On the Translation of English Idioms 习语的翻译

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1、ContentsAbstract1Introduction2ChapterOneLiteralTranslation31.1Concept31.2Twosituationsofliteraltranslation31.2.1Englishidiomsoftenhaveitsliteralmeaningowingtotheculturespread31.2.2TranslateEnglishidiomsliterallyonthebasisofcontext4ChapterTwoCorrespondingTranslation52.1Theexplanatio

2、nsofcorrespondingtranslation52.2Takeadvantageofthecloseliteralmeaning﹑initialmeaningorconnotationofChineseidiomstocorrespondwithEnglishidioms52.3TakeChineseidiomsascorrespondingphases,butdifferfromtheliteralmeaning6ChapterThreeFreeTranslation73.1Concept73.2Categoriesoffreetranslati

3、on73.2.1UsingfreetranslationtotranslateEnglishidiomsaccordingtocontext73.2.2Borrowingsomesynonymousidiomsfromtargetlanguage83.2.3SomeEnglishidiomswerebornwiththepropertyofstory,andrelatedtothefactorsofcultureandhistory83.3Thecombinationoftheliteraltranslationandthefreetranslation9C

4、onclusion10References1111AbstractInessence,theidiomwasoneofthemostimportantcomponentsoflanguage.Asthepithofthelanguage,idiomshavecomefrommanyoriginsanddifferentformations.Inotherwords,thefusionofmanydistinctivecultureshascrystallizedtheidiom,andithasmanynations’characteristicswhich

5、wasbornwithandneverchanged.AndEnglishidiomswasonebranchofidiom.TheEnglishidiomshaveanextensivescope;itwasformedfromregularphrasesorshortversesduringalongperioduse.Therefore,inviewofthesefeatures,forthesakeofunderstandingtheEnglishidiombetter,thetranslationofidiomsshouldnotjuststayi

6、nliteralmeaning,anditisveryimportanttotranslatetheidiomsfromtheircontextandcomprehensivemeaning.Andthisdissertationmainlydiscussesthemethodsofthetranslationofidioms.Whenwetranslatetheidioms,weshouldmakesurethatwenotonlygetagoodknowledgeofthecorrectmeaningofidiomsbutalsodoourbesttok

7、eeptheoriginalstructureanduniquefeatureofidioms.Keywords:Englishidioms;culture;themethodsoftranslation11OntheTranslationofEnglishIdiomsIntroductionTheBritainlinguist,JenniferSeidl,hadsaidintheprefaceofhisbooks“EnglishIdiomsandHowtoUseThem(1978)”,that“Idiomsarenotaseparatepartofthel

8、anguagewhichonecanchooseto