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

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

2、valuableguidanceandadvicesthroughthewholeprocessofthesiswritingtillitscompletion,withoutwhichIwouldn’thavetheconfidencetomakeanyfurtherqueryintotheabstracttopicpresentedinmythesis.WhenIfinishedthefirstdraft,Professorxxxreadverycarefullytheentireversi

3、onofit.Herdetailedrevisionsandusefulsuggestionshavedrawnmyattentiontoanumberofdeficienciesandhavemademanythingsclearerforme.Iamalsogratefultomyparentsandfriends,whoencouragemeandhelpmetoovercomethedifficulties.Manythanksalsogotothosewhohelpedmelookup

4、therelevantinformationandmaterials.Theirinsightfulsuggestionshavecontributedtotheshapingofmythesis.Ialsowanttoextendmythankstoallthewriterswhoseworksarereferredtointhispaper.TheCulturalDifferencesinEnglish-ChineseTranslationAbstractWiththepopularitya

5、ndprosperousdevelopmentofculturalstudiesinrecentyears,scholarshaveshiftedalongtheirunderstandingoftranslationinitstraditionalsense.Itisbelievedthattranslationisnolongerregardedasmerelyacross-linguisticactivitybutessentiallycross-culturalcommunication

6、.JustasNidaclaimsthat“fortrulysuccessfultranslating,biculturalismisevenmoreimportantthanbilingualism”(Nida1993:110),translationinnatureisanactivityofcross-culturalcommunication.Thispaperwillfirstlycheckthedefinitionofcultureanditsrelationwithlanguage

7、andtranslation.Thenitintroducessomecontemporarytheoriesandfundamentalsintranslation.Inthethirdpart,theauthortriestoexploresomedifferencesbetweenChineseandWesternculturesreflectedinlanguage,providingsomebackgroundinformationforfurtheranalysis.Lastlyth

8、epapertriestoexploresomeworkableapproachestomajorobstaclesinculturaltranslation.Frommanyexamplesintranslation,itcanbeconcludedthatintranslatingculturalelements,thetranslationshouldononehandmaintaintheoriginalflavor,whileontheotherhandbeacceptedandcom