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On Sociopragmatic Equivalence Effect in Translation Mengyuan Fu* Jinggangshan Normal College Abstract: The culture-specific expressions, which produce in different culture backgrounds, carry different cultures. The equivalent effect of sociopragmatics in translation usually occurs when the translator holds a correct conception of the different social institutions or cultural backgrounds between the source language and the target language, and adequately represents one for the other. Based on Nida’s “Dynamic Equivalence” theory, some approaches are put forward to get sociopragmatic equivalence effect in translation. Key words: the culture-specific expressions Dynamic Equivalence sociopragmatic equivalence Currently the dominant evaluation concept in translation is that of “equivalence”: the quality of a translated text is assessed in terms of its equivalence to the original text. Since no translation is ever completely equivalent, a number of different translations can in fact represent varying degrees of equivalence. This means that “equivalence”, instead of being understood in its mathematical meaning of identity, should be understood in terms of proximity. It is called as “Dynamic Equivalence” by Nida and Taber (1969). Leech (1983, 11) classified general pragmatics into pragmalinguistics and sociopragmatic, and said, “…we do need detailed pragmatics into pragmalinguistics studies which are language-specific, and detailed socio-pragmatic studies which are culture-specific. The author of this thesis will only discuss the problem of sociopragmatic equivalent effect. The standard of dynamic equivalent will be adopted to evaluate the effect of translation.” Ziran He (1992)，claims that sociopragmatic equivalent effect refers to this consideration which depends on the translator’s beliefs as well as his/her social and cross-cultural knowledge. It can be achieved when a translator holds a correct conception of the different social institutions or cultural backgroun