The Cultural Differences in English-Chinese Translation 英汉翻译中的文化差异 (2)

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1、TheCulturalDifferencesinEnglish-ChineseTranslation英汉翻译中的文化差异AcknowledgementIwouldliketoexpressmysinceregratitudetomysupervisorProfessorxxx,whoseprofoundknowledge,strictattitudetowardsacademicresearchhavekindledmyinterestintranslation.Shehasprovidedinvaluabl

2、eguidanceandadvicesthroughthewholeprocessofthesiswritingtillitscompletion,withoutwhichIwouldn’thavetheconfidencetomakeanyfurtherqueryintotheabstracttopicpresentedinmythesis.WhenIfinishedthefirstdraft,Professorxxxreadverycarefullytheentireversionofit.Herdeta

3、iledrevisionsandusefulsuggestionshavedrawnmyattentiontoanumberofdeficienciesandhavemademanythingsclearerforme.Iamalsogratefultomyparentsandfriends,whoencouragemeandhelpmetoovercomethedifficulties.Manythanksalsogotothosewhohelpedmelookuptherelevantinformatio

4、nandmaterials.Theirinsightfulsuggestionshavecontributedtotheshapingofmythesis.Ialsowanttoextendmythankstoallthewriterswhoseworksarereferredtointhispaper.TheCulturalDifferencesinEnglish-ChineseTranslationAbstractWiththepopularityandprosperousdevelopmentofcul

5、turalstudiesinrecentyears,scholarshaveshiftedalongtheirunderstandingoftranslationinitstraditionalsense.Itisbelievedthattranslationisnolongerregardedasmerelyacross-linguisticactivitybutessentiallycross-culturalcommunication.JustasNidaclaimsthat“fortrulysucce

6、ssfultranslating,biculturalismisevenmoreimportantthanbilingualism”(Nida1993:110),translationinnatureisanactivityofcross-culturalcommunication.Thispaperwillfirstlycheckthedefinitionofcultureanditsrelationwithlanguageandtranslation.Thenitintroducessomecontemp

7、orarytheoriesandfundamentalsintranslation.Inthethirdpart,theauthortriestoexploresomedifferencesbetweenChineseandWesternculturesreflectedinlanguage,providingsomebackgroundinformationforfurtheranalysis.Lastlythepapertriestoexploresomeworkableapproachestomajor

8、obstaclesinculturaltranslation.Frommanyexamplesintranslation,itcanbeconcludedthatintranslatingculturalelements,thetranslationshouldononehandmaintaintheoriginalflavor,whileontheotherhandbeacceptedandcom