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;feasibility  of application  of  readers’  response  theory  to  prose  translation,  and  then  makes  a comparative analysis of English versions of The Peanut under the guidance of Nida’s readers’ response theory. The study is carried out from lexical level, syntactical level and textual level respectively. After the study, some practical translation strategies and methods are suggested and discussed to achieve readers’ response in modern Chinese prose translation.  

4.1 The Feasibility of Application of Readers’ Response Theory to Prose Translation
Nowadays, Nida’s “readers’ response theory” has been applied to the translation of some literary genres, such as poetry and novel. For example, The Signification of “Reader Response Theory” in the Translation of English Fiction --A Case Study on the Translation of The Apple Tree by Liu Jianyu (2012). In addition, readers’ response theory has become more and more widely applied to prose translation, an important literary genre, which has been recounted in Chapter 2.3. This proves the feasibility of application of readers’ response theory to prose translation. The author of this thesis offers three reasons to justify the feasibility.  Firstly,  Nida  once  argued  that  “...  Meaning  must  be  given  priority,  for  it  is  the content of the message which is of prime importance for translating. This means that certain rather radical departures from the formal structure are not only legitimate but may even be highly desirable (Nida and Taber, 1969).” In chapter two, the author of this thesis has mentioned that the first distinctive feature of modern Chinese prose is “flexible in writing form but united in spirit”, which means that it rarely focuses on the  form,  but  stresses  the  expression  of meaning.
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Conclusion

This chapter draws a conclusion of the thesis, which covers some major findings and contributions, and the limitations and some useful suggestions for future research. After the contrastive analysis of three English versions of The Peanut in light of Nida’s readers’ response theory, there are some major findings listed below:
(1) This  thesis  confirms  that  Nida’s  readers’  response  theory  is  one  of  the  best translation  theories  to  guide  the  modern  Chinese  prose  translation.  The  features  of modern  Chinese  prose  mean  that  it  emphasizes  the  expression  of  meaning.  And  the translation  of  modern  Chinese  prose  aims  to  be  fully  understood  by  the  target language  readers.  The  meaning  and  the  readers’  response  are  both  given  priority  in Nida’s readers’ response theory. Therefore, the application of Nida’s readers’ response theory to modern Chinese prose translation is possible and feasible. 
(2) In order to realize the closest natural equivalence and meet the requirement of the  target  language  readers,  the  translators  should  comprehend  the &本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。