A Tentative Study on the Development of Children’s Picture Books and Chinese Translation Versions

Children's picture books play a specific role in academic research and promote the development of children literature over decades. Translation of picture books for children has become a trend recently. Scholars focus on the study of picture books themselves and show great concern for their function in children education, but theoretical research on this field has been in great want. In light of Piaget's theory of cognitive development and Verschueren's adaption theory, the study of translated picture books for children will promote the picture book’s creation as well as paedeutics research. Through the study of the translations of 5 picture books, the research aims at revealing translation techniques and the features of translated picture books in line with Piaget's cognitive developmental theory and adaption theory; illustrating the picture book's definition, history and type of picture books, this author analyses the language features of picture books, including dynamic beauty, conciseness, sense of rhyme, and interestingness. Briefly summarizes the basic features of translated picture books according in relation with the prosperities of language, taking the reader-responses into account in translating the children's picture books in a skillful way to achieve interplay of words with pictures for a better understanding.