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1、浅析英汉颜色词汇的互译【关键词】色彩词；联想意义；比较；翻译方法Ⅰ.Introduction InbothEnglishandChinese,thereareagreatnumberofcolorwordsexpressingthecolorsintheworld.TheconceptualmeaningsconveyedbythetermsofcolorsareroughlythesameinEnglishandChinese.However,languagebelongstoculture.Thes
2、ametermsofcolorsinthesetwolanguagesmayhavedifferentculturalassociations,whichisnottransparenttoChineselearnersofEnglishasaforeignlanguage.InEnglish,agroupofcolorwordsareparticularlyrichinculturalassociations,whichmeansthattheycanbeusedeitherliterallytore
3、fertodifferentcolorsormetaphoricallytoconveytheirassociativemeaningsindifferentlanguagesandcultures.Alotofcolorwordsareproducedunderaspecialhistoricalorgeographicalbackground,soifwedon’tunderstandthesecolorwordsandtheirsocialcustomsandculturalbackground,
4、wemayfindithardtocommunicatewithothers.Thereforeit’squiteessentialforustograspthedifferencesoftheliteralmeaningandassociativemeaningofcolorwordsbetweenEnglishandChinese,soastopromoteculturalcommunicationandimprovetranslationpractice.Ⅱ.TheAssociationsofCo
5、lorWordsbetweenEnglishandChineseThenatureissocolorful,thatsomanywordsarecreatedaccordingtodescribeit.Amongthesewords,colorwordsconstituteanindispensablepart.Butwiththechangeofhistoryandculture,colorwordsarenotonlyusedtoexpresscolorsthemselves,butrepresen
6、tsomeotherdifferentmeanings.Peopleoftenusecolorwordstoexplaintheirmoralcharacters,moodandopinionsbecausecolorwordscanproducevariousassociationswhichmayaffectpeople’sfeelingsandbehaviors.Colorwordsofdifferentlanguagessharethesameconceptualmeaning,butdiffe
7、rentculturalbackgroundsandthinkingmodesalsoresultindistinctdifferencesintheconnotativemeanings.Inaword,differentkindsofcolorhavedifferentconnotativemeaningsindifferentcountries,soweshouldgetadeepunderstandingoftheirdifferencesaswellassimilarities. A.Colo
8、rWordswithSimilarAssociationsThoughwehavementionedlotsofdifferentmeaningsofcolorwordsbetweenEnglishandChinese,wecannotneglectthatcertaincolorwordsinEnglishandChinesesharethesameconception.1.RedRedsymbolizeshappiness,pleasu
