Translation difficulties in English translation of Chinese classics and their countermeasures — A case study on The Spring and Autumn Annals of Master Yan translated by Yoav Ariel and Olivia Milburn

This paper takes The Spring and Autumn Annals of Master Yan by Ou Yongfu and Mi Omin as the research object, and focuses on the difficulties and translation strategies in the translation of Chinese classics into English. There are great differences between Chinese and English languages and cultures, leading to many difficulties in the translation of Chinese classics, such as understanding errors, information inequality, information gaps, style differences, etc. In the translation process, the two translators mainly adopted the methods of addition, annotation, transliteration and annotation, interpretation, etc., so as to make the translation more in line with the reading habits of the target language readers and make Chinese classics “go global”.