The Translation of Culture-Specific Items (CSIs) in Chinese-English Food Menu Corpus: A Study of Strategies and Factors

This study investigated how culture-specific items (CSIs) are translated in the Chinese-English food menu corpus. overarching aim was divided into two specific objectives: identifying which procedures prevail translating cultural and determining what factors impinge on selection of procedures. The analysis corpus done descriptively by utilizing “Sketch Engine.” theoretical issues addressed included scope definition CSI, categorization presented data for CSI translation, place within category CSI. Results indicated that neutralizing strategy is employed more than foreignizing domesticating strategies, with latter being last descending order. major identified were metonymical/metaphorical use brand, polysemous nature source degree markedness, false relationship ST item TT item. Correlations between some moderately strong as their values above 50 out ideal value (100). However, other correlations weak therefore requires further investigation.