Abstract

Nowadays with the improvement of China’s international status, Chinese into English translation of political news stories from the cross-cultural perspective becomes more and more essential for our country. And it also plays an important role in the world cultural integration. From a cross-cultural perspective, this paper focuses on the translation of Chinese politics news.  It explicates the cultural factors in current political news; discuss major problems in cross-cultural translation of political news, including over-domestication, difference of thinking patterns, historical features and events, provides practical translation strategies, so as to realize effective communication.

Key words: cross-cultural communication, political news stories, translation

CONTENTS

Abstract

摘要

Ⅰ. Introduction-1

Ⅱ. Cultural Factors in Political News Translation-1

2.1 Cultural Transfer-1

2.2 Cultural Stereotype-2

2.3 Counter Cultural Migration-4

Ⅲ. Three Problems in Cross-Cultural Political News Translation-4

3.1 Over-domestication-4

3.2 Thinking Patterns-5

3.2.1 Chinese Thinking Model-6

3.2.2 English Thinking Model-6

3.3 Historical Figures and Events-7

Ⅳ. Strategies in the Political News Translation-8

4.1 Literal Translation-8

4.2 Free Translation-9

Ⅴ. Conclusion-11

References-11