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1、OnthetranslationofEnglishandChineseIdiomsAbstract:English and Chinese are both languages with long history, there are a lot of idioms in them; but we may have many problems while translating. As for the different original languages, this essay is to analyses the p
2、ossible problems we will meet when we translate the Chinese s into English ones. EnglishandChineseidiomsembodydifferentnationalculturalfeaturesanddifferentculturalinformationwhichresultfromthevariousgeographypositions,histories,customs,religiousbeliefsandliteratur
3、etradition.ThispapermainlyinvestigatesthetypeswhichleadtothedifferencebetweenChineseandEnglishidiomsthroughnumerousexamples.Keywords:idiom,culture,literaltranslation,freetranslationI.IntroductionLanguageisthecarrierofculture,languagereflectingculture,cultureinflue
4、ncinglanguage.Acountry’slanguagecanreflectit’sownspecificalculture,whichhaveassignableinfluenceonthelanguage.Idiomistheessenceoflanguageandnationalculture,besides,itisthedaughtersoflaboringpeople’sexperience.Weoftensay“TalkShop.”Laboringpeopleindifferentsectorsdra
5、wstheirownlessonsinthedailyproductivelabor,concentratingintopopularclassicsentence.FromthedifferencesinEnglishandChineseidioms,wecanfindsomeculturaldifferencesbetweenthetwocountries.ComparethetwokindsofidiomsbetweenEnglishandChineseintwolanguages,wecanroughlydivid
6、eitintofourcategories:II.Similar-appearing,same-meaning.AlthoughtherearemanydifferencesbetweenEnglishcultureandChineseculture,peopleupbringinginthetwokindsofcultureliveinthesameplanetandhavethesamesurvivalenvironment,samelivingcondition.Besides,theyhavecommoncogni
7、tive.Nomatterlifestyle,mindhabitsorvalues,theyshowsamemostly.ThereissomethinginChinese,thereissomethinginEnglish.Forinstance,eatthreemealsaday,orthewaywedressed.Sincethetwokindsofcultureshowmanysimilities,thesametolanguage.Becauseofthat,wecantranslateonelanguageto
8、another.Idiomsarethedaughtersoflifeexperience,sotherearemanycasesofsimilar-appearingwordsshowingthesamemeaningbetweenEnglishandChineselanguages.Suchas:A
