Abstract:With the deepening of globalization and China’s reform and opening up, international communication is becoming extremely frequent. People all over the world pay more and more attention to China’s earth-shaking changes in all fields. As we all know, language is the carrier of culture and words can reflect the development of culture.  Chinese culturally-loaded words can reveal China’s core values, long history and brilliant culture, so they are of great importance in external publicity. This paper is a survey of Chinese culturally-loaded words in C-E translation. It discusses the definition, characteristics and classification of Chinese culturally-loaded words, followed by the current situation of Chinese culturally-loaded words in C-E translation, including investigation of Chinese culturally-loaded words in American’s mainstream newspaper. Finally, it explores and analyzes several problems in the translation process.  

Key words: Chinese culturally-loaded words; C-E translation; current situation; problems

CONTENTS

Abstract

中文摘要

1. Introduction.1

2. Chinese Culturally-loaded Words2

  2.1 Definition of Chinese Culturally-loaded Words

  2.2 Characteristics of Chinese Culturally-loaded Words

3. Classification of Chinese Culturally-loaded Words3

3.1 Politics

  3.2 Economy

  3.3 Science and Technology

  3.4 Culture and Entertainment

  3.5 Social Phenomenon

4. Current Situation of Chinese Culturally-loaded Words in C-E Translation6

  4.1 Investigation of Chinese Culturally-loaded Words in American’s Mainstream Newspaper

4.2 Problems of Chinese Culturally-loaded Words in C-E Translation

    4.2.1 Chinese English

    4.2.2 Neglecting Linguistic Habits in English

    4.2.3 Lack of Political Consciousness

    4.2.4 Lack of Cross-cultural Awareness

    4.2.5 Improper Registers

    4.2.6 Redundancy

5. Conclusion.12

Bibliography.14

Acknowledgements15