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1、TheInfluenceofCulturalDifferenceonIdiomTranslationIntroductionAsapartoflanguage,idiomswhicharefixedphrasesandshortsentencesextractedfromlanguageoveralongtimeofusing.Whenwetranslateidioms,muchattentionshouldbepaidtothesimilaritiesanddifferenceofculture
2、aswellaslanguage.Strictlyspeakingidiomsareexpressionsthatarenotreallyunderstandabletheliteralmeaningsofindividualconstituents.Semanticunityandstructuralstabilityarethetwocharacteristicsofidioms.Itissafetosaytranslationisaculturalcreationtosomeextent,f
3、ortranslationreferstoboththeoriginalandtranslatedcultural.ThepurposeofthispaperistoexamtheculturedifferencesreflectedinEnglishandChineseidioms,andtoofferaprincipleandsomemethodsofdealingwithculturedifferencesinidiomtranslations.9Chapter1Culturediffere
4、ncesreflectedintheEnglish-ChineseidiomsInthearticleofTheDiscussionofTranslation,ZhuGuangqiansays:“Themeaningofassociationisthemostdifficulttounderstandandtranslateinforeignliterature”.Ithasaspecialemotionatmosphere,verydeepandbroaddelicate,nowayoffind
5、ingoutinthedictionaryagain,buttoliterature,thatisveryimportant.Ifwearenotfamiliarwiththecustomorhumanfeelingsofonecountryandhistoricalbackground,thekindsofmeaninginthecharactersareignorant,especiallythiskindofmeaningofwordisthemostdifficulttodealwithi
6、nthetranslation.BritishculturesanthropologistEdwardTaylorregardscultureasaconcepttoproposeoutforthefirsttimeinonebookof“PrimitiveCulture”(1871),anddescribedas:“Cultureisakindofcomplicatedphenomenon,itincludesknowledgefaith,art,morals,law,customandthei
7、rpracticingabilityandhabitandinthesociety.”Itisobviousthatcultureiswidelycovered,itisacomplicatedsystem.Thelanguagereflectstherichandcolorfulculturephenomenonofnationalityasacomponentofculture.Throughthesummarizationwethinkthattheculturedifferencesoft
8、heEnglish-Chinesemeritsreflectedandidiomsareshowninthefollowingseveralaspects.1.1DifferencesofLivingEnvironmentTheproductionoftheidiomsiscloselyrelatedtopeople’sworkandlivingcondition.Likingandcostingthemoneywastes,Englishis“spendmoneylikewate
