The Cultural Connotations and Translation of Metaphor隐喻的文化内涵及其翻译

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1、TheCulturalConnotationsandTranslationofMetaphorContentsAbstract.11Introduction22DefinitionofMetaphor23ImportanceofCulturalConnotationsandTranslationofMetaphorStudy34MetaphorConnotation44.1Sameimage,similarsense54.2Sameimage,differentsense64.3Differentimage,similarsense85DifficultiesofMet

2、aphorTranslation106TranslationMethods116.1Literaltranslation116.2Conversionorreplacement136.3Freetranslation147Conclusion15Bibliography16Acknowledgements16CulturalConnotationsandTranslationofMetaphorAbstract:MetaphoriscommonlyusedinbothChineseandEnglish.Fromthetraditionalmethodofmetaphor

3、studyconfinedtothefieldofrhetorictothenewstudymethodinthecognitivepointofview,peoplearegettingdeeperrecognitionaboutmetaphorthroughoutthelonghistory.Metaphorisnotjustanimportantfigureofspeech,butisalsoathinkingmodeandameanofcognition.Duetothefactthateachpeoplehasthesimilarordissimilarmod

4、eofthinkinginrelationtootherones,themetaphoricallanguageusedbythispeoplemustbefullysaturatedwithculturalconnotationspeculiartoit.Soundertheinfluenceofculture,thetranslationofmetaphorsbecomesthemostimportantanddifficultproblem.Thisthesisattemptstoprobeintothetranslationofmetaphoronthebase

5、ofintroducingthedefinitionofmetaphorandthedifficultiesandimportanceofitstranslationinhopethatitwilldosomethinggoodforthestudyontheculturalconnotationanditstranslationstrategiesofmetaphor.KeyWords:metaphor;culturalconnotation;translation隐喻的文化内涵及其翻译摘要：隐喻在英汉语言中的应用很普遍，从传统的仅仅限于修辞学到后来的从认知角度研究隐

6、喻，在漫长的历史中，人们对隐喻的认识正在不断加深。如今人们都能普遍接受的是隐喻不仅是一种语言现象，更是一种思维方式和认知手段。由于英汉两种语言对隐喻使用的方式、结构各有不同，因而通过隐喻可以折射出中西方两种不同的文化内涵。正因如此，隐喻的翻译就成为翻译中很复杂的问题。本文在介绍隐喻的定义及其翻译的困难所在及重要性的基础上，尝试探讨了隐喻的翻译问题，希望对关于隐喻的文化内涵及其翻译理论的研究有所帮助。关键词：隐喻；文化内涵；翻译1IntroductionThetraditionalresearchersheldthatmetaphorisapurelylinguistic

7、phenomenon,andthatitsmainfunctionistoflourishlanguages.The20thcenturyisanextremelyimportantperiodinthedevelopmentofmetaphorstudy,foritisinthe20thcenturythatpeopleboldlybrokethroughthetraditionalideasandbegantoprobedeeperintothenatureofmetaphor.Contemporaryresearchershavef