English proverb and its translation 英语谚语及其翻译

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1、ContentsAbstract………………………………………………………………………2Keywords……………………………………………………………………………2摘要………………………………………………………………………………2关键词…………………………………………………………………………21.Introduction………………………………………………………………………32.Thedefinitionofproverb…………………………………………………………33.ThefeatureofEnglishpro

2、verb…………………………………………44.ThefunctionofEnglishproverb…………………………………………75.CulturalbackgroundsofEnglishproverb…………………………………75.1Traditionalcustoms…………………………………………………………85.2Religion…………………………………………………………………95.3Historicalstoriesandliteraryworks………………………………106.Translati

3、onStrategiesofEnglishproverbs…………………………106.1Literaltranslation………………………………………………………116.2FreeTranslation………………………………………………………126.3Combinationofliteralandfreetranslation………………………………136.4Substitutiontranslation…………………………………………147.Conclusion…………………………………………………………1

4、5references………………………………………………………………………1618EnglishproverbanditstranslationAbstract：Asaparticularpartoflanguage,proverbsareconcretefragmentofwisdomresultsofobservationandembodimentsofuniversaltruths.Theyarepithy,comprehensiveandfulloffiguresofspeechandserveasami

5、rrorofthehistoricalandculturalconceptionsofasocialcommunity.Readerscanenrichthemselveswithplentifulinterestinginformationofotherculturesbyfamiliarizingthemselveswithproverbs.However,whenproverbsarebeingtranslated,translatorsareoftenconfrontedwithdifficultiessu

6、chasretainingthecharacteristicsaswellastheimagesandnationalflavoroftheoriginalintranslation.ThisthesisintendstostudythetranslationofEnglishproverbs.Throughthestudyingofdefinition,featuresandfunctionsofproverbs,theauthorfindsoutthebackgroundofEnglishproverb.Ont

7、hatbasis,theauthorcomestoaconclusionthatifwewanttotranslateproverbswell,wemustunderstanditsculturalbackgroundandlearnsomebasictranslationskills,suchasliteraltranslation,freetranslation,combinationliteraltranslationwithfreetranslationandsubstitution.Then,during

8、translation,wecannotonlyshowtheculturalbackground,butalsoexpresstheoriginalmeaning,keepthenationalflavorandstylisticcharacteristicsoftheoriginalintranslationandmakethetranslationgo