On the Translation Memetics for Archeology Text: A Case Study of the Archaeological Excavations at Royal Cemetery of Haihunhou State in Han Dynasty

Abstract

Memetics, based on Darwin’s evolutionism, explains the process of cultural evolution from cultural perspective whose core content is the imitation and replication of the form and meaning of memes under the different contexts. Coupled with colorful pictures, The Archaeological Excavations at the Royal Cemetery of Haihunhou State in the Han Dynasty records the most famous archaeological excavations in Nanchang, Jiangxi, China in recent years. This paper studies the dissemination ways in archeology translation in the book and finds out the respective characteristics of genotypic translation and phenotypic translation, so as to examine and explain the translation phenomena from the perspective of translation memetics, aiming to provide a new theoretical direction for the study of archeology text translation.