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1、动物在汉英文化中的喻义及其翻译 1.Introduction1.1CloserelationshipbetweenanimalsandhumanbeingsHumanbeingsandanimalsareboththeproductsofnaturalevolution,andfactuallymanhadevolvedfromanimals.Butsincehumanbeingscreatedlanguage,therehaveexistedsomegreatdifferencesbetweenmanandanimals.Language,the
2、resultofhumanlaborandsocialactivities,ishumanspecific,whichisthemajorfactorthatdistinguisheshumanbeingsfromanimals.Inthelongprogressofhumansociety,animals,whichprovidefoodandlaborforceforhuman,havebeencloselyboundupwithhumanexistenceanddevelopment.Theirfurswerealsogooddressmat
3、erialsforancienthumantokeepoutwindandcold.Inacertainstageofprimitivesociety,manonceconsideredanimalsasGodstoworship.Sofaranimalsarestillclosefriendsofhumanbeings.Nowthatanimalsplayanimportantroleinhumanlives,theanimalwordsinhumanlanguageswillbearthedeepsocio-culturalimprintsin
4、thecourseofbeingusedlongbythehumanbeings.1.2InfluenceofanimalwordsinbothChineseandEnglishculture Languageisthecarrierandcontainerofculturalinformation.Humanbeingshavebeeninteractingwiththeworldandaccumulatedtheirexperienceandknowledgeabouttheworld,whicharerepresentedinlanguag
5、e.Asaresult,wecanfindinlanguageallhumanknowledgeandexperiencewhichareinterpretedasculturalinformation.[1]Soinhumanlanguagethereexistaplentyofanimalwordsthatareoftenusedaskindsofassociationvehicles.Humanbeingsoftenassociatetheirfeelingsandemotionswithvariousanimalsaccordingtoan
6、imals’featuressuchastheirappearances,habitsandcharacteristicssothatthenamesorimagesofanimalspossessspecificculturalconnotations. Cultureisthesoiloflanguage.SirEdwardTylor,aBritishanthropologist,wasoneofthosewhofirstdefinedculture,inPrimitiveCulture(1871).Hisdefinitionwasthat“
7、Cultureiscomplexwhole,whichincludesknowledge,belief,art,law,morals,customsandanyothercapabilitiesandhabitsacquiredbymanasamemberofsociety.”Tylor’sdefinitionhascontinuallybeenthebasisofmostanthropologicalconceptionofculture.[2]Cultureisalsoahistoricalphenomenon.Eachgenerationin
8、heritsthecultureestablishedbyitsforefathersandmakesitsowncont
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