The Translation Strategy of Culture-Loaded Words of Song Ci

In the context of the new century that sees the world is undergoing the greatest changes, cultural export and infiltration serves as a crucial channel for China in promoting its cultural soft power and furthering international cooperation and exchanges. Moreover, Song Ci plays an indelible role in Chinese cultural development and culture-loaded words in Song Ci embody specific language features. For this reason, the paper analyze the versions of celebrated translators, including Xu Yuanchong, Lin yutang and Kenneth Rexroth. It also classifies the culture-loaded words and generalizes its translation strategies and method. The paper points out that the two translation strategies, domestication and foreignization, are unity of opposites which complement each other. Translation scholars should combine the advantages and disadvantages of each translation strategy with their translation purposes so as to improve the quality of translation and further contribute to the spread of Chinese culture.