摘要

随着中国的外宣不断加强，外国媒体也密切关注中国社会发展，中国特色词汇及其翻译的研究在国内外正在成为新的热点。虽然中国翻译界在此研究领域已经取得了丰硕的成果，但在翻译理论和实践方面还有很多不令人满意的地方。本文首先论述了中国特色词汇的来源，其次是中国特色词汇翻译中的存在的文化障碍和文化信息的传递，通过一些政治特色词汇的案例分析，指出中国特色词汇在翻译中存在的一些问题并加以改进，最后介绍了中国特色词汇的翻译策略。

关键词: 中国特色词汇；来源；文化障碍；翻译策略；

Abstract

As China’s external publicity has been strengthened, foreign media have paid close attention to the development of Chinese society, and the study of the translation of Chinese-specific words is becoming the new hotspot at home and abroad. Although the translation industry in China has achieved fruitful results in this area of research, there are still many unsatisfactory areas in the study of translation theory and the practice of translation. This paper first discusses the source of Chinese-specific words, and then the cultural barrier and the transmission of cultural information in the translation of such words. By some case study, we can get some problems and difficulties in translation of terms with Chinese characteristics and try to improve them .This thesis finally introduces the translation strategies of such words.

Key words: Chinese-specific words; sources; cultural barriers; translation strategies

1. Introduction

Human beings are social animals．A person can not live without communicating with others in the society. So does the relationship of countries. Great changes have taken place in China in politics, economics, science and technology and other aspects since reforming and opening-up. So in the process of international communication, terms with Chinese characteristics are translated into English. Chinese-specific words are native and their continuous emergence is the result of China’s social development and progress.
The website of China Daily opens up a column of Chinese-specific words with the latest translations, especially providing the corresponding translation of hot words. The new C/E dictionaries compiled are impressive. With China’s economic development, increasing international influence, as well as the continued expansion of foreign exchange, the reports on the political, economic and cultural aspects of China’s society often appear in foreign newspapers and magazines, many of which publish China’s special issue from time to time recently.