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1、课程论文课程名称:英美文化基础学分:题目:TheDifferencesonLanguagebetweenChineseandWesternCultures姓名:学号:日期:2010-7-27TheDifferencesonLanguagebetweenChineseandWesternCulturesAbstract: Inthisarticle,Imainlyfocusontherelationshipofcultureandlanguage.Throughfurtherstudyandunderstanding,wesh
2、ouldbeawarethatculturaldifferencescannotbeignoredandchangedbyanyone,andalsoitcan’tbetakenforgrantedthatcultureisasimpleconcept.Whatwecandoistoacceptthesedifferencesandtorespectthesedifferencesandtofurtherunderstandthesedifferences.Thus,itwouldbehelpfulforustoavoidc
3、ulturalconflictsintheprocessofdealingwithpracticalissues.Keywords:culture,culturaldifferences, language, translation中西文化差异在语言上的反映摘 要:本文章主要介绍了文化一词的定义,文化差异在语言中的表现,以及在翻译中存在的文化差异,如何处理等等。通过进一步的学习和了解,我们应意识到中西文化上的差异是不可忽视和改变的,我们应该接受这种差异,并尊重和理解这种差异。从而在处理实际问题的过程中,避免出现文化上的冲
4、突。关键词:文化,文化差异,语言,翻译1.IntroductionCultureisthegeneralconceptofart,belief,theoutlookofvalue,traditionandcustom,anditcansignificantlyreflectthecharacteristicsofsomesocieties,people,areas,orsomecountries.Amongthepartsofsomecertainculture,theremustbealanguagebywhichpeop
5、leexpressthemselvesandcommunicatetoeachother.Languageisalsoanimportantcarrierofculture,andthetwoareofgreatimportancetoeachother.Peoplefosteredbydifferentcultureswillshowtheircharacteristicwaysoflanguagespeakingandcommunication,owingtotheirdifferentregimes,culturalt
6、raditions,theoutlookofvalues,lifestyles,andwaysofthinking.Ifweneglectthedifferencesbetweenvariousculturesandspeaktowesternersinthewaysofourmothertongue,wemightcommitsomeinappropriatenessevenmisunderstandings,whichmaybringusunsuccessfulcommunication.Inotherwords,wew
7、illnevermasterandhandlealanguageinwordanddeedunlessweunderstandthediscrepancies,thewaysanddisciplinesofcommunication.KudyaroKipling,theEnglandpoetof19thcentury,oncewrotethefamouswords“Oh,eastiseast,westiswest,andnevertwainshallmeet.”BecauseKudyaroKiplingisawesterne
8、rwhogrewupineasterncountries,andhedeeplyfeltthathardlythegapbetweenthetwoculturescouldbemet.InourEnglishlearning,wearetouchingwesternculture,but,