Analysis of Translation Skills of Chinese Dish Name

作     者：蔡静一 

作者机构：许昌职业技术学院河南许昌461000 

出 版 物：《海外英语》 (Overseas English)

年 卷 期：2010年第1X期

页      面：169-170页

学科分类：0502[文学-外国语言文学] 050201[文学-英语语言文学] 05[文学] 

主　　题：Chinese dish name translation skill 

摘      要：China is a country that attaches great importance to names,honor,and *** set phrase,to achieve both fame and wealth,gives the true meaning of the word *** food culture has a long history,and forms a variety of dishes,These Chinese dishes are popular with the whole *** translation of Chinese dish can be found everywhere in China *** example:restaurants have bilingual menus;cook books are translated into English;food is discussed and recommended in English on newspaper,magazines and TV *** of the English equivalents are so wordy or awkward that they read like recipes instead of *** are confusing and *** problem is that some dish names embedded with cultural connotation are still translated literally,which makes the menus unintelligible and the target language reader lost chances to enjoy Chinese food *** to these features of the Chinese culinary culture,the names of Chinese food are kaleidoscopic and deny easy forms.