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ulation in the translated version. This chapter aims to summarize the principles which  exist  in  the  palace  culture  translations  and  are  hoped  to  provide  some suggestions for the translation of other similar novels. 

5.1 Principle of Keeping the Original Style Selectively
 Goldblatt  often  recommends  Yan  Fu’s  Xin  (faithfulness),  Da(expressiveness) and  Ya  (elegance)  as  criteria  of  a  good  translation.  He  keeps  stating  that  the translation  should  be  faithful  to  the  original  as  much  as  possible.  Therefore,  it’s  not difficult  to  figure  out  that  he  endeavors  to  obey  the  principle  of  faithfulness  in translating  this  novel.  In  order  to  follow  the  principle  of  faithfulness,  Goldblatt translates  some  palace  culture  words  in  a  literal  way,  so  it’s  easy  to  find transliteration in the English version of Wo De Di Wang Sheng Ya.  
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Conclusion

This thesis aims to make an analysis of the translations of palace culture through intensive  reading  of  Wo  De  Di  Wang  Sheng  Ya  and  its  English  version  My  Life  as Emperor  within  the  framework  of  André?  Lefevere’s  rewriting  theory,  followed  by some  principles  beneficial  to  the  translations  of  palace  culture  in  similar  historical novels in the future. Consequently, there are two major findings, which are presented in detail in the following part. In conformity with the two research questions proposed in the introduction, there are two major findings in this thesis. First, it can be concluded that Howard Goldblatt’s selection of Wo De Di Wang Sheng  Ya  is  closely  related  to  the  main  ideology  and  poetics  in  America  and  his personal ideology. To be specific, the influence of the main ideology in target readers’ society on the translator can be explained in three ways. First and foremost, Su Tong, the original author, is one of the most renowned Chinese authors in the western world. Second,  this  novel  itself  justifies  the  selection  of  Wo  De  Di  Wang  Sheng  Ya  to  be translated. Set in an imaginary period in ancient China, it depicts imperial life in the court,  full  of  mystery  and  oriental  appeal  to  the  target  readers,  especially  the description  of  palace  culture,  like  the  imperial  garments,  etiquette,  dispute, entertainment  and  so  on.  Last  but  not  least,  the  theme  represented  in  this  novel, namely, the loss and regain of humanity, is by no means strange to the target readers, w本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。