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1、CulturalDissimilaritiesandIdiomTranslation CuiJingRenHuaiping 崔静任怀平 [Abstract]:ChineseandEnglishidiomscarvedwiththeirownculturalcharacteristics accountforagreatpartintranslation.Inthisthesis,theeffectofculturaldissimilaritiesis analyzedonthetranslationof
2、ChineseandEnglishidioms,andspecificapproachesdrawnto dealwiththeproblem. [Keywords]:culturalbarriers;ChineseandEnglishidioms;culturaldissimilarities Introduction Languagecannotexistwithoutcultureasitscomponent.Aspartoflanguage,idiomsthatincludesayingsa
3、ndproverbsarecharacterizedbytheirrichnessandvividnessintheirconciseexpressions.Intranslation,thisspeciallanguageformisgreatlyinvolved.Inabroadsense,humanbeingssharecommoncultureandculturalsimilaritiesaretheoverlapsofculturalfeaturesbetweenlanguages.Wheni
4、diomsofthesourcelanguageissimilartothoseofthetargetlanguageintermsofchoiceofwords,collocationandsocialmeanings,translationbecomeseasybecauseofthepositiveinfluenceofculturalsimilarities.Butaterminonelanguagemaynothaveacounterpartinanotherlanguage.Themaind
5、ifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishidiomslienotonlyinthelanguageexpressionwaysofvocabulary,grammar,andrhetoricdevices,butalsointheirdifferentculturalbackgrounds,becauseChineseandEnglishidiomsoriginatefromdifferentcultures.Thus,intranslationofidioms,muchat
6、tentionshouldbepaidtothedissimilaritiesofculturesaswellaslanguagesthemselves. 1.CulturalDissimilaritiesInanylanguage,thereisaprofoundculturalintentionrelativetoitsownphysiology,convention,andreligiousbelief,etc.EugeneNidahascategorizedcultureintofivekind
7、s:(1)ecologyculture,(2)materialculture,(3)socialculture,(4)religionculture,and(5)languageculture.EnglishandChineseidioms,closelyrelatedtotheirowncultures,conveydifferentculturalfeaturesthatresultingreateffectinidiomtranslation.1.1RegionalCulturalDissimil
8、aritiesRegionculturesrefertotheculturesformedbydifferentregionalenvironmentandlivingconditions.Differentlanguageforms,aspartialreflectionofregioncultures,areappliedbydifferentnationstoshowtheirattitudestowardsthingsorpheno
