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1、ACulturalTurnInTranslationStudies(1)Acknoents:Thismightbemyfirstpaper,althoughI’vetriedtodosometranslationBaitoEnglish.HereIyrespectandthankstotheteachersattheForeignLanguageInstituteofYunnanNormalUniversity,especiallyProf.HeChangyeandProf.XieMing.Theytaughtmealotabo
2、utcultureandlanguage,givingmeanee,alsogaveverygoodsuggestionstomypaperanddetailedcorrectionsbothinspellingandgrammar.IamalsogratefultotheauthorsofthebooksI’veconsultedandthenamelessBaipeopleanybeautifulBaifolkstoriesandsongsforus.AndmyBritishfriendBryanAllenshouldn’t
3、beforgotten,it’sheemanyvaluablesuggestionsonthefirstdraftofthispaper,andmuchinsightintoEnglishculture.YangHuashengThesisstatement:AdifferentculturalbackgroundhinderspeopleinEnglish-speakingcountriesfromunderstandingBaiculture.Inordertodeal,theculturalturnshouldbesucc
4、essfullyrealizedintranslation..”3InthefolloelanguagephenomenabothinBaiandEnglishfromtheculturalvieitiveculture'definedcultureas,“Cultureisaplexsystemthatincludesalltheknoorals,lasandanyothertalentsandhabitsmasteredoracceptedbythemembersofacertainsociety.”EnglishandCu
5、ltureDictionary(Longman,1922)identified“culture,ascustom,beliefs,art,musicandanyotherproductsofhumanthinking.Cultureistheproductofacertainsocietyinacertainperiod,suchastheAncientGreekculture”4ThefamousAmericanlinguistDrNidathoughtthat‘alanguageisaleaningofanytextrefe
6、rsdirectlyorindirectlytothecorrespondingculture,ultimatelyeaningintermsofthecorrespondingculture.ateandgeographicalobjectsleadtodifferentcustoms,differentbeliefsanddifferentattitudestothings.EachhastheiroelanguagephenomenafromBaifolkstoriesandsongs,andtrytoanalysethe
7、sephenomenaattheculturallevelinordertoimproveourtranslationtechniqueandrealizesuccessfulcross-culturalmunication.4.Baipeople’sattitudetoansliveinthiscolourfulecolourmayexpressthedifferentculturalpsychology,leadtovariousassociations,andithasuniqueculturalconnotationin
8、thedifferentcultures.”5TomostBaipeopleandesimilarconnotations:purityandinnocence.Butithasquiteoppositeconnotations,too.oreconnotati