TITLE:
Translating Dish Names: Food Cultural Representation in Hong Lou Meng
AUTHORS:
Aimin Peng
KEYWORDS:
Food Culture in Hong Lou Meng, Dish Name Translation
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.2 No.2,
February
4,
2015
ABSTRACT: Dish name translation in literary texts is worth studying; it’s different
from restaurant menu translation. This article differentiates the two translations
by Yang & Yang and Hawkes through studying on the translation of dish names
in Hong Lou Meng and puts forward three
principles and three suggestions from the linguistic level and cultural level, respectively.