On the English Translation of Culture-loaded Words in Qiang Jin Jiu

Abstract

Qiang Jin Jiu, a classical poem created by one of the best ancient Chinese poets Li Bai, has more than one English version. Whether it is translated into a metrical verse or a free verse in English, the culture-loaded words in the poem have always been a major problem. For this reason, this study selects four English translations of metrical and freestyles respectively and sorts out the culture-loaded words that are easily misunderstood, aiming to find out the differences between the metrical and free verse translations through case studies to promote the out-going of Tang poetry.