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1、CulturalDissimilaritiesandIdiomTranslation [Abstract]ChineseandEnglishidiomscarvedwiththeirownculturalcharacteristicsaccountforagreatpartintranslation.Inthisthesis,theeffectofculturaldissimilaritiesisanalyzedonthetranslationofChineseandEnglishidioms,andspecifi
2、capproachesdrawntodealwiththeproblem. [Keywords]culturalbarriers;ChineseandEnglishidioms;culturaldissimilarities Introduction Languagecannotexistwithoutcultureasitscomponent.Aspartoflanguage,idiomsthatincludesayingsandproverbsarecharacterizedbytheirrichnessa
3、ndvividnessintheirconciseexpressions.Intranslation,thisspeciallanguageformisgreatlyinvolved.Inabroadsense,humanbeingssharecommoncultureandculturalsimilaritiesaretheoverlapsofculturalfeaturesbetweenlanguages.Whenidiomsofthesourcelanguageissimilartothoseofthetar
4、getlanguageintermsofchoiceofwords,collocationandsocialmeanings,translationbecomeseasybecauseofthepositiveinfluenceofculturalsimilarities.Butaterminonelanguagemaynothaveacounterpartinanotherlanguage.ThemaindifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishidiomslienotonlyinth
5、elanguageexpressionwaysofvocabulary,grammar,andrhetoricdevices,butalsointheirdifferentculturalbackgrounds,becauseChineseandEnglishidiomsoriginatefromdifferentcultures.Thus,intranslationofidioms,muchattentionshouldbepaidtothedissimilaritiesofculturesaswellaslan
6、guagesthemselves. 1.CulturalDissimilaritiesInanylanguage,thereisaprofoundculturalintentionrelativetoitsownphysiology,convention,andreligiousbelief,etc.EugeneNidahascategorizedcultureintofivekinds:(1)ecologyculture,(2)materialculture,(3)socialculture,(4)religio
7、nculture,and(5)languageculture.EnglishandChineseidioms,closelyrelatedtotheirowncultures,conveydifferentculturalfeaturesthatresultingreateffectinidiomtranslation.1.1RegionalCulturalDissimilaritiesRegionculturesrefertotheculturesformedbydifferentregionalenvironm
8、entandlivingconditions.Differentlanguageforms,aspartialreflectionofregioncultures,areappliedbydifferentnationstoshowtheirattitudestowardsthingsorphenomena.Britonisanislandcountrywh
