Inferring Conversational Implicature: Managing Implicit and Explicit Information in the Translation of English Children Literature

Based on the cooperative principle brought up by American philosopher of language named Grice, with exemplification and explanation violation four maxims, this paper also combines hedges, analyzing translation hedges so as to better manage implicit explicit information in translation. Meanwhile, how conversational maxims operate a text can contribute characterization style, “the perceived distinctive manner expression writing or speaking” (Wales, 2014, p. 397), helping translator maintaining close stylistic link original (Boase-Beier, 394). Analyzing meaning is constructed generated via fictional assists both hearing recreating literary style narrative voice that guides linguistic choices made author (Munday, 2008, 19). Take children literature example, not only offers peek into causes explicitation implicitation translation, but makes an explanatory study it. Since children’s should comply cognition characteristics reconcile relation between readability educational functions, will again analyze text. Such analysis help translators original, which conducive managing