Cultural Differences between English and Chinese Idioms and Their Translation 英语专业毕业论文

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1、CulturalDifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseIdiomsandTheirTranslationAbstract:Languageiscloselyrelatedtoculture.Anidiomisafixedexpressingwaywhichisformedinthecourseofusinglanguage.Itisalsothecreamoflanguage,whichreflectscultureconcisely.TherearerichidiomsbothinEnglishandChineselanguage,

2、buttheculturaldifferencesresultindifferentculturalimplicationandexpressionbetweenthetwolanguages.Understandingtheculturaldifferencescanenhancetheinterculturalawarenessoflanguagelearners,helpthemtocomprehendandusetheidiomsaccuratelyandgetridofthebarrierinstudyingthetwolanguages.Sowhentr

3、anslatingidioms,learnersshouldn'ttreatthemaswords.Itisnecessaryforlearnerstotransferidioms'culturalimplicationtothetargetlanguagereaders,andpaymoreattentiontotheculturaldifferencesandchooseappropriatetechniques.Theversionwillcausethesameeffectsassourcelanguagetoreaders.Asdevelopmentoft

4、heepoch,thelanguagelearnersmustexpandtheirknowledgeaboutculture,developthetranslationtheoriesandpracticethetheories.Keywords:EnglishandChineseidioms,culturaldifferences,translationmethods34摘要：语言与文化密切相关，习语是一种在语言使用过程中形成的独特的固定表达方式，是语言中最精华的部分，最能体现其相关文化。英汉语言中都拥有大量的习语资源，英汉的不同文化背景导致它们习语的文化蕴涵和

5、结构也有所不同。理解这些文化差异有利于提高语言学习者的跨文化交际意识，掌握和正确应用这些习语，克服学习英语或汉语的障碍。所以，在翻译习语时不能简单地就词论词，应从文化翻译的角度去向读者传输其文化内涵；注意文化差异，采取恰当的翻译方法，使译文能引起译文读者的共鸣。随着时代的发展，语言学习者应不断扩充自身的文化知识，发展翻译理论，实践翻译理论。关键词：英汉习语；文化差异；翻译方法34ContentsAbstract……………………………………………………………………iContents……………………………………………………………………iiiIntroduction………

6、………………………………………………………11.Thedefinitionofidioms……………………………………………22.ThemainreasonsofculturaldifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseidioms………………………………………………………………………32.1Differentlivingcircumstances………………………………………32.2Differenthistoryculture……………………………………………52.3Differenttraditionalcustoms…………………

7、………………………72.4Differentreligionsandbeliefs…………………………………102.5Differentthinkingways…………………………………………112.6Differentnationalsports…………………………………………133.Themethodsoftranslatingidioms…………………………………133.1Metaphrase…………………………………………………………143.2Substitution…………………………………………………………153.3Paraphrase…………………