Influence of British and Chinese Culture on their Idioms and their Learning and Translation 英语毕业论文

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1、InfluenceofBritishandChineseCultureontheirIdiomsandtheirLearningandTranslationIntroductionAChinesestudentpromisedherBritishteacherthatsheandherthreeclassmateswouldwinthe100-meter-relay-race.Shesaid,“Icanrunveryfast.Iwillnotpullmyclassmate’sleg.Thereisabambooinmyheart.APyrrhicvictor

2、yisrightthere.”Shesmiledjoyfully,withoutnoticingthatherteacherwasinafog.WhycouldnottheEnglishteacherunderstandhisstudent?Thereasonwasthatthegirlmisusedthreeidioms.First,sheused“pullone’sleg”tosubstitutetheChineseidiom“拖后腿”.However,thetruemeaningofthisEnglishidiomis“toplayajokeonsom

3、ebody”.Second,Chinesepeoplemayliterallytranslate“Thereisabambooinmyheart”into“胸有成竹”andknowthatitmeans“tohaveapreconceivedideaatheart”.Butthisword-for-wordtranslationisnotrightanditmaypuzzleourforeignguests.Thegirlshouldhaveexplainedtoherteacheritsoriginalmeaning“tohaveabambooinanar

4、tist’smindbeforedrawingapictureofit”.Third,“aPyrrhicvictory”originatedfromanancientGreekmyths.Itscorrectmeaningisavictorygainedatsuchcostthatitisalmostequivalenttoadefeat.Sheonlysawtheword“victory”whileshedidnotpayattentiontotheallusioninthisidiom.Manypeoplewanttocreatevividnessbyu

5、singidiomsintheirspeechesandwritings.However,manyofthemcannotmakeanappropriateuseofthem.Anappropriateuseofidiomsinourwriting,dailycommunicationandimportantsituations,suchasapressconference,willaddtothestrengthandvividnessofourlanguagetobeused.Italsohelpstonarrowtheculturalgapamongd

6、ifferentnationsandfacilitatecross-culturalcommunicationaswell.Providingsuggestionsaboutlearningandtranslatingidiomsmaycontributetotheappropriateuseofidioms.Inthisthesis,anumberofexamplesarecitedtoillustratethenationalcharacteristicsofidiomsandthetranslatingskills,improvethesensibil

7、ityofcultureandtheabilityofcross-culturalcommunication,makeourselvesunderstood.Thesuggestionsaresupposedtohelpcross-culturalcommunicatorsavoidthemisunderstandingsoroffensescausedbymisuseofidiomsandserveaspracticalguidelineforcross-culturalcommunication．Howcanweachievetheappropriate

8、nessininterculturalcommuni