陌生化是俄国形式主义文学的理论,近年来学者们在翻译中渐多使用。文章以《西迁之歌》英译为例,探讨陌生化在少数民族典籍翻译中的应用,旨在全球化背景下,弘扬中国少数民族文化,使得东西方文化之间的平等对话成为可能。20世纪初,什克洛夫斯基提出“陌生化”用以描述俄国形式主义文学。翻译中的“陌生 Defamiliarization is a theory of formalistic literature in Russia. In recent years, scholars have used it more and more in translation. Taking the English translation of the Song of Westward Migration as an example, the article explores the application of defamiliarization in the translation of minority nationality texts. It aims to promote the ethnic minority culture in the context of globalization and make possible equal dialogue between East and West cultures. In the early 20th century, Shklovsky proposed ”defamiliarization“ to describe Russian formalistic literature. Translation in the ”strange