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1、CultureandTranslation文化与翻译1.Therelationshipbetweenlanguageandculture.IthasbeenwidelyrecognizedthatlanguageandcultureareinseparableFirstly,languageisapartofculture.AccordingtothedefinitionofculturegivenbyMicrosoftEncartaEncyclopedia,Wecandrawaconclusionthatlanguageisacomponentofculture
2、.Secondly,languageisthecarrierofcultureandlanguagereflectsculture.Languageisthebaseofentireculture,anditisonlyinlanguagethatculturecanbewellpresentedandhandeddownfromgenerationtogeneration.Thirdly,cultureinfluenceslanguageandshapeslanguage.Accordingly,wecanconcludethatlanguageandcultu
3、re,asdifferentastheyare,areintricatelyinterwovenandtheyrelyoneachother.Wecannotseparatethetwowithoutlosingthesignificanceofeitherlanguageorculture.2.Therelationbetweencultureandtranslation.Thecloserelationshipbetweenlanguageandculturedecidesthecloserelationshipbetweentranslationandcul
4、tureFirstly,culturenecessarilyexertsagreatinfluenceontranslation.Thewaysofthinking,beliefs,attitudesandvaluesofdifferentnationsgiverisetofailuresormisunderstandingsincross-culturalcommunicationSecondly,translationalsoinfluencesculture.Itcanenrichanation'sculturebyabsorbingforeigncultu
5、ralnourishmentsandtransplantingtheoutsideculturesintoitsownculturalenvironmentsFinally,translationservesasculturalintermediation(调解).Astheinformationaltechnologyandcommunicationdevelops,thecommunicationbetweendifferentcountriesandregionshasbecomemoreandmorefrequent,directandconvenient
6、.Thisisnodenyingthattranslationplaysavitallyimportantroleininterculturalcommunication.3.ThedifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishthoughtpatterns.1.SyntheticThoughtPatternandAnalyticThoughtPattern.Synthesisisakindofthoughtwhichcombinestheseparateparts,elementsoftheobjectsintoawholewhilean
7、alysisisakindofthoughtwhichseparatesthewholeintoparts.Syntheticandanalyticthoughtpatternsarenotonlyopposite,butalsounifiedInthought,Chineseprefersynthesis,Englishanalysis.2.ImaginativeThoughtPatternandAbstractThoughtPattern.Imaginativethoughtisapsychologicalprocessinwhichhumanbeingsre
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