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Onthetranslationofculture―loadedwordsinTheOil―Peddler【Abstract】TheOil-PeddlerWinstheQueenoftheFlowers，asaclassicChineseliterarywork，hasmanyculture-loadedwordswhichmaybeconsideredasthemostdifficultpartintranslationprocess.Sothisassayaimsatanalyzingthetranslationofculture-loadedwordsinTheOil-PeddlerWinstheQueenoftheFlowersandtriestofigureoutthetrianslationstrategiesadoptedtohandleculture-loadedwords.【Keywords】culturee；translation；culture-loadedwords；translationstrategyOneIntroductionTranslationnotonlyinvolvesthetransferoflanguagesymbols，butasloinvolvesculturalinteraction.Duetotheculturaldifferences，theremustbealargequantityofdistinctculture-loadedwordsinonelanguagewhichmightquitebealientoanother.Therefore，awell-qualifiedtranslatorshouldbenotonlybilingual，butbicultural.Sheorhemustfindoutwhatisleftimplicitinthesourcetextonpurposeandwhatmustbemadeexplicitinitsrenderingbysomepropertranslationstrategiesandskills.TheOil-PeddlerWinstheQueenoftheFlowers（itstranslatorsareYangShuhuiandYangYunqin），intermsofmarriageandlovesubject，istheFengMenglong’smostrepresententativeoneinStoriestoawakentheworld.Forlanguageandculture，itcontainsbounchesofculturalcontentswithuniqueChinesecharacteristics.ThisthesiswilltakeTheOil-PeddlerWinstheQueenoftheFlowersasacasestudyonthetranslationofculture-loadedwordstoanalyzewhatkindoftranslationstrategiesthetranslatorsusedtohandletheculture-loadedwords.TwoCulture-loadedwordsandthetranslationstrategies1.Thedefinitionofculture-loadedwordsDifferentcountrieshavedevelopedtheiruniqueculturesinfluencedbydissimilargeographicpositions，traditions，customs，religions，histories，etc.Whenculturalfeaturesareembodiedinlanguage，therecomeculture-loadedwords.InMonaBaker’sview，whichiswidelyaccepted，awordinagivenlanguagemayexpressaconcept，abstractorconcrete，compeletlyunknowninanotherculture；itmaybeaboutareligiousbelief，asocialcustom，orakindoffood.（MonaBaker，2003）.2.Theclassificationofculture-loadedwordsItisasdifficulttodefineculture-loadedwordsastoclassifythem.ButinNida’view，whichisextensivelyacccepted，culturalfactorscanbecategorizedintofivetypes：ecologicalculture，materialculture，socialculture，religiouscultureandlinguisticcultureNida（2001），whichwillbeadoptedtoanalyzetherenderingofculture-loadedwordsofStoriestoAwakentheworldscientifically.2.1Ecologicalculture-loadedwordsandthetranslationstrategiesOwingtothediffirencesofgeography，climateandlivingenvironment，differentcountrieshavetheiruniqueecologicalculturewhichcanbereallyobscuretopeoplefromothercountries.Translationstrategiesadoptedtotranslatethissortareasfollows：Literaltranslation：兰花：Orchid；摇钱之树：moneytree.Literaltranslationwithreplenishment：一对金莲：apairofgolden-lotusfeet.Freetranslation：风花雪月：romances；螟蛉：adoptedchild.2.2Materialculture-loadedwordsandthetranslationstrategiesMaterialculture-loadedwordsarecharacterizedbynumerousmaterialobjectsandproductsmadebypeopleinacertainlanguagecommunity，Generally，thistypeincludesbuildings，clothes，foods，tools，transportation，dailyappliances，medicine，etc.Translationstrategiesadoptedtotranslatethissortareasfollows：Literaltranslation银子：silver；金子：gold.Literaltranslationwithreplenishment：卑田院：apoorhousesponsoredbyaBuddhisttemple.Freetranslation潞绸：finesilk.2.3Socialculture-loadedwordsandthetranslationstrategiesDuringthecourseofhistoricaldevelopment，differentsocietieshavedifferentcustoms，historicalbackgrounds，lifestyles，sociallifeandbehaviorpatterns.Thewordsthatreflecttheabove-mentionedcharacteristicsofanationarethesocialculture-loadedwords.Translationstrategiesadoptedtotranslatethissortareasfollows：Literaltranslation：去其裹脚：takeoffthefoot-bindings.Transliterationwithreplenishment：女随何雌陆贾：awomanSuiHeandafemaleLuJia（SuiHeandLuJiawerepoliticaladvisersofgreateloquenceintheWesternHandynasty.）Freetranslation：老积年：anoldhand：垂髫young.2.4Religiousculture-loadedwordsandthetranslationstrategiesDiffierentcountrieshavebeeninfluencedbydifferentreligions；hence，considerablewordsrelatedtoreligiousbeliefsappearwhichwecallreligiousculture-loadedwords.Translationstrategiesadoptedtotranslatethissortareasfollows：Transliteration法相：Faxiang.嫦娥：Chang’eLiteraltranslation灵隐：Soul’sRetreat.Freetranslation：亡魂丧胆：terror-stricken；做香火：asanacolyt.2.5Liguisticculture-loadedwordsandthetranslationstrategiesChineseisatonallanguageandhomophones，vowelrhymes，harmony，twopartsallegoricalsayings，four-characterwordsareitsimportantlinguisticcharacteristics；whileEnlgishisaintonationlanguageandtheintonationunitisgenerallysentencesorclauses.Translationstrategiesadoptedtotranslatethissortareasfollows：Literaltranslation：光阴似箭：Timeflewbylikeanarrow.Freetranslation：烂醉如泥：quitedrunk.ConclusionAsweknow，culturalinformation，ifnothandledwellduringtheprocessoftranslation，canbeinsufficientlyorevenmistakenlytranslated.Therefore，translatorsshouldfigureoutthemeaningoftheoriginaltextandconveytheculturalinformationeffectively.AsforthetranslationofTheOil-PeddlerWinstheQueenoftheFlowers，throughtheaboveanalysis，variousstrategieswereadopted.Thoughfreetranslationstrategybelongingtodomesticationwasappliedtohandletheculture