An Analysis Of Translation In Cyber Language From The Perspective Of Functional Equivalence Theory

An Analysis of Translation in Cyber Language from the Perspective of FunctionalEquivalence Theory: Reflections on the Translation of the Tao of TwitterAbstract: The functional equivalence is an important theory proposed by Eugene A.Nida, the famous American linguist. Different from traditional translation theory,functional equivalence pays more attention to reader‘s response to the translated text.Taking the Tao of Twitter as an example, this paper discusses its stylistic features aswell as its translation techniques of cyber language in online social media from theperspective of functional equivalence theory.