This paper explores the translation of children’s literature Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator from the perspective of Reception Aesthetics. Taking Ren Rongrong’s translation as the analysis object, it adopts close reading method, selecting instances with typical characteristics. Firstly, according to translation methods, it is divided into literal translation and free translation; furthermore, taking Reception Aesthetics as the interpretation perspective, the study is conducted from the respect of word, syntax and rhetoric. The lexical level refers to adjustment of word order, four-character word use,etc.; for syntax, it involves changing complex sentence to simple sentence, reduplicated words use, adjustment of comparative structure etc.; rhetoric concerns using addition, omission and other translation techniques to deal with simile, parallelism and other rhetorical device. From the analysis, it is concluded that the appropriate way to translate children’s literature is to take children readers as the center. Translators should bear in mind the child-centered idea and flexibly adopt translation methods such as literal translation and free translation, so as to meet the expectations of readers and improve the acceptability of translation among children readers.

Yizhuo Qiao. Study on the Chinese Translation of Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator from the Perspective of Reception Aesthetics. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2023) Vol. 6, Issue 25: 28-34. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2023.062505.

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