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1、TheFormsofCulturalDifferencesandTranslationCulturaldifferenceshavemanyexpressiveforms.Anysubtledifferencecanbringoutproblemtotranslation.Weshouldtrytoknowandrecognizeasmanyformsofculturaldifferencesaspossible,sothatwecandealwithproblemsoftranslationmoreflexibly.Ilistsometypicalformstoexplainth
2、erelationshipbetweenculturaldifferencesandtranslation.1ThedifferencesinwaysofthinkingandtranslationWaysofthinkingistheprocessofanindividualchoosing,evaluatingandorganizingexternalstimulus,whichistheprocessofchangingexternalstimulustopersonalexperience.Anation’swaysofthinkingnotonlyaffectindivi
3、dual’ssocialactivity,butalsoaffectresponseofothernations,andtheattitudeoftranslatedculturetowardsoriginalcultureagreement,appreciationorbelittlement,exclusion.Inwesternculture,peoplethinkthatthereisdirectrelationbetweenideologyandactualworld,layinggreatemphasisonrationaleanddeduction,believing
4、thataslongasfollowingrightlogicalsteps,theywillobtaintruth.Whileinsomeeasternculture,suchasBuddhism,peoplethinkthatrationaleandlogiccannotobtaintruth,thebestwayofobtainingtruthisspeculation,meditationandwaiting,andthentruthwillappearnaturally.Inaddition,differentnationshavegreatdifferenceinsta
5、ndpointandresponsetooutsidethings.Itissaidthat,anAmerican,aGerman,aJapanesepersonandaChinesepersonwenttovisitOceanMuseum.TheAmericanwonderedatthesightofthemuseum,saying“Terrific!”andadmiringthefishwithhugeandbeautifulshape.TheGermaninquiredintothewatertemperatureandhabitsofthefishcarefully.The
6、Japaneseexaminedthequalityandcostofthefishtank.WhiletheChinesewantedtoknowwhetherthefishiseatableandwhetheritisdelicious.Wedonotevaluatethecreditabilityofthehearsay,butdifferentculturesindeedhavedifferentresponse.Forexample,Americansputemphasisonthesizeandpriceofthingstheymet,whileJapanesethin
7、kcolorisamuchmoreimportantstandard.Itdemandstranslatorsunderstandingrelevantlanguagesanddeedsofdifferentnations,beingfamiliarwithrelevantcultures’waysofthinking.Differencesinwaysofthinkingcandirectlyaffectpeople’sresponsetothesamething.