Cultural Differences between English and Chinese Idioms and Their Translation英汉成语中的文化差异及翻译

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1、CulturalDifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseIdiomsandTheirTranslationAbstract:Languageiscloselyrelatedtoculture.Anidiomisafixedexpressingwaywhichisformedinthecourseofusinglanguage.Itisalsothecreamoflanguage,whichreflectscultureconcisely.TherearerichidiomsbothinEnglishandChineselanguage,butthecultur

2、aldifferencesresultindifferentculturalimplicationandexpressionbetweenthetwolanguages.Understandingtheculturaldifferencescanenhancetheinterculturalawarenessoflanguagelearners,helpthemtocomprehendandusetheidiomsaccuratelyandgetridofthebarrierinstudyingthetwolanguages.Sowhentranslatingidioms,learners

3、shouldn'ttreatthemaswords.Itisnecessaryforlearnerstotransferidioms'culturalimplicationtothetargetlanguagereaders,andpaymoreattentiontotheculturaldifferencesandchooseappropriatetechniques.Theversionwillcausethesameeffectsassourcelanguagetoreaders.Asdevelopmentoftheepoch,thelanguagelearnersmustexpan

4、dtheirknowledgeaboutculture,developthetranslationtheoriesandpracticethetheories.Keywords:EnglishandChineseidioms,culturaldifferences,translationmethods19摘要：语言与文化密切相关，习语是一种在语言使用过程中形成的独特的固定表达方式，是语言中最精华的部分，最能体现其相关文化。英汉语言中都拥有大量的习语资源，英汉的不同文化背景导致它们习语的文化蕴涵和结构也有所不同。理解这些文化差异有利于提高语言学习者的跨文化交际意识，掌握和正确应用这些习语，克

5、服学习英语或汉语的障碍。所以，在翻译习语时不能简单地就词论词，应从文化翻译的角度去向读者传输其文化内涵；注意文化差异，采取恰当的翻译方法，使译文能引起译文读者的共鸣。随着时代的发展，语言学习者应不断扩充自身的文化知识，发展翻译理论，实践翻译理论。关键词：英汉习语；文化差异；翻译方法19ContentsAbstract……………………………………………………………………iContents……………………………………………………………………iiiIntroduction………………………………………………………………11.Thedefinitionofidioms………………………………………

6、……22.ThemainreasonsofculturaldifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseidioms………………………………………………………………………32.1Differentlivingcircumstances………………………………………32.2Differenthistoryculture……………………………………………52.3Differenttraditionalcustoms…………………………………………72.4Differentreligionsandbeliefs…………………………………102.5Differentthin

7、kingways…………………………………………112.6Differentnationalsports…………………………………………133.Themethodsoftranslatingidioms…………………………………133.1Metaphrase…………………………………………………………143.2Substitution…………………………………………………………153.3Paraphrase…………………