On the Cultural Connotation of English Names and Their Chinese Translation 英语专业毕业论文

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1、OntheCulturalConnotationofEnglishNamesandTheirChineseTranslationAbstractAnameisusedtoindicateaparticularmemberinthesociety.Itisnotonlyasocialsymbolusedincommunicationbutalsoamirrorofculture.Personalnamesinvolverichculturalconnotationsandreflectculturaltraitsofgivennations.Accordingly

2、,itisessentialtostudythecultureandtranslationaboutnames.ThispaperattemptstoanalyzeculturalconnotationsofEnglishnamesandstrategiesoftheirChinesetranslationtofacilitatecross-culturalcommunicationandhelpushaveabetterunderstandingofWesternculture.Thispaperconsistsofsixchapters.Firstly,it

3、introducesthecharacteristicsandoriginsofEnglishnames.ThenthepaperfocusesonculturalconnotationofEnglishnamesfromtheaspectsofindividualism,Christianityandsexism.Finally,theauthorexploressomeprinciplesandstrategiesofChinesetranslationofEnglishnames,includingthetranslationofgeneralnamesa

4、ndparticularnames,thelatterofwhichrefertocharacternamesinliteraryworksandpersonalnamesinidioms.TransliterationshouldbecombinedwithestablishedpopulartranslatednamesandfreetranslationtoreflecttherealmeaningofEnglishnames.Keywords:Englishnames;culturalconnotation;Chinesetranslation不要删除行

5、尾的分节符，此行不会被打印-I-ContentsAbstractIContentsIIChapter1Introduction1Chapter2TheCharacteristicsandOriginsofEnglishNames22.1ComponentsandformsofEnglishnames22.2TheexplorationofEnglishnames’roots22.2.1Originsoffamilyname32.2.2Originsofgivenname32.2.3Originsofmiddlename4Chapter3TheCulturalCo

6、nnotationofEnglishNames53.1Individualism53.2Christianity63.3Sexism7Chapter4TranslationofGeneralNames84.1Translationprinciplesofgeneralnames84.1.1Keepingtheoriginalname’sorder84.1.2Puttingapointamongthefirst,middleandlastname84.1.3UsingthestandardpronunciationoftheChinesecharacters94.

7、1.4Avoidingusingcharacterswithderogatorysenses94.2Translationmethodsofgeneralnames104.2.1Adoptingtransliteration104.2.2Adoptingestablishedpopulartranslatednames114.3Translationofcharacters’namesinliteraryworks124.4Translationofcharacters’namesinidioms13Chapter6Conclusion16Bibliograph

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