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1、英汉姓名的文化内涵及其翻译[Abstract]Ascarriersofcultures,ChineseandEnglishnamesarefullofculturalconnotations,andresultinculturalgapbetesarenotonlysymbolsthatdistinguishonepersonfromothers,butalsosocialsymbols.Itis“amirrorofculture”.Throughparativestudyonanation’shistory,religio
2、n,conceptsofmoralandvalue,es.Andthensuggestsometranslationprinciplesandmethods.Therearesomesimilaritiesbetes,suchastotemism,consciousnessofroot-seeking,specializingpoints.InChinesenames,canalsobefoundinEnglishnames.InthetranslationofChineseandEnglishnames,translato
3、rsshouldfolloes,usetransliterationandparaphrasesoastoreflecttherealmeaningofEnglishandChinesenames.[Keyostnamesinliteraryeaning.“Theysymbolizesomeconnotationsthatgofarbeyondtheirliterarymeanings.Theybeesomegeneraltermsindicatingcertainmeaning,symbolizingcertainpeop
4、le,orreferringparticularlytocertainsituationsoractions”.[7]P31Forexample,Shylock,inShakespeare’sedyTheMerchantofVeniceindicatessomeusurersandbusinessmeneanandcruel.Itcanalsobeusedasverbreferringtotheactionofoillicitactivities-bookmaking,gambling,shylocking,andquest
5、ionableunionactivities”.TakethepersonalnameZhuGeliang(诸葛亮)asanotherexample.Itcanbeusednotonlytorefertothespecificpersononnoun.“诸葛亮”inthesaying“三个臭皮匠,顶个诸葛亮”(iddleAges”.[11]P34Theyareinlargenumber.SocialculturalfactorsplayanimportantroleinthedevelopmentofEnglishfamil
6、ynames.TheyreflectapletepictureofEnglishfeudalsociety.SotheyarethelivingfossilsforstudyingEnglishhistoryandculture.EnglishfamilynamesarethehistoricalproductofEnglishsociety.Theyexperiencednearlythreecenturiesfromnonexistencetofulldevelopment.Thereeilyname.“odernFre
7、nchtranslates“surname”asnomdefemile,soinEnglishsurnameisalsocalledfamilyname.3.2.2Formsofnamesandculturalconnotation(i)FormsofnamesInbothChineseandEnglish,thepersonalnamescanbedividedintosurnamesandgivennames.Aperson’sfamilynameisinherent.He/Shegothis/herfamilyname
8、beforehe/sheilynamesarenotselectable.Thecaseisdifferentingivennames.Givennamesarenotinherentbutselectable;onecanchoosehisgivennames.Buttheesareus