An Analysis of In-text Thick Translation Strategies in the English Translation of The Three-body Problem

The Three-body Problem, as one of several renowned Chinese fictions abroad, was successfully translated by American famous sci-fi novelist Ken Liu. He flexible takes great advantage of thick translation strategies, which can be served as a way of successful application in translating Chinese popular novels. This paper is to try to find out the major forms of thick translation strategies in Ken Liu’s English translation, and then illustrates diverse forms of in-text thick translation employed to transfer Chinese cultural messages and provide a useful guidance for translating Chinese Chinese non-mainstream literary works.