Author(s)

Ruining Zhao ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of English Language and Culture, Xi'an Fanyi University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Corresponding Author

Ruining Zhao

ABSTRACT

This paper discusses the lack of cross-cultural education in college English translation teaching. By examining the existing teaching system, this paper reveals the present situation of this deficiency, which is manifested in the students' superficial understanding of different cultures and the difficulty in capturing the cultural essence of the original text in translation practice. The article further analyzes the reasons leading to this situation, including the insufficient attention paid to cross-cultural education in the syllabus, the uneven cross-cultural literacy of teachers and the limitations of traditional teaching methods. The comprehensive effect of these factors makes students often encounter problems such as cultural distortion and semantic distortion in the process of translation, which seriously affects the accuracy and authenticity of translation. More importantly, this kind of deficiency limits the expansion of students' international vision and the improvement of cross-cultural communication ability, which is far from the requirements for talent training under the background of globalization today. In view of this problem, this paper puts forward a series of practical suggestions, aiming at improving the level of cross-cultural education in college English translation teaching in an all-round way from the aspects of syllabus revision, teacher team construction and teaching method innovation. The research in this paper not only provides a new perspective and inspiration for related fields, but also contributes to the cultivation of high-quality talents with international vision and intercultural communication ability.

KEYWORDS

College English; Translation teaching; Cross-cultural education; Missing problem; International communication ability

CITE THIS PAPER

Ruining Zhao, The Deficiency of Cross-cultural Education in College English Translation Instruction. Curriculum and Teaching Methodology (2024) Vol. 7: 30-36. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/curtm.2024.070306.

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