.

From the perspective of relevance theory, taking Moment in Peking for example, this paper will discuss the translation skills of culture-loaded words so as to achieve optimal relevance, which not only makes readers maximize the appreciation for cultural peculiarities of the works, but also retains cultural inheritance at the most.

Keywords:  optimal relevance  culture-loaded words  translation skills  Moment in Peking