A Study on Place Name Translation Strategies for the Shu Roads
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Place Name Translation; the Shu Roads; A Survey Report on the Southern Section of the Shu Roads (2017–2018).Abstract
Place name translation is an important component of cross-cultural communication and a key link in the international dissemination of Chinese cultural heritage. A Survey Report on the Southern Section of the Shu Roads (2017–2018) documents various types of remains along the southern section of the Shu Roads, including the ancient road proper, passes, city sites, bridges, grotto temples, and cliffside carvings, involving translation practices for a large number of place names of different types. Taking this text as its research object, this paper reviews the current state of place name translation research and existing problems. Referring to established classification methods in place name studies, it categorizes Shu Roads place names according to the attributes of the geographical entities they refer to, and discusses translation strategies for each type respectively, with a view to providing reference for the English translation of similar cultural heritage place names.
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