A Study of Cultural Symbols of Plant Images in Russian-Chinese Translation

Abstract

In Russian and Chinese languages, some plant images are respectively given special meanings and become special cultural symbols with symbolic meanings. Due to the cultural differences between China and Russia, the phenomenon of cultural symbol vacancy naturally arises. From the cultural perspective of translation and based on Sorokin's theory of cultural vacancy, this paper studies the cultural symbols of plant images in Russian and Chinese languages, and then explores the methods of translating plant images in Russian-Chinese translation in order to guide the practice of Russian-Chinese translation.