Cultural Interpretation in the Translation of Ancient Chinese Architectural Terms from the Perspective of Cultural Awareness
Ancient Chinese architecture contains the local culture and the wisdom of the Chinese people for thousands of years.The terminology of ancient architecture,which plays a key role in the ancient architectural texts as well as the translation and communication of ancient architectural culture,is the essential element in ancient Chinese architectural culture.And it reflects the uniqueness,accuracy and preciseness of professional texts of ancient architecture,but the mistranslation of terms will lead to the loss of meaning of the entire translation.From the perspective of cultural awareness,this paper analyzes the translation of ancient Chinese architectural terms,digs into the mistranslation and the causes of it,explores the effect of cultural transmission,the factor of cultural context and the consciousness of cultural awareness that are easily overlooked,and discusses the importance and necessity of cultural interpretation in term translation,so as to bring inspiration to the research and practice of ancient Chinese architectural term translation.
cultural awarenesstranslation of ancient architectural termsmistranslationcultural interpretation
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