Abstract: Taking A Dream of Red Mansion for example, this study aims to study the translation strategies of idioms including literal translation, free translation, borrowing translation, amplification and annotation. A large number of idioms in this book have been carried out to analyze and discuss when and how these methods should be applied. Through the detailed introduction of these five strategies, it is hoped to relief the stress of the translators so that they could use these methods flexibly to convey the meaning and emotion of the original works exactly; thus foreign people could understand our Chinese culture better.

Key words: idioms translation; translation strategy; A Dream of Red Mansion

CONTENTS

Abstract

中文摘要

1. Introduction-1

1.1 A Brief Introduction of the Chinese Idioms

1.2 Translation Standards of the Chinese Idioms

1.3 Problems in the Translation of Chinese Idioms in A Dream of Red Mansions

2. Translation Strategies of Chinese Idioms in A Dream of Red Mansions-3

2.1 Literal Translation

2.1.1 Definition of Literal Translation

2.1.2 Possibility and Necessity of Literal Translation

2.1.3 Application of Literal Translation of Chinese Idioms in A Dream of Red Mansions

2.2 Free Translation

2.2.1 Definition of Free Translation

2.2.2 Possibility and Necessity of Free Translation

2.2.3 Application of Free Translation of Chinese Idioms in A Dream of Red Mansions

2.3 Borrowing Translation

2.4 Annotation

2.5 Amplification

3. Conclusions-9

Bibliography-10

Acknowledgements-11