%0 Journal Article
%T A Study of English Translation of Culture-Loaded Words Based on <em>The Mountain Whisperer</em>
%A Delian Liu
%A Yanxia Qin
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 11
%N 12
%P 1-14
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2024
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1112701
%X <em>The Mountain Whisperer</em> is a long novel written by Jia Pingwa, a famous contemporary writer, which involves a large number of words related to Shaanxi folk culture. Christopher Payne, a Canadian translator and professor at the University of Toronto, recognized that the translation of culture-loaded words was a difficult task in the English translation of <em>The Mountain Whisperer</em>. This paper takes the English translation of Jia Pingwa¡¯s novel <em>The Mountain Whisperer</em> as a case study. On the basis of folklore theory, and in accordance with the 12 culturally specific translation methods proposed by Aixela, the culture-loaded words in the original work are classified into four categories. Meanwhile, culture-loaded words are a difficult problem for the translation and dissemination of Chinese novels. It is also suggested that the future development of Chinese novels can provide a model for the dissemination of similar novels in the English-speaking world.£¿
%K The Mountain Whisperer
%K Culture-Loaded Words
%K English Translation Research
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/6845140