Modern Social Science Research

The oil paper umbrella is an intangible cultural heritage that embodies Chinese cultural connotations and the spirit of craftsmanship. However its international communication faces inconsistent terminology and a lack of translation in both specialized content and cultural imagery. This study constructs a dedicated Chinese-English parallel corpus for the oil paper umbrella. It aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of knowledge transmission and cultural expression in translation practice. Bilingual materials from various scenarios such as official documents, academic texts, cultural tourism publicity, literary works and commercial texts are collected. Monolingual technical documents are also added as supplementary materials. After corpus processing and analysis the study verifies the consistency of common term translations. It also reveals and quantifies the current translation deficiencies in specialized and cultural content. On this basis term translations are classified into three confidence levels: high, medium and low. Six translation methods for specialized terms are summarized.

Chinese English parallel corpus; Oil paper umbrella; Cultural imagery; Craftsmanship; Cross cultural communication