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Literary Translation From Deconstructionist Perspective—The Novel Spicy Pickled Cabbage
QU Jiaocheng, LIU Xiaozheng
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DOI:10.17265/1539-8080/2026.02.004
Changchun University, Changchun, China
This paper, using deconstructionist translation theory as a framework and combining the translation practice of dialects and colloquialisms in the novel Spicy Pickled Cabbage, explores the translatability of regional languages in literary translation. First, it elucidates Derrida’s concept of “différance” and Robert Escarpit’s theory of “creative treason”. Based on this, it analyzes the characteristic demonstrated when applying “creative treason” under the guidance of deconstructionist translation theory to the translation of Chinese rural dialects. From the two dimensions of cultural cognition and linguistic form, it deeply analyzes the phenomena of cultural information retention, transformation, and loss in the translation of dialects and colloquialisms. The analysis demonstrates that when translating Chinese rural literary dialects under the framework of deconstructionist theory, there is a tendency to “preserve cultural heterogeneity and distinctive figurative imagery”. This paper aims to provide theoretical reference and practical inspiration for the translation of Chinese rural literary dialects, promoting the effective dissemination and interpretation of Chinese regional culture internationally.
deconstructionism, dialects and colloquialisms, cross-cultural translation
QU Jiaocheng & LIU Xiaozheng. Literary Translation From Deconstructionist
Perspective—The Novel Spicy Pickled Cabbage. US-China Foreign Language, February 2026, Vol. 24,
No. 2, 68-77 doi:10.17265/1539-8080/2026.02.004
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