A Comparative Study on the Effectiveness of Translation Software in Translating Science Fiction Novels from the Perspective of Skopos Theory

进入新时代，对于提高中国“文化软实力”和“讲好中国故事，有效传播中华文化”的需求日益增长。其中，文学作品的英译具有极其重要的意义，承担着对外传播中华文化的使命。在各种翻译软件和人工智能蓬勃发展的当下，尽管翻译速度提升，译者压力减小，但仍面对各种挑战。本文在目的论的理论指导下，通过研究不同翻译软件及人工智能翻译的有效性，分析英译效果，以提高翻译的有效性，更好地传播中华优秀传统文化。Entering the new era, the demand for enhancing China’s “cultural soft power” and “telling good Chinese stories and effectively disseminating Chinese culture” is increasing day by day. Among them, the English translation of literary works is of extremely important significance and undertakes the mission of spreading Chinese culture to the outside world. In the current era of the vigorous development of various translation software and artificial intelligence, although the translation speed has increased and the pressure on translators has decreased, they still face various challenges. Guided by the theory of teleology, this paper studies the effectiveness of different translation software and artificial intelligence translation, and analyzes the effect of English translation, in order to improve the effectiveness of translation and better disseminate the excellent traditional Chinese culture.