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1、TranslationofColourWordsinChineseandEnglishAbstract:Therearesomanykindsoflanguagesintheworld.Andpeoplehavetheirownculturewhileliveinthedifferentareas.Whatwillbeassociatedwhenpeopleseethesamecolour?Howtotranslatethecolourwords?Thisessaywillfocusontheassociationalmea
2、ningofthecolourwordsandthemethodsusedintranslatingthecolourwords.1ColourWordsColourwordsareusedtodescribecolourofthingsinlanguage.Withdifferentenvironments,historyandculture,thesamecolourhasdifferentassociationalmeanings.1.1 Red红色Thiscolourisusuallyassociatedwithce
3、lebrationandjoyfuloccasions.ThisistrueinEnglish-speakingcountriesaswellasinChina(邓炎昌1989:64).Peoplewillhangaredflagduringholidaysorweararedclothinweddings.Englishpeopleusearedcarpet(红地毯)towelcomeaVIP.Aredcarpetvisitor(上宾)Thered-letterdaymeansholidayssuchasChristmas
4、andotherspecialdays.Thesedaysareprintedinredoncalendars,ratherthaninblackforordinarydays.But,thereissomethingdifferentinChinaandinWesterncountryRedstandsforrich,prosperousandadvance.Forexample,红墙碧瓦,开门红,红火.Generally,peopleinwesterncountriesdonotlikethecolourofred.It
5、meansvulgarity,deficit,violenceanddisease.Red-necked(粗俗的红脖子乡巴佬),red-bricked(暴发户住的二流的红砖房),TheRedMay(1968年5月巴黎学生动乱),gotothered(开始亏欠),一颗红心,aredheartwouldnotbeunderstandunlessexplainedasloyaltotheparty,havingsocialistvirtues(邓炎昌,1989:66).1.2Yellow黄色InChinese,yellowisre
6、latedtoillness,warning,sadnessanddeath.Manyillnesscontainyellow.Forinstance,"舌苔泛黄,黄疸性肝炎".Yellowblight(枯黄病),yellowfever(由热带病毒引起的传染病),yellowflag(船上悬挂的表示海轮上有流行病的黄旗).Yellowusedaswarning,likeyellowcard,doubleyellowlines.However,therearesomedifferences.黄inChinesemeansold
7、fashioned,illusoryandfailed.Like"明日黄花,陈年皇历,黄粱美梦,黄了(failing).Yellowrepresentstreasonandtimid.Tooyellowtostandupandfight(太胆怯而不敢站起来斗争),yellowbelly(懦夫),yellow-belliedandyellow-liveredareusedtodescribeacowardlyman,ayellowstreak(性格中的怯弱)(托马斯.朗,1991:881).1.3Black黑色Onewillt
8、hinkofdirty,illegalandseriouswhenhementionblack.WeChinesesay"一身黑汗,黑水,黑钱,黑市"whilewesternpeoplesayblacksweet,blackwater,blackmoneyandblackmarket.黑帮