Foreign translation and international communication of excellent traditional culture is the key issue of Chinese translation and cultural communication in the new century, and it is also an important cultural behavior and cultural strategy for national development and exchange. Based on the advantages of Chinese language and culture, Chinese culture and its unique perspective are introduced to the world in a more comprehensive way. The theory of functional equivalence is an important theoretical basis for the translation of literary works, emphasizing the theme of dynamic language. In the theory of context hierarchy, cultural context corresponds to discourse genre, situational context corresponds to register, and contextual context corresponds to language expression form, which has a good guiding effect on the foreign translation of excellent traditional culture. The research results of this paper are conducive to creating a new translation model with Chinese characteristics, eliminating misreading and misunderstanding in the Western world, and improving the acceptance of Chinese cultural concepts in foreign countries.

Xiuli Jiao, Peipei Li. The Utilization of Functional Equivalence Theory and Context Hierarchy Theory in the Translation of Excellent Traditional Chinese Culture. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2024), Vol. 6, Issue 1: 40-44. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2024.060108.

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