从文化翻译观看汉语习语的英译

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1、从文化翻译观看汉语习语的英译[Abstract]DomesticationandforeignizationarethetermsbroughtupbyanAmericanscholarL.Venutitodescribethetwodifferenttranslationstrategies.Theformerreferstotranslationinwhichatransparent,fluentstyleisadoptedinordertominimizethestrangenessoftheforeigntextfortargetlanguager

2、eaders,whilethelatterdesignatesthetypeoftranslationinwhichatargettextdeliberatelybreakstargetconventionsbyretainingsomethingoftheforeignnessofthesourcetext.Translation,generallyspeaking,isnotonlyatransitionbetweendifferentlanguages,butalsotransferringinformationofcultureinthesourc

3、elanguagetothatinthetargetlanguage.Andthenatureoftranslationisculturalcommunication.Since1980s,manyscholarsputforwardtheirownopinionsupondomesticationandforeignizationunderthelightofculturaltranslation.Intheiropinion,thefundamentaltaskoftranslationistotransfertheoriginalcontentsan

4、dculturescompletelyintothetargetlanguage.Duringtranslation,translatorsshouldconsidernotonlydifferencesbetweenlanguagesbutalsothosebetweencultures.Therefore,translatorsshouldputmoreemphasisonforeignization.TakeChineseidiomsforexample.Sincetheexchangesamongdifferentcountriesandregio

5、nsbecomemoreandmorefrequent,translatorsshouldputmoreemphasisonforeignizationintranslatingChineseidiomsintoEnglish.Duringtranslation,translatorsshouldfacsimileasmuchaspossibletheculturalfeaturesandconnotationsofChineseidioms.Inthisway,EnglishpeoplecanknowmoreandbetteraboutChinaandr

6、eallycontactwiththesophisticatedChineseculture.Meanwhile,tosomeextent,foreignizationcanhelptospreaduniqueChineseculturalmessageandevenhelptoenhanceculturalcommunicationbetweenChinaandforeigncountries.     [KeyWords]domestication;foreignization;culturaltranslationtheory;Chineseidio

7、ms【摘要】归化与异化是两种不同的翻译策略。译界有许多学者对此发表了许多的观点。归化与异化之争由来已久，从古至今，从西方到中国，归化与异化都是学者译者们争论的热门话题之一。翻译基本上是一种语言转换活动但又不是一项纯粹的语言转换活动，它还牵涉到种种非语言因素，特别是牵涉到种种文化因素。翻译不仅是语言层面更是文化层面上的一种活动，其本质是文化交流。自20世纪80年代后，许多学者针对归化与异化提出了应该从文化角度来审视二者的观点。孙致礼在《翻译的异化与归化》中提到:“翻译的根本任务是准确而完整地传达原作的‘思想’和‘风味’。在翻译中，译者不仅要考虑语言的差异，还

8、要密切注视文化的差异，力求最大限度地保存原文所蕴涵的异域文化特色。