A Comparative Study on the Translation of Culture-Specific Items in Yueyang Tower — A Case Study of Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang’s and Luo Jingguo’s English Translations
Yueyang Tower is a famous piece of classical Chinese prose, and it contains many culture-specific items. Using Aixelá’s theory of culture-specific items and Nida’s cultural classification, this paper makes a comparison of the translation strategies in the English versions by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang and by Luo Jingg...