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1、英语习语翻译的文化形象OnCultureImageofIdiomsTranslationⅠ.IntroductionAspeopleknow,differentcountriesanddistrictsowndifferentcultures.Thismustbetruebecauseithasformedacolorfulworldthankstothevariouscivilizations.Inpeople’scommonlives,thereoftenshowstheusageofidioms.Anidiomisagroupofwordswhichhaveadif
2、ferentmeaningwhenusedtogetherfromtheonetheywouldhaveifyoutookthemeaningofeachwordseparately,anditisoftenusedataparticulartimeorinaparticularplace.Aspecifichistoryandhabitofaparticularcountryhaveendowedpeopledaverymeaningtotheidioms.Sopeoplemaysaythatthedifferentcivilizationshaveinfluenceo
3、ndifferentwaysofpeople’slives,historiesandculturalperspectiveswhichgivevariousmeaningtoonecertainthing.Sointhecaseoftranslationactivities,especiallyidiomtranslation,peoplecannotdothetranslationastheyliketo,regardlessoftheculturalgap.Forinstance,peopleoftenmeettheproblemthathowtodealwithth
4、ecultureimage.AndtheappropriatewaysmayexactlyconveythemeaningfromsourcelanguagetotargetlanguageAsJ.CCatfordsays,translationistheactofreplacingtextmaterialinthesourcelanguagebyanequivalenttextmaterialinthetargetmaterial.Soistheidiomtranslation.Whencomingtothestandardoftranslation,peopleten
5、dtothinkofYanFuwhoadvocatedforthefirsttimethethreewordsastranslationcriteria,namely,“faithfulness,expressivenessandelegance.”Whenonemeetsuchissueofidiomtranslation,especiallywhenthereisaneedofdealingwiththecultureimage,heorshemustfeelterrible.Sothispassagehassomepointsinthisissue.Ingenera
6、l,thisworkhassummarizedthreewaystodealwithit.(1)Thefirstwayistotranslateliterarily.Aspeoplehavesaidthat,differentregionsowndifferentcultures,butinhuman’sconsciousness,therealsoliesomecommonground.Forexamplewhentranslatetheidiom赴汤蹈火,peoplemayjusttrythis“gothroughfireandwater”.Itisliteraryt
7、ranslation,noimagereplacedorchange,andinthiscaseoftranslation,theoriginalfavorisperfectlysaved.(2)Secondistomakeproperselectionfromthetargetlanguagewhichcouldconveythesimilarmeaningtoreadersorexpressitperfectlyintargetlanguage.suchas爱屋及乌to“lovemelovemydog.”(3)Andlas
