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1、AnalysisofCulturalDifferencesbyComparingAnimalTermsinChineseandEnglishIdioms[Abstract]Languageisaculturalcarrier.Culture-loadedvocabularyplaysanimportantroleinalanguage・Differentsocialbackgroundsandnationalcultureshaveagreateffectontheculturalconnotationsofvocabulary.Animalsaretriendsofhumanb
2、eings.Languagesofmostnationscontainalotofwordsdenotinganimals,andsodoChineseandEnglish.Alongwiththedevelopmentandprogressofhumansociety,manyanimalsaretamedtobecomedomesticanimalsservingpeople,andmanyothershavebecomepeople'spets.Soanimalshavebecomepartofpeople'slife.Animalidiomsgraduallyhavego
3、ttheirestablishedconnotationsinalllanguages・Thatis,peopleassociatetheirfeelingsandemotions,evenhappeningsandnaturalphenomenawithvariousanimals,whicharethoughttopresentdifferentcharacterslikepeople,orserveassymbols・Manyanimalshavebecomeakindofsymbolinpeople'sthinkingandthissymbolisreflectedint
4、helanguage・However,becauseofdifferenthistoryandculture,theconnotationsofanimalwordsinonelanguagedonotnecessarilycoincidewiththoseinanotherbecauseofdifferentoutlookoflifeandconceptofbeautyindifferentcultures・Thisdissertationattemptstocomparethesimilaritiesanddifferencesofanimalidioms,thecauses
5、fordifferencesandthetranslationmethodsofdealingwithculturaldifferences・Therefore,wecannotonlybettermasterandusetheanimalidiomsaccurately,butalsounderstandtheeasternandwesterncultures,promotingthecross-culturalcommunjcationandtranslationpractice・Chapteroneistheintroductiondealingwiththerelatio
6、nshipbetweenthelanguageandculture・Chaptertwomakesacomparisonofsimilaritiesanddifferencesinanimalwords5meaningsofidioms・Owningtothedifferentsocialbackgrounds,customsandreligions,differencesareboundtoappearinanimalidiomsinbothlanguages・Whentalkingaboutthedifferences,IcomparetheanimaltermsinChin
7、eseandEnglishidiomsaccordingtotheconnotativemeaning,affectivemeaningandreflectedmeaning.IalsotalkaboutthemeaninggapinChineseandinEnglish・Chapterthreefocusesontheanalysisofthecausesforthedifferencesfromthefollowingaspects:influenceofregion,inf