Chinese-English Translation Strategies of Children’s Picture Books from the Perspective of Multimodality
A Case Study of The Monkey King Series
Keywords:
children’s picture books, multimodality, Chinese-English translation strategiesAbstract
Children's picture books are a marginal genre of children's literature, and their expressions are rich in pictures and texts, which plays a good role in promoting the overall development of children's language and cognition. In recent years, many foreign children's picture books have been introduced and translated into China, but relatively little attention has been paid to the original Chinese picture books, and the search for children's picture book translations rich in Chinese elements and culture has not attracted much attention. Therefore, this study first selects the original Chinese picture book The Monkey King and then uses literature review and case study methods, to discuss the translation strategies of children's picture books from a multimodal perspective, hoping to provide a preliminary reference for the translation practice of original Chinese children's picture books.
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