习语翻译中的异化和归化 --毕业论文

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1、【标题】 习语翻译中的异化和归化【作者】陈莉【关键词】异化；归化；习语翻译【指导老师】【专业】英语【正文】I.IntroductionTranslationisofgreatimportanceinlearningaforeignlanguage.Translationisakindofactivitywhichinevitablyinvolvesatleasttwolanguagesandtwokindsofcultures.Differentviewsoflanguageandculturedeterminedifferentviews

2、abouttranslation. Theculturalfactorsintranslatingaremoresignificantthanthepurelylinguisticdifferences.InNida’sview: “themostseriousmistakesintranslatingareusuallymadenotbecauseofverbalinadequacy,butofwrongculturalassumptions.”1 Idiomsaremoretypicalandrepresentativethanothe

3、rformsoflanguageonreflectingtheculturaldiversity.Almostalllanguageshavelotsofidiomswhichareareflectionofthewisdomandvariouslivesofpeople.Idiomsareoftencolorful,expressiveandthought-provoking.Thustheyhavebeenemployedconstantlyeitherorallyorinwrittenforms.Whenwedepictordescr

4、ibesomething,itwillbedirectlytothepointifidiomsareused.Thus,usedproperly,idiomswilladdlifeaswellasvividnesstoone’sexpressionorillustration.Onthecontrary,withoutidiomslanguagemaybecomeboringorevenlifeless.Idiomscarrythenativeculturesandideas,sotheunderstandingofidiomscanlea

5、dpeopletoabetterunderstandingaboutacertainculture.Becauseidiomsareshortinform,richinmeaningandeasytobememorized,theyarepopularandusedalotincommunication. Generally,themostdifficultthinginidiomtranslationcentersondealingwiththeculturalfactors,forquiteoftenoneculturedoesn’tc

6、orrespondtoanotherinmanyaspects.Thusarisevariousdifficultiesinidiomtranslation.Therearemainlytwowaysusedinthetranslationofidioms,foreignizationanddomesticationwhichhavebeenatleastforacenturyattheheartofmosttranslationcontroversies.Domesticationhasmadeagreatcontributiontoid

7、iomtranslation,makingthetranslatedscriptsmoothandthemeaningeasytobeunderstoodbytargetreaders.Foreignizationalsohasmadeagreatinfluenceonidiomstranslation,withtheapplicationofforeignizationinidiomstranslation,oneculturecanabsorbnewnutritionfromotherculturestorejuvenateandupg

8、radeit.Thisthesisdiscussesthetwostrategiespopularlyemployedinidiomtranslation:domesticati