C-E Translation Of Chinese Porcelain Artifact Vocabulary

Porcelain Artifact is the historical and cultural heritage with significance and also the important component for cultural promotion of China. A systematic summary and analysis of English translation of porcelain artifact vocabulary is a good way for regulating international communication route of contemporary porcelain artifact in order to promote the specification and unification of relating market; and it provides a standard translation reference for domestic and overseas researchers and hobbyists relatively. Thus acceleration will be brought to the inheritance and protection of porcelain artifact. This essay is based on the C-E translation of Porcelains in Imperial Palace, the sixth section of Documentary the Imperial Palace from the writer’s edition, and it used the vocabularies relating to porcelain artifact for summarizing the C-E translation. The essay begins with the analysis of contemporary translation condition of porcelain artifact vocabulary and generalizes the translation characteristics in the Eastern and Western background briefly, and also introduces the concrete characteristics of porcelain artifact vocabulary. By the quotes of English translation in the Documentary, the essay makes a research and analysis of C-E translation of such vocabulary.The features of porcelain artifact vocabulary including culture, expertise and diversity all make such vocabulary classify to Scientific English by researchers. However, considering of the feature as cultural load vocabulary, translator should combine it with concrete cultural features in the process of C-E translation. In this essay, the writer applies the practice of C-E translation of Porcelains in Imperial Palace and bases on the three characteristics of porcelain artifact vocabulary for summarizing three C-E translation strategies. Meanwhile, the essay also makes comparison and analysis through other excellent C-E translation examples to perfect relative problems in the translation process.