Study on the English Translation Strategies of Red Culture in Memories of Zhuanghe from the Perspective of Cultural Communication

Abstract

Against the backdrop of "effectively presenting China's stories," this paper selects the historical and cultural materials of Zhuanghe, Liaoning, namely Memories of Zhuanghe, as the research object and explores the English translation of its red culture from the perspective of cultural communication. The study commences by analyzing the text's characteristics in terms of ideology, historical particularity, cultural connotations, and narrative styles. It identifies several key challenges in the translation process, including cultural disparities, ideological screening, historical context reconstruction, and the equilibrium of literary quality. To tackle these issues, the paper puts forward a comprehensive English translation strategy. It advocates the use of “thick translation” to deal with culturally-specific terms, realizes the transformation from ideological discourse to humanistic narrative through “explanation and reconstruction,” and adopts “literary ecological adaptation” to balance documentation and literary quality. The objective is to offer theoretical references and practical methods for the English translation of local red texts, thereby facilitating the effective global dissemination of local red memories.