2025 Vol.3 No.1

Translation Methods for Culture-Loaded Words In The "Jiu Ge" of The Chu Ci

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This study investigates the translation strategies Arthur Waley employed for culture-loaded words in the "Jiu ge" (The Nine Songs) section of the Chu Ci, with Susan Bassnett’s cultural translation theory (centered on cultural functional equivalence and cultural symbol transfer) as the primary analytical framework, integrated with Eugene Nida’s cultural taxonomy. As the origin of Chinese romanti... more