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1、Abstract:Metaphorisnotonlyalinguisticphenomenonbutalsoawayofthinking,whichisoneofthebasicmethodsforhumansurvivalandcognition.Itisrootedinlanguage,thoughtandculture.Throughtheanalysisandcomparisonoftheuseandconceptofmetaphorindifferentcountries,wefindthatitsuniver
2、salityandcommonalityofthemetaphorasabasichumancognitiveactivities.However,metaphorindifferentlanguagesreflectsadifferentwayofthinkingandbehavioranddifferentculturalpatterns.Owingtothedifferenttwomodesofthinkingandculture,therearesomedifferencesinunderstandingandf
3、ormationthatcannotbeignored.Therefore,thispaperwilldiscussthequestionsabove.Keywords:metaphor,cross-culturaldifferences,translation.1.PreambleMetaphorisacommonphenomenon,alargenumberofpeopleusemetaphortoexpresshisfeelingsandideas.BritishscientistsrhetoricRichards
4、(IARichards)oncesaid,"Wehaveday-to-dayinalmosteveryconversationinthreesentencesmaybeametaphor."Accordingtostatistics,lifearoundtheuseof4,700,000newmetaphor,2,140,000stereotypesofmetaphor.Researchinrecentyears,thereisagreatmetaphor.Thisarticleintroducedinthedefini
5、tionofmetaphoronthebasisofsummingupthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenChineseandWesternmetaphor,andthatitsculture,preciselybecauseoftheprevalenceofmetaphor,howtotranslatemetaphorhasbecomeaveryimportantissueinthelatterpartofthearticleisaimedatThetranslationofmeta
6、phorputforwardatranslationofthethreestrategies.ThispaperstudiesaimedattryingtocomparativeanalysisofEnglishandChineseinalargenumberofday-to-daylanguageofmetaphortoexpress,findoutthedifferencesandsimilarities,inordertobeabletoaccuratelytranslatethearticleingoodmeta
7、phortoexplorealittle.ThisarticleisaboutthemetaphorfromthepointofviewtoexplorethedifferencesinthewayThinkingallowsustoadeeperunderstandingoflanguage,culture,therelationshipbetweenthinkingandcanmoreclearlyunderstandthedifferentethniclanguage,culture,wayofthinking,a
8、ndsoonOnthenatureoftranslation.2.MetaphorsinChineseandWesternstudiesIn1980,Lakoff&Johnson(GeorgeLakoff&MarkJohnson)madea"livingmetaphor"(MetaphorsWeLiveBy)ofth