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Chapter One Introduction

1.1 Research Background

With  the  deepening  of  globalization,  China‟s  economic  and  political  discourse power  has  been  constantly  enhanced,  and  cultural  soft  power  has  also  become  an important  part  to  participate  in  the  word  competition.  China  also  encourages  to  “Tell Chinese  stories  well  and  spread  Chinese  voice  well”.  And  the  translation  of  Chinese literature works is an important way to tell “Chinese stories”. Reading the translation of Chinese  literary  works  is  a  direct  way  to  understand  Chinese  culture  and  Chinese society.  Every  year,  lots  of  works  of  Chinese  literature  are  translated  into  dozens  of languages  and  introduced  to  readers  around  the  world.  So,  the  quality  of  these translations is  becoming more important.  A  good translator  can not only be faithful to the original text, but also adapt to and select the proper translation methods to finish an outstanding  work.  He  can  use  exquisite  words  and  his  profound  understanding  of  the culture of the source language to achieve a wonderful translation and give a second life to the original text in foreign culture. 

Xue  Mo  is  a  very  famous  western  writer  in  China.  Desert  Rites  is  one  of  his splendid works of Xue Mo. Xue Mo is the vice chairman of Gansu Writers Association. And he was nominated for the Mao Dun Literature Prize three times. Desert Rites is one of the “Desert Trilogy”, which took the author more than twenty years to complete. It is a  manifestation  of  the  original  ecology  of  western  culture,  describing  the  hardships, helplessness and calm life of western peasants. Because of its strong artistic atmosphere, Desert Rites has won more than ten awards, such as the third Feng Mu Literature Prize and China Red Eagle Writers Prize. Since this novel was published in 2000, it has been read  and  loved  widely.  Xue  Mo‟s  Desert  Rites  enjoys  its  great  reputation  among  the foreign  readers,  thanks  to  the  work  of  English  translator  Howard  Goldblatt.  After  the translation of this novel, it has became one of Xue Mo‟s most representative works. 

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1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Thesis

This  dissertation  is  based  on  the  English  version  of  Desert  Rites,  and  the  aim  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。