On English Translation of Chinese Original Picture Books from the Perspective of Multimodality

Going global of China’s original picture books with distinctive multimodal features constitutes an important link in spreading Chinese culture. Taking the multimodal discourse analysis of Chinese original picture books A New Year’s Reunion, The Red Shoe and First Trip away from Home as examples, the present article makes a tentative study on strategies for English translation of Chinese original picture books from three perspectives, namely taking both texts and pictures into consideration, making it possible for readers to be aesthetically entertained during reading, and showing respect for cultural difference. In this way, multimodality provides a feasible and insightful approach for cultural transmission and reproduction of childish delight in the field of text-picture mutual construction.