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LiuYing：ComparativeStudyonTranslationofCulture—specificInformationinHongLouMeng 237 A ComparativeStudyonTranslationofCulture-specificInformationin HongLouM eng LiuYing Abstract：Withhteunprecedentedquickspeedofglobalizationandculturalintegration，maintainingdiversifi· cationandmulticulturalism—orientedehtnical cultureshasbecomeallhtemoreindispensableintranslation． ThesameistruewithhtetrnaslationofChineseclassics．Wiht hteframeworkofNewmark’stheoryofsemantic translationandcommunicativertanslation，htispaperintendstomakeacomparativestudyofhtetwoEnglish versionsofHongLouMengtrna slatedbyYangHsien—yiandDavidHawkesrespectively，concerninghtediffer- entapproacheshteyhaveadoptedinhtetranslationofculture·specificinformation． Keywords：ehtnicalculturessemantictranslation communicativertanslation compraativestudy Author：LiuYingisateacherofhteEnglishDepartmentinDalianPolytechnicUniversity．Shemajorsinhte Englishlanguageandliterature．E—mail：fsdlgz1982@ 126．com 标题：《红楼梦》中文化内容的翻译对比 内容提要：在当今 日益迅速的全球化与文化融合的背景下，翻译应尊重和保存各民族的文化，积极推动 文化多样性和多元化，中国古典文学的翻译亦应如此。 《红楼梦》目前 已有两个完整的英译本：杨宪益 以语义翻译为主的译本和大卫 ·霍克斯的以交际翻译为主的译本。本文仅就两位翻译家在文化内容翻 译上的不同处理手法所产生的效果，来对两个译本作一些对比研究。 关键词：民族文化 语义翻译 交际翻译 对比研究 作者简介：刘莹，大连工业大学艺术与信息工程学院英语系教师，研究方向为英语语言文学。 Hong LouMeng，thergeatclassical Chinese rtanslationapproachesareadoptedon someculture— novelwritteninthemid—eighteencentury duringthe specificinfomr ation． reignofEmperorChien—lungofhteChingDynasty， Tobegin wiht． 1would like to discuss hte hasbeenwidelypopularhtroughouthtelasttwohun— rtanslationofHong．Yanghasrtanslatedhteplace dredyearsandmore．Asapanoramaoflifein~udal wherePao—yulivesasHappyRedCourtwhileinDa- society，itbearsasrtongcolorofChinesetraditional vidHawkes’version：itistranslated asCourt of culture．Meanwhilethismonumentalworkhasalso Green Delight．Hong isrespectively translated as enjoyedhighpopularityoverseas．ButhowtheChi— “Red”and “Green”．Itisworthpointingoutthat nese—specificcultu