Cultural Equivalence Principle in the Translation of East of the West

For literary translation the key point of the translator should be how to reproduce the vivid image (character situation and event) of the original work in order to achieve the goal of preserving the original work’s artistic charm. This requires the translator to translate with a mission to positively take the culture elements into consideration and try to convey the cultural characteristics and artistic beauty of the original work. Here are the concrete examples taken from the practice of the Engligh-Chinese translation of Miroslav Penkov's novel collection East of the West guided by the cultural equivalence principle and followed with in-depth discussions reflections and suggestions.