关键词: 中国网络文学, 互联网翻译, 英语世界, 译介模式, 类型文学

Abstract: In recent years, Chinese internet literature has received tremendous attention from readers overseas, which constitutes a new dimension of interpreting Sino-foreign literary relations and can serve as a highly exemplary case for Chinese literature “going global”. This paper presents a complex portrait of Chinese internet literature in its cross-cultural travel in terms of themes, channels and impact, and aims to explore how Chinese internet novels are translated into English and why they are so successful. The authors are of the view that by creating a virtual world through web-based imaginative writing, internet literature can offer an aesthetic experience that transcends geographic and cultural borders. The translation and dissemination model of Chinese internet literature is characterized by such technological features as teamwork, hypertext and netizens as translators. With general public as target readers, internet literature can be interpreted in a diverse manner, which in turn encourages further literary writing online and helps Chinese literature “go global”.

Key words: Chinese internet literature, online translation, English-speaking world, translation and dissemination model, genre fiction