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1、AbstractTheusageofeuphemisminvolvedineveryaspectsofourdailylifeandsocialactivitieswhichhavemadeitbecomeaabsorbinglanguagephenomenoninEnglishspokenworld.Thisessaystartsfromthedefinitionandoriginofeuphemismandgivesainitialdiscussionofthecategories,function
2、s,regulationsandtranslationmethodsofEnglisheuphemismtoenhancetheabilityofunderstandingandcommunicationofeuphemismwhenitinpracticaltranslationuses.Keywords:euphemism;communication;culture;translation摘要委婉语使用的范围涉及社会及个人生活的方方面面,成为英语世界中一个引人注目的语言现象。本文从委婉语的定义和起源
3、入手,对英语委婉语的分类、功能、规律及其翻译方法做了初步探讨,以期达到在实际翻译工作中加强对委婉语的理解和交流之目的。关键词:委婉语;文化;交流;翻译I.IntroductionAsarhetoricaldevice,EuphemismhadbeenwidelyusedduringtheVictorianperiodwhichisafashionintheupperclassatthattime.Andevennowadaystheusageofeuphemismhasincreasedandbroug
4、htsomenewchanges,makingpeopleimpacttheireyesimappearanceofsorts.Forexample,sheispregnanthasdifferentexpressionaccordingtodifferentages.1.Shehascanceledallhersocialengagement.(1856)2.Sheisinaninterestingcondition.(1880)3.Sheisinadelicatecondition.(1895)4.
5、Sheisknittinglittlebootees.(1990)5．Sheisinafamilyway.(1920)Also,therangeoftheusageofeuphemismisconstantlywideningandinvolvingnumerousaspectsinourdailylifewhichmakesitbecomeaninevitablelingualphenomenonintheEnglishworld.However,thecomprehensiveusesofeuphe
6、misminEnglishhasbroughtabigchallengetotranslatorwhosemothertongueisnotEnglishtounderstandandexpressthoseeuphemism.Thisessaybeginswiththedefinitionandoriginandfurtherdiscussthecategories,functions,principlesandtranslationmethodinordertogainabetterundersta
7、ndingandcommunicationinpracticaluseofeuphemism.Actually,itisnotonlyEnglishspokencountrieshavetheusageofeuphemismbutalsoinmanyotherlanguages.ButthisessayonlyputthemainpartinEnglishspokencountries.II.TheDefinitionandOriginationofEuphemismThrougheuphemism,w
8、ereplace,override,andreinventrealitybythemagicoflanguage(Stein,1998,p.8).Euphemismisabouthowwehumansdevisedeliberatelyslipperylanguagetojustifytoourselfandtoothers,ifnottoimposeonthem,thedegradationofcategoriesofpeople,ifn
