摘要：中国是一个传承着悠久历史和灿烂文化的国家。随着时代的发展，英语交流越来越频繁，因此我们需要越来越多精通翻译的人才来发展和丰富中国传统文化。众所周知，中餐是中国特色之一，这导致了许多外国人对中国菜很感兴趣。所以菜单的翻译也是一种中国文化的体现。

为了展示其独特之处，我们需要精准的菜单翻译。而严复的信达雅标准是他自己翻译经验的总结。本文从“信”、“雅”、“雅”的角度解释了有关八大菜系的翻译的一系列问题。从而既解释了食物的有形意义，又传播了中国文化，传承了中华文明。

关键词：信；达；雅；八大菜系

Contents

摘要

Abstract

1. Introduction1

1.1Significance of research.1

1.2Problem of research1

1.3Framework of research.2

2. Literature Review2

  2.1 Introduction of eight regional cuisines3

  2.2 Research status5

  2.3 Faithfulness, expressiveness and elegance6

3. Deeper Analysis of Faithfulness, Expressiveness and Elegance8

3.1 Relations between faithfulness, expressiveness and elegance8

3.2 Advantages and disadvantages10

3.3 Feasibility of translating eight regional cuisines.11

4. Translation of Eight Regional Cuisines.12

4.1 From faithfulness.12

  4.1.1 By producer and place12

  4.1.2 By Chinese phonetic alphabet13

4.2 From expressiveness13

4.2.1 By number14

4.2.2 By cooking method.15

4.3 From elegance.16

  4.3.1 By rhetoric16

4.3.2 By implied meaning.17

4.3.3 By historical story.18

5. Conclusion19

References.21