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'B.A.EnglishPaper,QingdaoBinhaiUniversityApplicationofDomesticationandAlienationintheTranslationofEnigmaticFolkSimile1.IntroductionLanguageisthecarrierofculture,ononehandcultureisbasedonlanguage,andlanguageplaysagreatroleinculture.Ontheotherhand,languageisalsoinfluencedbyculture,andtheyareinterdependentandinteractionaltoeachother.Chineseenigmaticfolksimile,treasureofChineseculture,isaspecialformofChineseidioms.Itiscreatedbylaboringpeopleintheirdailylife,withastrongnationalculturalcolor.Meanwhileenigmaticfolksimilealsohasauniquestructure,anditslanguageisbriefbutfullofhumor.Owingtothis,ChineseenigmaticfolksimilespreadswidelyamongChinesepeopleanditisfavoredbyordinarypeople.Withthetrendoftheglobalizationcontinuingtostrengthen,internationalculturalcommunicationallovertheworldisalsodeepened.ForeignershaveraisedahitonlearningChineseculturerecentyears,asessenceofChineseculture,Chineseenigmaticfolksimileneedstobelearned.AndlearningChineseenigmaticfolksimilecannotonlydeepentheunderstandingofChineseculture,butalsocontributetospreadingofChinesecultureallovertheworldwidely.SoitisparticularlyimportantforthetranslationofChineseenigmaticfolksimile.However,duetotheuniqueformoflanguage,itisdifficulttofindtheappropriatewaytoexplainitinanotherlanguage.Therefore,translationofenigmaticfolksimilehasbecomeadifficultpointofacademia.HowtoreproducelanguagefeaturesofChineseenigmaticfolksimileanditsrichculturalsignificanceisaproblemworthexploring.In1995,thestrategyofdomesticationandalienationwasputforwardbyLawrenceVenutiwhowasafamousAmericantranslationexpert.Sincethenthestrategyhadbeenwidelyusedinvariousfieldsoftranslation,greatlyfacilitatingthecommunicationofinternationalculture.Thispaperintendstofindappropriatemethodstothetranslationofenigmaticfolksimilebyanalysisingapplicationofthestrategyofdomesticationandalienationinthe14 B.A.EnglishPaper,QingdaoBinhaiUniversitytranslationofChineseenigmaticfolksimile.1.AnIntroductiontoChineseEnigmaticFolkSimileAsfortheword“歇后语”,whentranslatedintoEnglish,itcanbe“rest-endingsayings”or“postpauseexpressions”.Besides,somepeopletranslateitto“examplefolksimiles”,accordingtoitsstructure.ProfessorLuoJiahaowhoisafamousAmericantranslationexperttranslateditto“enigmaticfolksimile”.(Guo,1996)SimilereferstothatChineseenigmaticfolksimileisgenerallymadeupoftwoparts.Thefrontpartisvehicle,whichmeansvividmetaphor,andanotherpartisthebody,whichfurtherlyelaboratedonthevehicletoexplainitsintention；FolkindicatesthatChineseenigmaticfolksimilepossessesthecharacteristicsofcolloquial.Andonaccountoforiginatingandspreadinginordinarypeople,Chineseenigmaticfolksimilehastypicalcharacteristicsofcolloquial；EnigmaticsuggeststhattheexpressionofChineseenigmaticfolksimileholdsthenatureandcharacteristicsofriddle.Inotherwords,Chineseenigmaticfolksimileisariddlethatconsistsoftwoparts:Riddle(vehicle)andanswertoariddle(body).Inaword,“enigmaticfolksimile”reflectsthecharacteristicsofspecialstructureandnatureofenigmaticfolksimile.2.1DefinitionofChineseenigmaticfolksimileChineseenigmaticfolksimile,whichwascreatedbyChineselaboringpeopleintheirdailylife,isaspecialformoflanguages.CiHaimakesadefinitionofenigmaticfolksimiles:Enigmaticfolksimilesareaformofidioms,andmostofthemarehumorousphrasesthatarefamiliartoordinarypeople.Anditcanhidelattertexttoshowthemeaningoftheformerone.Fromthedefinition,itcanknowthenatureofChineseenigmaticfolksimile——abranchofidioms,besides,ithasitsspecialstructuralfeaturesthatismadeupoftwoparts:theformerpartalwaysdescribesandexplainscommonphenomenonindailylifeandthelatterpartmakescommentandanalysistowardsthephenomenon.2.2ClassificationofChineseenigmaticfolksimileAccordingtothecontactoftwoparts:theformerandlatterone,Chineseenigmaticfolksimilescanbedividedintotwocategories:metaphoricalsayingsand14 B.A.EnglishPaper,QingdaoBinhaiUniversityhomophonicsayings2.2.1MetaphoricalsayingsMetaphoricalsayingsrefertoChineseenigmaticfolksimileinwhichtheformerpartisametaphorandthelatteroneistheoriginalintention.Forexample:小葱拌豆腐——一清二白放虎归山——后患无穷风箱里的老鼠——两头受气2.2.2HomophonicsayingsDescriptionsectionisawordofdoublemeaninginthistypeofChineseenigmaticfolksimile,anditbothcontainsthesurfacemeaningofthemetaphorandotherdeepermeaning.Thatis,literalmeaningistheexplanationofthefirsthalfpart,butitshiddenmeaningiscompletecontrarytothewholecontext.Homophonicsayingscanbeclassifiedintoharmonicmeaningpunandhomophonicpun.一根筷子吃藕——挑眼“挑眼”oforiginalworkreferstoachopsticktopickuptheeyesonthelotusroot,anditstruemeaningis“pickholes”.三九天的萝卜——冻了心（动了心）“冻了心”oforiginalworkreferstotheweatherissocoldthatcarrotsfreezefromtheheart,whichishomonymwith“动了心”，andithasplayedhomophonicpuneffect.2.3LanguagefeaturesofChineseenigmaticfolksimileChineseenigmaticfolksimileisauniquephenomenonoflanguages,anditsstructureisspecialwhichgenerallyconsistsoftwoparts:thefirstpartisusuallyametaphorwhichisoftencalledas“vehicle”;thelatterpartexplainsitsintentionwhichisknownas“body”.ChineseenigmaticfolksimileisthecrystallizationofChinesecultureandwisdomandknownastheessenceoflanguage.Anditismoretypicalthanotherformsoflanguageinreflectingthecultureofnationalcharacteristics.Chineseenigmaticfolksimilewhoselanguageisvivid,humorousandfullofphilosophyiswidelyusednotonlyinalllevelsofsociety,butalsoinancientandcontemporaryliteratureandsoon.Chineseenigmaticfolksimilecontainsrichculturalconnotations,14 B.A.EnglishPaper,QingdaoBinhaiUniversityandmainlyreflectsthelocalculture,religionculture,booksandsoon.1.TranslationofChineseEnigmaticFolkSimileTranslationofChineseenigmaticfolksimileneedstoovercomebarriersinbothlanguageandcultureandshealsopointsoutthatitcantakeupdifferentmethods,accordingtotypesofChineseenigmaticfolksimile.3.1PresentsituationoftranslationofChineseenigmaticfolksimileAsforthestudiesofChineseenigmaticfolksimile,manyscholarshavemadeuntiringeffortstoexplorethisformoflanguageandhavemadegreatprogress.In1920theBallardSeminarwasestablishedinBeijing;since1930ssomescholarshavewhole-heartedlyembarkedonresearchesandhavecarriedoutheatdebates(Wen,Zhou,2000:123).TranslationofChineseenigmaticfolksimilehasalwaysthehotspotoftheacademicdiscussion.Zou（2006）believesthattranslatingmethodofenigmaticfolksimilesmainlydependsonitsowncharacteristics,however,inanycase,themetaphoricmeaningofChineseenigmaticfolksimileneedtobetranslatedaccurately.Yang（2008）considersthattranslationofChineseenigmaticfolksimilecannotjustfocusonthelanguageintheformofconversion,butalsounderstandtheculturalconnotationofChineseenigmaticfolksimiletofindthemeaningbeyondthelanguageofitssurface.Han（2010）claimsthattranslationofChineseenigmaticfolksimileshouldfocusonbothlanguagesectionandculturalpart,andespeciallycaresforthedegreeofcultural“fax”intheprocessofoperation.ItisnecessarytonoticedifferencesandsimilaritiesofculturalconnotationbetweenChineseandEnglish,besides,italsoshouldpayattentiontodifferencesandsimilaritiesofsuperficialmeaning.Qi(2011)holdstheopinionthattranslationofChineseenigmaticfolksimileneedstoovercomebarriersinbothlanguageandcultureandshealsopointsoutthatitcantakeupdifferentmethods,accordingtotypesofChineseenigmaticfolksimile.3.2TranslationprincipleofChineseenigmaticfolksimileTranslationofChineseenigmaticfolksimilestressesonbothsimilarformandthesameconnotation.Inotherwords,intheprocessoftranslation,translatorneedstoexpressbothsurfacemeaninganddeepmeaningofChineseenigmaticfolksimile14 B.A.EnglishPaper,QingdaoBinhaiUniversityaccuratelyandclearly.Andtranslatorshouldapplydifferenttranslationmethods,accordingtodifferenttypesofChineseenigmaticfolksimilesanddifferentlanguageenvironment,inordertoreflectthestylisticfeaturesandpragmaticcharacteristicsofChineseenigmaticfolksimile.AsfortranslationofChineseenigmaticfolksimile,itisbettertoregarditasanuniqueculturalandlinguisticphenomenon.Besides,thestructureofChineseenigmaticfolksimiledeterminesthattranslationofChineseenigmaticfolksimileneedstograspitstruemeaningandconnotationthroughliteralmeaning,andthentranslatorshouldemployflexiblemethodstobeengagedintheworkoftranslationofChineseenigmaticfolksimilesoastopromoteChinesenationalculture.1.ApplicationofDomesticationandAlienationintheTranslationofChineseEnigmaticFolkSimileIntheprocessoftranslationofChineseenigmaticfolksimile,therealwaysexistsdisputeofdomesticationandalienation.AndthestrategyofdomesticationandalienationcanmaketranslationofChineseenigmaticfolksimileeasier,what’smore,itcanalsomakethetargettexteasytounderstand.ThestrategyofdomesticationandalienationisatranslationstrategythatisputforwardbyLawrenceVenutiin1995.AnditacceleratesthetranslationofChineseenigmaticfolksimile,anditalsopromotestheinternationalexchanges.4.1DefinitionofthestrategyofdomesticationandalienationIn1995,thestrategyofdomesticationandalienationwasputforwardbyLawrenceVenuti,whowasafamousAmericantheoristoftranslating,inhisbookTheTranslator’sInvisibility.Domesticationiscommittedtomakingthetargettextlocalization,whichistoadoptthewayofexpressionthatreadersarefamiliarwithtotransmittheoriginalcontent.Thedomestication strategy ishelpfulforreaderstounderstandthetargettextbetter.What’smore,itcanalsoenhancethereadabilityandappreciationofthetargettext;thealienationstrategyneedstranslatorstopayattentiontoculturaldifferences,andthetargettextmustexpressdifferencesinlanguageandcultureofforeigntextasmuchaspossible.Andthealienation strategyisconduciveto14 B.A.EnglishPaper,QingdaoBinhaiUniversityabetterunderstandingofforeignculturalcharacteristics.Venutioncesaid:“Domesticationbringsauthorintothecultureoftargetlanguage,whilealienationistoacceptthedifferenceofforeigntextinlanguageandculture,tobringreaderstoforeignenvironment.”Thereisneitherabsolutedomesticationnoralienationintranslatology,andtheyaretheunityofoppositesandcomplementarytoeachother.4.2ThecorrespondingtranslationstrategiestoalienationDisputeofdomesticationandalienationexistsallthetimeintheprocessoftranslationofChineseenigmaticfolksimile,andtwotranslationstrategieshavetheirownadvantages,however,howtochoosethebetterone?Forexample,“三个臭皮匠——顶个诸葛亮”somepeopletranslateitto“Twoheadsarebetterthanone.”Whileotherpeopletranslateitto“ThreecobblerswiththeirwitscombinedtogetherequalChukelLiang,themastermind.”ThefirstoneobviouslyadoptsthedomesticationstrategyandthetargettextalsoadjuststoexpressionofEnglish,anditslanguageisconciseandordinary.Besides,itiseasyforreaderstounderstandandaccept.ButthereisaproblemthatChukelLianginenigmaticfolksimilesisnotequalto“one”inthetargettext.ChukelLiangisaverysmartpersonintheRomanceofthreekingdomswhichisoneoffourmasterpiecesofchina,whileoneonlystandsforanordinarypeople;thesecondoneemploysthealienationstrategyandthetargettextstillretainsthecharacteristicsofChinesetomakereadersfromforeigncountriesknowChineseculturalconnotationbetter,contributingtoculturalexchangesaroundtheworld.However,itisdifficulttounderstandforthereadersfromEnglish-speakingcountries.What’smore,itslanguageistoolongandcomplexwhichcannotreflectthecharacteristicsofsimpleandhumorousinenigmaticfolksimiles,anditishardtoraisereaders’interestinreading,whichresultsinbadeffectsonculturalcommunication.Thereisanotherexample:老师拿着这次考试的成绩单走进来了，我的心里真是十五只吊桶打水-七上八下。Theteachercomesin,withthetranscriptinhishand.andinmyheart,itislikefifteenbucketsbeinghurriedlyintoawellforwater——eightgoingdownwhilesevencomingup.14 B.A.EnglishPaper,QingdaoBinhaiUniversity他这一阵，心头如同十五个吊桶打水——七上八下，老是宁静不下来。（周而复《上海的早晨》）(Qi,2009)Hismindwasinturmoilthesedaysandhewasquietunabletothinkstraight.Theformeronemakesuseofthealienationstrategy,andthetargettextkeepstwoimagesof“十五个吊桶”and“七上八下”.Andthelatteroneabandonstheoriginalimage,usingthedomesticationstrategy.IttranslatesdirectlyintoauthenticEnglishphrases“inturmoil”,whichcanexpresstheauthor’spointofviewmoreclearly.Sohowtochoosethetranslationstrategyofdomesticationoralienationinenigmaticfolksimilesisadifficultpoint.Aboutthisproblem,itdependsontypesofenigmaticfolksimiles,thepurposeoftranslator,featuresofwritingandthereadersfacedwith.Ifthetranslatorregardsspreadingcultureaspurpose,allowingreaderstounderstandandlearnChineseculture,itisbettertoadoptalienationstrategy.Forinstance,TheChinese-EnglishDictionaryofEnigmaticFolkSimileswhichiswrittenbyGuozhuzhangandProfessorJohnS.Rohsennowand100 ChineseTwo-partAllegoricalSayingswhoseauthorisJiacenbothadoptthealienationstrategyinordertomakeEnglishreadersunderstandandlearnChineseculturebetter.Besides,ifthetargettextcankeepfeaturesandimagesoftheoriginaltextandisindifferenttoexchangeofinformationatthesametime,italsocantakealienationstrategy.Anotherexampleisasfollowing.咱们俩的事，一条绳上栓着两只蚂蚱——谁也跑不了！Weareliketwograsshopperstiedtoonecord,neithercangetaway!去设埋伏我们都没有信心，想必他一定在昨天晚上就早溜了，今天去也是瞎子点灯——白费蜡。Wehadnoconfidenceintoday’sambushbecauseweweresurehehadescapedlastnight.Itseemedasuselessasablindmanlightingacandle.(Qi,2009)Inthesetwoexamples,thetranslatorretainsthecharacteristicsofspeciallanguageform.Inthiswaythetargettextdoesnotonlyhaveabadeffectoncommunicationofinformation,butalsopromotethecommunicationofcultureandthought,whichcanbringasimilarpleasuretoreadersofthetargettext.Thereasonwhythetargettextattractsreadersisthatthemetaphorinthetargettextwhichis14 B.A.EnglishPaper,QingdaoBinhaiUniversityremarkablytruetolifeistheproductofhuman’scommonthinkinganditcanovercomebarriersoflanguagetobeunderstoodandacceptedbyreadersfromothercountries.However,asfortheliteraryworks,itisbettertousethedomesticationstrategy.Becausethepurposesofreadersaretoenjoytheworks,orjustforamusement.Forexample,你别狗咬吕洞宾——不识好人心。我是好心好意劝你，倒粘到我身上来了。（周而复《上海的早晨》）Don’tsnarpandsnarlatmewhenI’mtryingtodomybestforyou.Igiveyoumyadvicewiththebestwillintheworldandyouturnroundandlaytheblameonme.TheChineseenigmaticfolksimileintheexamplesentenceinvolvesapersoninChinesemythsandlegends.Iftranslatorschoosetoadoptliteraltranslationtoretaintheoriginalculturalinformation,itneedstoaddannotationstoexplainthatwhoisLvdongbin,besidesitalsoneedstoexplaintheallusionthatLvdongbinisapersonwhoenjoysdoinggooddeeds.Infact,thestoryinenigmaticfolksimilesisunimportanthere,itisbettertogiveuptheculturalbackgroundknowledgeandusingliteraltranslationtranslateitas“I’mtryingtodomybestforyou”ratherthantakegreatpainstotranslateitwhichmaymakereadersnotfullyunderstand.Inthisway,thetargettextcannotonlymakesurethattheimportantinformationcanbeefficientlydelivertoreaders,butalsomakethelanguageofChineseenigmaticfolksimileconcise.Althoughtheallusion“狗咬吕洞宾”isnotreflectedinthesamplesentence,thetranslatoremploystwoverbs“snarp”and“snarl”todescribefigurativelytheimagethatdogisbarking.Aboveall,thetargettextsomewhatreproducesthewonderfulrhetoricaleffectsofChineseenigmaticfolksimile.Throughthepracticeoveralargenumberoftranslations,thetranslationstrategiesofdomesticationandalienationinChineseenigmaticfolksimilecanbesummarizedasfollows:4.2.1LiteraltranslationMajoritiesofChineseenigmaticfolksimilesadoptvividmetaphorwhoseconnotationsbelongtogeneralthingsorcommonsense,anditgenerallyadoptsliteral14 B.A.EnglishPaper,QingdaoBinhaiUniversitytranslationwhentherelationshipofmetaphorisclear,thatistranslatingwithouttoomuchextensionandexplanation.Theadvantagesofliteraltranslationdonotonlyretaincontentoforiginalwork,butalsokeeptheformoflanguage.What’smore,itisconvenientforreaderstoreadandappreciate.Forexample:瘫子掉在井里——捞起也是坐Evenifaparalyticfallsintoawell,hecanbenoworseoffthanbefore.(Wei,Xi,2005)竹篮打水——一场空Drawingwaterfromabamboobasket——allinvain.哑巴梦见妈——说不出来的苦Likeadumbmandreamingofhismother,hecouldnotexpresshisdespair!Thetranslatoremploysliteraltranslationtokeepthecharacteristicsoforiginalwork,inordertosatisfytheexpectationoftargetlanguagereaders.1.2.2LiteralfillingmethodDuetodifferencesoflanguagebetweenChineseandwesternculture,someenigmaticfolksimilesmaynotbeunderstoodbywesternreaderswhenonlyusingliteraltranslation.Therefore,theseChineseenigmaticfolksimilesshouldtakeliteralfillingmethodsoastoexpresstheoriginalmeaningandmetaphoricalmeaningofenigmaticfolksimilesfully.Suchas,狗戴帽子——装人Adogiswearingacap——pretendingtobeahumanbeing(aninsult)InChineseculture,theidiomswith“dog”generallymeanderogatorysense.Forinstance,“狼心狗肺、狗仗人势、狗头军师”Whileinwesternculture,“dog”isasymbolofgoodluck,suchas,“Everydoghasitsownday.”(人人都有得意日)Besides,someenigmaticfolksimilesthatcontainallusionsneedtoemployliteralfillingmethodtoavoidmakingEnglishreadersfeelconfused.Forexample,周瑜打黄盖——一个愿打，一个愿挨BoxonearwasskillfullygivenbyaChouYuandgladlytakenbyHuangKai.(AfourteenthcenturynovelbasedoneventswhichtookplaceinthethirdcenturyA.D.ChouYuoftheKingdomWuhadHuangKai,anotherofWugeneral,cruellybeaten,14 B.A.EnglishPaper,QingdaoBinhaiUniversityandthensenthimtotheenemycampinordertodeceivetheenemy.)(Qi,2009)1.2Thecorrespondingtranslationstrategiestodomestication4.3.1FreetranslationFreetranslationmainlyreferstograspingthecontentandmetaphoricalmeaningandexpressflexiblyaccordingtocontext.我这个人你也知道。说话向来是袖筒里入槌——直出直入。Youknowme——Ispeakfranklyandtothepoint.他必审问我，我给他个“徐庶入曹营”——一言不发。(Yang,2008)HeissuretoaskquestionsbutI’llholdmytonguetobeginwith.穷棒子闹翻身，是八仙过海，各显神通Whenwepassfromtheoldsocietytothenewone,eachofusshowshistrueworth.我们校队近年来可是“孔夫子搬家——净是书（输）。(Yang,2008)Ourschoolteamhaskeptlosingintherecentyears.4.3.2CombinationofliteralandfreetranslationChineseenigmaticfolksimileoftenhasdeephistoricalandculturalstigmaanditisdifficulttotransplantthecultureinformationoforiginalworksintoEnglishlanguage.Itisbettertousecombinationofliteralandfreetranslation,bythiswaycantargettextexpressthemeaningoforiginalworkmoreclearly.Combinationofliteralandfreetranslationisundoubtedlyoneoftheeffectivemeansforculturalsupplement,becauseitcannotretaintheoriginalimagesofmetaphor,butalsomaintaintheintegrityoftheculturalcontent.Forexample:我说二三百两银子，你就说二三十两，戴着斗笠亲嘴——差着一帽子。WhenIsaytwoorthreehundredtaels,yousaytwentyorthirty!It’slikekissinginstrawhelmets——thelipsarefarapart!(Qi,2009)兔子的尾巴——长不了Thetailofarabbitcan’tbelong——won’tlastlong.4.3.3LoantranslationLoantranslation,whichisalsoknownasborrowingtranslationisakindofmethodsthatalanguagecanborrowcorrespondingproverbsorotheridiomsofanotherlanguage.SomeEnglishidiomsandChineseenigmaticfolksimilesemploy14 B.A.EnglishPaper,QingdaoBinhaiUniversitythesameorsimilarmetaphorswhichexpressthesameorsimilarconnotations,andinthiscaseitisbettertousetheEnglishsynonymousidiomstotranslate.Forexample:冰冻三尺——非一日之寒Romewasnotbuiltinaday.肉包子打狗——有去无回Beatingadogwithameatdumpling——gonenevertoreturn(Li,Zeng,2009)脱裤子放屁——多此一举TocarrycoalstoNewcastle.Theemotionofrhetoricmustbenoticedintheprocessofloantranslation,asfortwodifferentrhetoricallanguages,loantranslationcan’tbeapplied.Forexample,“王婆卖瓜——自卖自夸”Everypedlarpraiseshisownneedles.Itcan’ttranslateto“Nomancriesstinkyfish”.Becausetheformeronehaspositivecolorwhilethelatteronehasn’t.4.3.4OmissionOmissionreferstoignoresomewordsoftheoriginaltextintheprocessoftranslation,ratherthandeletethewholetext.IgnoringthewordsthatareunnecessaryorwordsarenotinconformitywiththeEnglishexpressionhabit.癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉——痴心妄想Youarelikeatoadtryingtoswallowaswan.赔了夫人又折兵——双重损失You’velostthecampaignandyourwifeintothebargain.(Qi,2009)Theabovetwocases’figurativemeaningareobvious,andreadersoftargettextcanunderstandthefigurativemeaningfromtheimagesofvehicledirectly,ortheycaninferitsmeaningfromthecontext.Sothepartofmetaphoronlyneedstobetranslated.Thereisnoirreconcilableconflictbetweenthesetwostrategiesofdomesticationandalienation,andtheyarealltheessentialmeansoflanguagetranslationandculturalexchangeamongdifferentnationalities,andthekeypointistocontrolthe“degree”.Domesticationisthetrendoftranslation,butitdoesnotmeangivingupthe14 B.A.EnglishPaper,QingdaoBinhaiUniversitystrategyofalienation.Tomaintaintheirowncharacteristics,differentculturesareattractive,andonlybythiswaycantheyhavedeepcommunication.Itiseasytomakeitbeaccepted,bypassingtheoriginalsentencesandimagesandonlypayingattentiontoitspragmaticfunctions.Whileontheotherhand,itisattheexpenseofthelargeamountofculturalinformation.Translatorshouldtakethereadersoftargettextasservicecenter,tryingtokeepthefeaturesoforiginaltextandatthesametime,translatorneedintroduceawholenewlanguagecompositionandexpressionintothetargetlanguage,topromotetheinteractionandinfiltrationoftwodifferentlanguagesandcultures.1.ConclusionThetranslationmethodsofChineseenigmaticfolksimileareflexibleandnotsticktoonepattern,itneedstoovercomethebarriersoflanguageandcultureanddifferenttranslationmethodsadoptindifferentsituations.Iftranslatorregardsspreadingculture,allowingreaderstounderstandandlearnChinesecultureasthepurpose,itisbettertoadoptalienationstrategy.AsforthoseChineseenigmaticfolksimilethatarevividbuteasytounderstand,itshouldretainthecontentandformoftheoriginaltextandadopttheliteraltranslationpolicy.However,asforliteraryworks,itisbettertoemploydomesticationtotranslate.Forexample,duetodifferenceoflanguageandculture,someChineseenigmaticfolksimilescanadoptcorrespondingtranslationstrategiesofdomesticationwhichiseasiertoacceptbyEnglishreaders;ButasformetaphoricalsayingswhichhasthecharacteristicsofstrongnationalfeaturesandpuntypeChineseenigmaticfolksimiles,alsocanadoptthecombinationofliteralandfreetranslationpolicy.AsforthetranslationofChineseenigmaticfolksimile,theoreticallyspeakingithasitsvalueandinnovation;onthesignificanceofpractice,ithasapositivecomplementtotranslationpractice.ItcanhelpforeignfriendsunderstandthecultureandcivilizationofChinabettertofamiliarwithandlearnChineseenigmaticfolksimile.Chineseenigmaticfolksimileasanopportunitytowesterners,fromwhichtheycanunderstandtheprofound，richandcolorfulChineseculturebetter,toobservethedelicatenuancesofChineseculture.14 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B.A.EnglishPaper,QingdaoBinhaiUniversityAcknowledgementsIwillespeciallygreatlythankMs.Shi,mysupervisor,forherinsightfulsuggestionandencouragementwithoutwhichthiswouldnothavebeenpossible.Mysupervisorgivesmeconstanthelpinthewholeprocessofthewritingofthesis,soIwouldfirstgivemythankstoher.MythanksalsogototheinformativeandinspiringcoursesbymyteachersatQingdaoBinhaiUniversity.AndIwanttothankMs.Qiu,whogivesmemanydetailedinformationabouthowtowritethesis.Finally,Iamgratefulfortheinsightandadviceprovidebymyclassmates.Withouttheirconstantencouragementandhelp,thisthesiscouldnotbeencompletedinduetime.14'