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1、CulturalDifferencesBetweenEnglishandChineseProverbsandTheirTranslationStrategies英汉谚语的文化差异及翻译策略[摘要] 通过比较英汉谚语的文化差异并结合实例，分析文化差异在理解谚语上的重要性,同时指出译者在翻译谚语时可采取三种策略：即直译，意译和直译与意译的结合。直译可以保留原文的信息和形式，但直译并非逐字对应翻译；有些谚语不能用直译翻译，译者可采用意译的方法，而意译要求译者具有广泛的源语和目的语的文化知识。[关键词]英汉谚语文化差异翻译策略Abstract:Throughthecompari
2、soninEnglishandChineseproverbsandsometypicalexamples,Ianalyzetheimportanceofculturaldifferencesinunderstandingproverbs.Atthesametime,Ilistthreestrategies,namely,literaltranslation,freetranslationandthecombinationofthesetwomethodstotranslateproverbs.Literaltranslationisagoodchoiceasitkeep
3、stheoriginalmessageandform.Butliteraltranslationisnotword-for-wordtranslation.Someproverbsshouldnotbetranslatedliterally.Thentranslatorsshouldusefreetranslation，whichcallsforextensiveculturalknowledgeofbothsourceknowledgeandtargetknowledge.Keywords:EnglishandChineseproverbs;culturaldiffe
4、rences;translationstrategies1IntroductionProverbsdatebackfromlife.Itreflectsthemarrowofculture.Becauseofthedifferencesoforigins,religiousbeliefs,humanisticideals,moralviewsandlifeandworkexperiences,EnglishandChineseproverbscarryondifferentculturalcharacteristicsandinformation.Ithaseveryt
5、hingwithcultureandcan’tbeseparatedfromeachother.Inthispaper,IsetsometypicalexamplestodiscusstheculturaldifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseproverbsfromtherespectsofreligiousbeliefs,humanisticideals,moralviewsandlifeandworkexperiences.DuetoculturaldifferencesinEnglishandChineseproverbs,the
6、samewordsmaydisplaydifferentideals.Translationplaysanimportantrole.Beliteraltranslation,freetranslationorliteraltranslationcombinedwithfreetranslation,itshouldbeinaccordancewithlanguagefeaturesandculturalbackgrounds.Nomatterwhatmethodtochoose,wemustfollowit,“Translationconsistsinreproduc
7、inginthereceptorlanguagetheclosestnaturalequivalentofthesourcelanguagemessage,firstintermsofmeaningandsecondlyintermsofstyle.”(EugeneA.Nida,1893)132InfluenceofEnglishandChineseCulturesonTheirProverbs2.1CultureandProverb2.1.1WhatisCulture?WhatisProverb?Differentpeoplehaved
