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1、CulturalDifferencesBetweenEnglishandChineseProverbsandTheirTranslationStrategies英汉谚语的文化差异及翻译策略[摘要] 通过比较英汉谚语的文化差异并结合实例,分析文化差异在理解谚语上的重要性,同时指出译者在翻译谚语时可采取三种策略:即直译,意译和直译与意译的结合。直译可以保留原文的信息和形式,但直译并非逐字对应翻译;有些谚语不能用直译翻译,译者可采用意译的方法,而意译要求译者具有广泛的源语和目的语的文化知识。[关键词]英汉谚语文化差异翻译策略Abstract:Through
2、thecomparisoninEnglishandChineseproverbsandsometypicalexamples,Ianalyzetheimportanceofculturaldifferencesinunderstandingproverbs.Atthesametime,Ilistthreestrategies,namely,literaltranslation,freetranslationandthecombinationofthesetwomethodstotranslateproverbs.Literaltranslationi
3、sagoodchoiceasitkeepstheoriginalmessageandform.Butliteraltranslationisnotword-for-wordtranslation.Someproverbsshouldnotbetranslatedliterally.Thentranslatorsshouldusefreetranslation,whichcallsforextensiveculturalknowledgeofbothsourceknowledgeandtargetknowledge.Keywords:Englishan
4、dChineseproverbs;culturaldifferences;translationstrategies1IntroductionProverbsdatebackfromlife.Itreflectsthemarrowofculture.Becauseofthedifferencesoforigins,religiousbeliefs,humanisticideals,moralviewsandlifeandworkexperiences,EnglishandChineseproverbscarryondifferentculturalc
5、haracteristicsandinformation.Ithaseverythingwithcultureandcan’tbeseparatedfromeachother.Inthispaper,IsetsometypicalexamplestodiscusstheculturaldifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseproverbsfromtherespectsofreligiousbeliefs,humanisticideals,moralviewsandlifeandworkexperiences.Dueto
6、culturaldifferencesinEnglishandChineseproverbs,thesamewordsmaydisplaydifferentideals.Translationplaysanimportantrole.Beliteraltranslation,freetranslationorliteraltranslationcombinedwithfreetranslation,itshouldbeinaccordancewithlanguagefeaturesandculturalbackgrounds.Nomatterwhat
7、methodtochoose,wemustfollowit,“Translationconsistsinreproducinginthereceptorlanguagetheclosestnaturalequivalentofthesourcelanguagemessage,firstintermsofmeaningandsecondlyintermsofstyle.”(EugeneA.Nida,1893)132InfluenceofEnglishandChineseCulturesonTheirProverbs2.1CultureandProver
8、b2.1.1WhatisCulture?WhatisProverb?Differentpeoplehaved