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China maintains stable economic and cultural exchange relations with ASEANcountries,and Thailand is one of the ASEAN member countries with a cultural history ofmore than 700 years.Siam,China's ancient name for the current Southeast Asian countryThailand,only changed its name to'Thailand'in the early 20th century,more than 90%ofthe people believe in Buddhism.Our Little Siamese Cousin mainly describes the life ofordinary people in Siam in the 19th century,when Siam was still an agricultural country,agriculture is Thailand's traditional industry,occupying an important position in thenational economy.Siam belongs to the tropical monsoon climate,the temperature issuitable all year round,thus giving the people abundant sunshine and rain.Luckily,thelocal fruits are very sweet and easy to acquire.A large number of people along the river inSiam were on boats for food,clothing,shelter and transportation.In 19th century,Siamesepeople tended to trade coconuts and durian on the water.The boat is one of the main meansof transportation in Siam at that time,in addition to fishing,water fruit industry is also oneof the mainstream economic sources.

Our Little Siamese Cousin is full of Thai cultural color phrases,the content of thenovel not only has the commonalities of Chinese and Thai culture,but also has differencesin social systems,lifestyles and other aspects.Translating its text has a positive role inpromoting cultural exchanges between China and Thailand.

1.2 Introduction to the Source Text

The source text of this translation is selected from Our Little Siamese Cousin byAmerican writer Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade,who had published a series of books on 'cousin',such as Our Little Irish Cousin,Our Little German Cousin,etc.Thailand is oneof the ASEAN member states,based on this,the translator chooses a Siam novel as thetranslation material.Our Little Siamese Cousin was first released in the United States in1903 and launched on the Gutenberg website on October 8,2013 and is free for readers toread,the full text of the novel is about 15,000 English words.This novel belongs to thecategory of juvenile literature.This translation practice selects chapters 1-6,showingreaders the characteristic customs of Siamese in the early 20th century.

This is a juvenile literary novel,due to the limitation of the audience,there are no toocomplex sentences in the text.This novel contains a lot of the daily life of ordinary peopleand the natural beauty in Siam,and the difficulties encountered in the translation processare mainly some Siamese food or old sayings.In addition,there are a large number ofcharacter dialogues,psychological activities and expression descriptions in the works,among which the character dialogues contain idioms,containing unique emotional colorsand cultural connotations.The language style of the novel is humorous,vivid and close tolife,and it is vividly expressed in the portrayal of characters.The translation process maybe difficult because of the limited information and the remote history.There are so manypassive sentences in Our Little Siamese Cousin,and English language habit varies a lotfrom Chinese.The translator will make the text more suitable for the target reade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。