An Analysis of the Translation Strategies of English Versions of Kong Yiji

Kong Yiji is one of Lu Xun’s representative short stories whose dissemination cannot be separated from the efforts Chinese and western translators. Created under background collision old new cultures, Its cultural connotation linguistic features bring obstacle for its translation. At present, most authoritative version are those translated by Yang Xianyi Gladys Yang, Julia Lovell William A . Lyell. comparative study translation strategies methods adopted three versions can help translators learn them. After analysis, it found that translations different in dealing with language differences, among which foreignization more conducive to presenting characteristics original text premise ensuring fluency