Abstract: Based on the characteristics of menus of Chinese national banquets, the paper analyzes “the menu of national banquet of G20 Summit”, finding the problems in translating. And main problems include the misuses of singular and plural noun forms, omission translation and the inaccurate uses of words. On the basis of information equivalence, discussing the menu of national banquets and presenting that translation is an activity of information transmission and information equivalence is essential in menu translation. Only use the principle of information equivalence, the translation can reproduce the source language as accurately as possible.

Key words: informational equivalence; menus of Chinese national banquets; translation

CONTENTS

Abstract

摘要

1. Introduction-1

2. Literature Review-1

3. Characteristics of the Menu of National Banquets in G20-3

3.1 Four-Character

3.2 Local Style

3.3 Culture and Taboo

3.4 Political Connotation

4. Problems in Translating the Menu of G20 National Banquet-5

4.1 Singular and Plural Forms

4.2 Omission

4.3 Misuses of Words

4.4 Other problems

5. Informational Equivalence in Translation of the Menu of G20 National Banquet-7

5.1 The Role of Translators 

5.2 Word Sequence

5.3 The Carrier of Culture

6. Conclusion-8

Bibliography-10

Acknowledgements-