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1、从文化角度看习语翻译【摘要】习语是语言文化的结晶,缺少了习语,语言将会变得索然无味。习语在语言中的应用比比皆是,在写作或演说中适当地使用习语将会使篇章增色,加强语言的力量使语言更形象。奈达曾说过,习语是比任何非习语更具冲击力的表达,它带有一种语言和文化的识别特征。习语被广泛应用于各类写作和演说中,如在文学作品中,在科学著作中,在政治演说中,甚至在美国,习语都成为辩论中唇枪舌战的武器。美国第16届总统亚伯拉罕·林肯在他一篇著名演说中引用了圣经里的一句话:“互相分裂的房子无法站立。”来号召美国人民团结一
2、致反对黑奴制度,停止内战。美国人对圣经的内容都很熟悉,他们为此深受感动。林肯废奴运动也取得了很好的结果。既然习语在语言运用中有如此重要地位,那么恰到好处地翻译习语将有助于跨文化交流。中英不同的文化使得英汉习语在表达上有很大差异,也使得翻译中容易产生误译,因此加强对英汉习语文化内涵差异的了解有着重要意义。本文在探讨英汉习语文化内涵差异的基础上提出了四种翻译方法:直译法、意译法、意象转移法、增删法。【关键词】习语;文化;习语翻译【Abstract】Idioms,havinguniversalappeal
3、,areslanguageinspeechanduchtovarietystrengthandvividnessofthelanguage.Idiomsusuallycarrymoreimpactthannone-idiomaticexpressionsbecauseofthEircloseidentificationsareostallkindsofspeechesandsLincolnoncequotedanidiomderivedfromtheBible:“Ahousedividedagain
4、stitselfcannotstand.”inoneofhisfamousspeech,callingonpeopletofightagainstslaveryandCivilanyidiomsbearfiguresandstrongculturalflavors.Iftheyaretranslatedappropriately,notonlycantheoriginalspiritandmeaningsbefaithfullyconveyed,clearlyunderstoodandaccepte
5、dbythetargetlanguagereaders,butalsotheChineseandEnglishvocabulariescanbeenrichedtoprovideabroaderculturalvision.Theissuesofrenderingidiomsofonelanguageintoanotherarealsandculturetranslation,andtheissueofidiomtranslationisexploredfromaculturalperspectiv
6、e.2.Definitionsandformsofidiom2.1ThedefinitionsofidiomThe”possessesseveralmeanings.Itmaybedefinedas“thelanguageofapeopleoracountry”,asin“theChineseidiom”;or“adialect”asin“Cantoneseidiom”.Itmayalsobedefined,accordingtoOxfordAdvancedLearner’sEnglish-Chin
7、eseDictionary,as“phraseorsentenceeaningisnotclearfromthemeaningofitsindividualustbelearntasaostsuitsthepurposeofthispaper.TheChinese“equivalent”for“idiom”is“习语”,italsoreferstoakindofasetphraseorsentencefixedbylongusage.Fromtheabovedefinitions(or:习语):Fi
8、rstly,establishedandrefinedbylongpracticaluse,anidiomhasarelativelyhighdegreeofstabilityofthelexicalponents.Anidiomalloundernormalcircumstances.Ingeneral,anychangeintheponentssmeaningless.Aspeakerorallydoanyofthefollounlessheorsheiscons