Author(s)

Feifei Sun ¹, Lina Zhao ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Changchun Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, China

Corresponding Author

Lina Zhao

ABSTRACT

Rhetorical devices are a common literary technique in literary works, and due to the differences in language and culture, the translation of rhetorical devices often faces various challenges. Firstly, the differences in expression and grammar structures between different languages make the translation of rhetorical devices difficult. This requires translators to flexibly use the expression of the target language in order to maintain the effect of the original rhetorical devices. Secondly, rhetorical devices in different cultural backgrounds often carry different cultural connotations and emotional nuances, so it is necessary to consider the cultural background and habits of the target language readers in order to better convey the meaning of the original rhetorical devices. In response to the problems of translating rhetorical devices, this paper is based on the guidance of cultural translation theory, and explores the translation strategies and methods of rhetorical devices from the perspectives of language differences and cultural differences. The translator uses different translation methods such as literal translation, free translation, combination, and annotation to handle the translation of rhetorical devices such as simile, personification, parallelism, and exaggeration commonly used in Chinese, in order to better convey the meaning of the original rhetorical devices. Through the discussion of translation strategies and methods for rhetorical devices, the aim is to improve the quality and efficiency of translation and to faithfully convey the beauty and emotion of the original rhetorical devices in the target text.

KEYWORDS

Rhetorical devices; language differences; cultural differences; translation strategies; cultural translation theory

CITE THIS PAPER

Feifei Sun, Lina Zhao, Translation Exploration of the Rhetorical Devices from the Perspective of Cultural Translation Theory. Lecture Notes on Language and Literature (2023) Vol. 6: 105-111. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/langl.2023.061518.

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