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1、ABriefAnalysistotheCultureShockcausedbyTranslationofEnglishandChineseIdioms1.IntroductionIdiomsareaspecialphenomenonbothinEnglishandChinese.Andeventhemostprominentpartintheselanguages.HongShucongsaidthatthetranslationofidiomsisnoteasyandoftenrequirespains
2、takingeffort,ourmothertongue--theChineselanguage--isparticularlyrichinidiomsaswellasEnglish.(钟述孔,1983)Inabroadsense,idiomsincludesetphrases,proverbs,Enigmaticfolksimiles,slings,sayings,colloquialisms,allusions.Idiomsareextractedbypeopleoveralongperiodofti
3、me.Ourdailylivesarecloselyconnectedwithidioms.Weuseitfrequently.Butwhenwetranslateidiomsorneedtousethem,owingtotheculturalgapsbetweenthesetwolanguages,weareoftenconfused.Nowadays,peopleingrowingnumbergraduallyrecognizethatthecommunicationwiththosepeoplewh
4、ocomefromdifferentculturalbackgroundsnotonlyfacedwiththeproblemsoflanguages,butalsoculturalfactors."EnglishisverypervasiveinChina,comparingwithothercountries,thelearningEnglishpeoplearemorethananyoneelseexceptthelargepopulationofEnglish-speakingcountry.”s
5、aidWangFuxiang(汪福祥,优力,2002)Thetranslationofidiomsisanactivitybetweendifferentculturesandlanguages.IdiomtranslationisofimportancetothetransmissionofculturesofBritainandChina.Weshouldtryeveryeffortstogetmanyculturalinformationbeforetranslation.Theformofidio
6、msissimplebuthasstrongexpressionalpower.Idiomscontainmanyculturaltraits.Allthosecharacteristicsofidiomsdescribedabovepopularizedthiskindoflanguageform.Thepurposeofthepaperistofindsomeculturalbackgroundsbehindidiomsanddiscusssomeefficientwaystotranslateidi
7、oms.inthepaper,themainconcernisgiventoEnglishandChinese.2.Culturalbackgrounds2.1GeographicalFeaturesTheformationofculturesisinfluencedbythephysicalgeography.LuoShipingsaidthatdifferentgeographicalenvironmentsformdifferentculturesbroughtuptheirownexpressio
8、nalways.Peoplewholivedbytheseacreated“thecultureofseas”.Englishpeoplewholivedinmoutainareascreate“thecultureofmoutains”.(骆世平,2005)GreatBritainissurroundedbyseasandatleast3000milesawayfromEuropeanmainland.Englishpeop
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