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1、TheFormsofCulturalDifferencesandTranslationCulturaldifferenceshavemanyexpressiveforms.Anysubtledifferencecanbringoutproblemtotranslation.Weshouldtrytoknowandrecognizeasmanyformsofculturaldifferencesaspossible,sothatwecandealwithproblemsoftranslationmoreflexibly.Il
2、istsometypicalformstoexplaintherelationshipbetweenculturaldifferencesandtranslation.1ThedifferencesinwaysofthinkingandtranslationWaysofthinkingistheprocessofanindividualchoosing,evaluatingandorganizingexternalstimulus,whichistheprocessofchangingexternalstimulustop
3、ersonalexperience.Anation’swaysofthinkingnotonlyaffectindividual’ssocialactivity,butalsoaffectresponseofothernations,andtheattitudeoftranslatedculturetowardsoriginalcultureagreement,appreciationorbelittlement,exclusion.Inwesternculture,peoplethinkthatthereisdirect
4、relationbetweenideologyandactualworld,layinggreatemphasisonrationaleanddeduction,believingthataslongasfollowingrightlogicalsteps,theywillobtaintruth.Whileinsomeeasternculture,suchasBuddhism,peoplethinkthatrationaleandlogiccannotobtaintruth,thebestwayofobtainingtru
5、thisspeculation,meditationandwaiting,andthentruthwillappearnaturally.Inaddition,differentnationshavegreatdifferenceinstandpointandresponsetooutsidethings.Itissaidthat,anAmerican,aGerman,aJapanesepersonandaChinesepersonwenttovisitOceanMuseum.TheAmericanwonderedatth
6、esightofthemuseum,saying“Terrific!”andadmiringthefishwithhugeandbeautifulshape.TheGermaninquiredintothewatertemperatureandhabitsofthefishcarefully.TheJapaneseexaminedthequalityandcostofthefishtank.WhiletheChinesewantedtoknowwhetherthefishiseatableandwhetheritisdel
7、icious.Wedonotevaluatethecreditabilityofthehearsay,butdifferentculturesindeedhavedifferentresponse.Forexample,Americansputemphasisonthesizeandpriceofthingstheymet,whileJapanesethinkcolorisamuchmoreimportantstandard.Itdemandstranslatorsunderstandingrelevantlanguage
8、sanddeedsofdifferentnations,beingfamiliarwithrelevantcultures’waysofthinking.Differencesinwaysofthinkingcandirectlyaffectpeople’sresponsetothesamething.
