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1、动物在汉英文化中的喻义及其翻译 1.Introduction1.1CloserelationshipbetweenanimalsandhumanbeingsHumanbeingsandanimalsareboththeproductsofnaturalevolution,andfactuallymanhadevolvedfromanimals.Butsincehumanbeingscreatedlanguage,therehaveexistedsomegreatdifferencesbetweenmanandanimals.Language,t
2、heresultofhumanlaborandsocialactivities,ishumanspecific,whichisthemajorfactorthatdistinguisheshumanbeingsfromanimals.Inthelongprogressofhumansociety,animals,whichprovidefoodandlaborforceforhuman,havebeencloselyboundupwithhumanexistenceanddevelopment.Theirfurswerealsogooddres
3、smaterialsforancienthumantokeepoutwindandcold.Inacertainstageofprimitivesociety,manonceconsideredanimalsasGodstoworship.Sofaranimalsarestillclosefriendsofhumanbeings.Nowthatanimalsplayanimportantroleinhumanlives,theanimalwordsinhumanlanguageswillbearthedeepsocio-culturalimpr
4、intsinthecourseofbeingusedlongbythehumanbeings.1.2InfluenceofanimalwordsinbothChineseandEnglishculture Languageisthecarrierandcontainerofculturalinformation.Humanbeingshavebeeninteractingwiththeworldandaccumulatedtheirexperienceandknowledgeabouttheworld,whicharerepresentedi
5、nlanguage.Asaresult,wecanfindinlanguageallhumanknowledgeandexperiencewhichareinterpretedasculturalinformation.[1]Soinhumanlanguagethereexistaplentyofanimalwordsthatareoftenusedaskindsofassociationvehicles.Humanbeingsoftenassociatetheirfeelingsandemotionswithvariousanimalsacc
6、ordingtoanimals’featuressuchastheirappearances,habitsandcharacteristicssothatthenamesorimagesofanimalspossessspecificcultural9connotations. Cultureisthesoiloflanguage.SirEdwardTylor,aBritishanthropologist,wasoneofthosewhofirstdefinedculture，inPrimitiveCulture(1871).Hisdefin
7、itionwasthat“Cultureiscomplexwhole,whichincludesknowledge,belief,art,law,morals,customsandanyothercapabilitiesandhabitsacquiredbymanasamemberofsociety.”Tylor’sdefinitionhascontinuallybeenthebasisofmostanthropologicalconceptionofculture.[2]Cultureisalsoahistoricalphenomenon.E
8、achgenerationinheritsthecultureestablishedbyitsforefathersandmakesitsowncon
