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1、ACulturalTurnInTranslationStudies(1)Acknoents:Thismightbemyfirstpaper,althoughI’vetriedtodosometranslationBaitoEnglish.HereIyrespectandthankstotheteachersattheForeignLanguageInstituteofYunnanNormalUniversity,especiallyProf.HeChangyeandProf.XieMing.Theytaughtmealotaboutcultureandlanguage,givingmean
2、ee,alsogaveverygoodsuggestionstomypaperanddetailedcorrectionsbothinspellingandgrammar.IamalsogratefultotheauthorsofthebooksI’veconsultedandthenamelessBaipeopleanybeautifulBaifolkstoriesandsongsforus.AndmyBritishfriendBryanAllenshouldn’tbeforgotten,it’sheemanyvaluablesuggestionsonthefirstdraftofthi
3、spaper,andmuchinsightintoEnglishculture.YangHuashengThesisstatement:AdifferentculturalbackgroundhinderspeopleinEnglish-speakingcountriesfromunderstandingBaiculture.Inordertodeal,theculturalturnshouldbesuccessfullyrealizedintranslation..”3InthefolloelanguagephenomenabothinBaiandEnglishfromthecultur
4、alvieitiveculture'definedcultureas,“Cultureisaplexsystemthatincludesalltheknoorals,lasandanyothertalentsandhabitsmasteredoracceptedbythemembersofacertainsociety.”EnglishandCultureDictionary(Longman,1922)identified“culture,ascustom,beliefs,art,musicandanyotherproductsofhumanthinking.Cultureisthepro
5、ductofacertainsocietyinacertainperiod,suchastheAncientGreekculture”4ThefamousAmericanlinguistDrNidathoughtthat‘alanguageisaleaningofanytextrefersdirectlyorindirectlytothecorrespondingculture,ultimatelyeaningintermsofthecorrespondingculture.ateandgeographicalobjectsleadtodifferentcustoms,differentb
6、eliefsanddifferentattitudestothings.EachhastheiroelanguagephenomenafromBaifolkstoriesandsongs,andtrytoanalysethesephenomenaattheculturallevelinordertoimproveourtranslationtechniqueandrealizesuccessfulcross-culturalmunication.4.Baipeople’sattitudetoansliveinthiscolourfulecolourmayexpressthedifferen
7、tculturalpsychology,leadtovariousassociations,andithasuniqueculturalconnotationinthedifferentcultures.”5TomostBaipeopleandesimilarconnotations:purityandinnocence.Butithasquiteoppositeconnotations,too.oreconnotati