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1、【标题】四字格成语中数字的英译【作者】唐云欢【关键词】文化；修辞特点；四字格成语；数字；翻译【指导老师】程琼项谊【专业】英语【正文】I.IntroductionChineseidioms,beingaspecialandinseparablepartofalanguagewhichistheinstrumentandshellofthinking,aretranslatableintermsofcontents.1Chineseidiomsaresetphrasesorsentencesabstractedfromalanguagethroughalongperiodofusagean
2、dbecomethenucleusandcreamofthelanguage.Byusingthemappropriately,wecanexpressourselvesinamorevivid,terseandeffectiveway.However,theyaredifferentfromphrases,vulgarisms,andevendifferentfromslangandproverbsinEnglish.TheChineseidiomhasitsunique “four-character”,whichmakeslanguageintoahighdegreeofconv
3、ergenceandmeaningfulness.Asadigital,whichisthecrystallizationofhumanwisdom,isameasureofthescaleofsocialandscientificdevelopment,isalsoacommunicativelanguage.2Therefore,thenumbersintheidiomscanbesaidthatisthemostperfectcombinationandthemostprofoundofChineselanguage,beliefsandsocialexperiences.The
4、translationprocessofnumbers,especiallyintheidiomscannotbeignored.TherearesomewaystotranslatenumbersintheChinesefour-characteridioms,whichdependonthenumberscountinginfour-characteridiomsandtheEnglishtranslationofChinesefour-charactermanners,whichwouldbedividedintofourpartswillbeintroduced,andconc
5、lusionatlast.II.TheCulturalBackgroundofFour-CharacterIdiomswithNumbersChineseidiomsreflectthenationalfeaturesofthenativespeakersandaresaidtobethesinewofthelanguage.Numberasanimportantpartoflanguageisonlyrightandproper.Numbershaveaccumulatedandtakenformfromplentifulculturalinformation.Differentna
6、tionalitieswithdifferentculturehavedifferentfavoritenumbers,whichhaveastampofnationalcivilization.Asweallknow,comparingEnglishpreferseventothirteenwithChinesewhomorepreferone,six,eightandninebutdislikethenumberoffour.A.TheBackgroundofNumbersinEnglishCultureSevenisaveryoccultnumberandverypopularw
7、ithwesterns.Thereisasayingthat,sevencanbring “luck”,isstemfromBible.ItisconsideredthatGodcreatedtheworldwithsevendays (alsocalledSevenDayisCreation).Inaddition,sevencontainsstrongreligioncolor.Edward?VaraihadmentionedinBibli
