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ERIC Number: EJ1082809
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Dec
Pages: 5
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ISSN: ISSN-1916-4742
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The Analysis of Cultural Gaps in Translation and Solutions
Wu, Jianqing
English Language Teaching, v1 n2 p123-127 Dec 2008
This paper is about cultural gaps and their translation. It compares the different cultural connotations of expressions in English and Chinese. First, it analyzes the following cases which are often found in translation: cultural background; non-equivalence; extension and intension; derivation. Then six methods are put forward to solve those above problems.
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Language: English
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