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1、论英语谚语的特点与翻译Abstract:TheauthorofthispapertriestoprovethatEnglishproverbs,whicharethegemsoftheEnglishlanguage,havesuchcloserelationstoBritishculturethattheytrulyreflectthecolorfullifeofBritishpeoplethroughouthistory.Fromtheperspectiveoflanguageform,Englishproverbsarecharacterizedbyreligiousstructure,c
2、onciseform,deepmoral,boldimage,uniquegeographyandethniccharacteristics,andfromtheperspectiveofculturalbackgrounds,theyareassociatedwithreligiousbeliefs，habitsandcustoms，fablesandmyth，andcultureandart.SoitisnotaneasyjobforourChinesepeopletotranslateEnglishproverbsprecisely.Intheendofthepaper,theautho
3、rproposesfourtranslationmethodsofEnglishproverbs:literaltranslation，freetranslation，substitutiontranslation，literaltranslationcombinedwithfreetranslation．Keywords：English；proverb；translation；culture摘要:英语谚语是英国人民智慧的结晶。作者从语言形式上介绍了英语谚语的特点：简练的文字，短小的形式，鲜明的比喻，深刻的寓意，具有鲜明的民族特色和地方色彩等。同时，作者从文化背景方面介绍了英语谚语的产生与英国
4、的传统习俗，宗教信仰，典故及其文学作品有关，正是以上这些因素使得英语谚语翻译比较困难。最后，作者分析了英语谚语的四种翻译方法：直译，同义谚语套用法，意译，直译与意译相结合。关键词：英语；谚语；翻译；文化PartIIntroductionLikeothernation’sproverbs,EnglishproverbsaretheessenceofEnglishpeople’swisdom.Awell-translatedEnglishproverbcannotonlyteach,enlightenandpersuadepeople,butalsocanenrichourChineselangu
5、ageandculture.Soitisnecessarytostudyanation’sproverbswhenwetrytostudyitslanguageandculture．Englishproverbshavemanycharacteristics,suchasreligiousstructure,conciseform,deepmoral,boldimage,uniquegeographicalandethniccharacteristics.ThesecharacteristicsmakedifficultiesforustotranslateEnglishproverbsifw
6、ewanttokeeptheoriginalproverb’slanguageformandtaste.Moreover,becauseofthedifferencesofreligiousbeliefs，habitsandcustoms，fablesandmyth，andcultureandart，EnglishproverbsandChineseproverbscarryonthedifferentnationalculturalcharacteristicsandinformation.Ifwedonotknowtheseculturalbackgrounds,wecannotunder
7、standtheEnglishproverb’sconnotationandcannottranslatethemprecisely.ToourChinesepeoplewithalittleculturalknowledgeaboutEnglish,itisverydifficultforustounderstandandtranslateEnglishproverbs.Sowhenstudyi
