Skopos theory proposes that the purpose of translation determines the translational action and translation should abide by three rules—Skopos rule,Coherence rule and Fidelity rule.For the unique style and fascinating stories,To the Sky Kingdom which enjoyed great popularity abroad contains distinctive Chinese traditional culture.Taking To the Sky Kingdom as the case,this thesis analyzes to translation strategies of the novel under Skopos Theory.The translator is found to have adopted domestication to attract foreign readers and make the translation coherent and foreignization is also employed to transmitting Chinese traditional culture.From the perspective of Skopos Theory,the combination of domestication and foreignization has achieved the anticipated purpose of the translation.
