Analysis on Cross-Cultural Factors on English Translation

Abstract

Language is a tool that is used by human beings for communication with each other. In general, there is a great difference among linguistic forms of different countries. As a commonly-used language in the whole world, English language has been extensively applied in a variety of international exchange activities. Along with the arrival of the economic globalization, the intercourse activities between China and developed countries have proved to be more and more frequent within the past few years. In the mean time, the translations from Chinese-to-English and English-to-Chinese appear especially important. Because there are a great number of differences among different countries in cultural factors, it is natural for their English translation methods and literal meanings to be different to some extent. With regard to this point, by taking western and eastern cultures for an example, the author carries out an analysis on the influences of the cross-cultural factors on the translations from Chinese-to-English and English-to-Chinese in this paper.