Chinese-to-English Translation Analysis of the Article Cultural Confidence, Self-reflection and Responsibility: from Guidelines for Children to Chinese National Studies

Translation promotes cross-language meaning transmission and bridges cross-culture understanding of the people from different countries. The Confucian introductory textbook, Guidelines for Children, holds significant value for contemporary children’s value education and is an indispensable part of the inheritance of Chinese culture and educational practice. To contribute to the promotion of Chinese culture internationally, this translation practice takes the article of Cultural Confidence, Self-reflection and Responsibility: from Guidelines for Children to Chinese National Studies as the source text. This report uses the framework of “Comprehension, Expression and Adaptation” proposed by Professor Li Changshuan to discuss the difficulties the translator encountered in understanding the text, expressing the meaning and adapting the text and the corresponding solutions. There are five chapters in this practice report. Part I is the introduction to the translation task; Part II is the translation process; Part III introduces the analysis framework of "Comprehension, Expression and Adaptation"; Part IV is the main part—case analysis. Part V summarizes the gains and reflections in the course of completing the task.