On the Barriers to Contemporary Chinese Literature Translation and Reception in the West and the Underlying Reasons

In the past decade, though contemporary Chinese literature has received more attention abroad, it has also been confronted with unsatisfactory situations like low reception and poor communication.Against this background, by discussing translation and reception of contemporary Chinese literature in the West, this article summarizes and analyses the barriers and difficulties that contemporary Chinese literature encounters in the process of "Going Out".Meanwhile, this article also explores the reasons for these barriers in the aspects of ideology, culture and acceptance mentality, the influence of paratext of translation on readers' reception, and translators' lack of intensive study on contemporary Chinese literature.Thus, this article proposes that underlying reasons for these barriers in the process of "Going Out" should be taken into consideration in evaluating translation effects of contemporary Chinese Literature to find effective ways to achieve appropriate understanding and evaluation of contemporary Chinese literature abroad.