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1、CulturalDifferencesintheTranslationofEnglishandChineseIdiomsAbstract:Idiomsareuniqueandfixedexpressionswhichareformedinusingalanguage.Idiomsaretheessenceofalanguage,andalsothequintessenceofanation’scultureandwisdom.ThetranslationofEnglishandChineseidiomsoccupiesaprominentplaceinthewh
2、oletranslation.Thispaperprobesintotheculturaldifferencesbetweenthetwolanguagesinlivingenvironments,translationalcustoms,materialcultures,religiousbeliefs,andhistoricalallusions.ItalsoincludesthetranslationskillsofEnglishandChineseidioms. Keywords:English;Chinese;idioms;difference;tra
3、nslation. 摘要：习语是某一语言在使用过程中形成的独特的固定的表达方式。习语是语言的精华，也是一个民族文化与智慧的结晶。英汉习语的翻译在整个翻译中占着突出的地位。文章探讨这两种语言在生存环境、风俗习惯、物质文化、宗教信仰等方面的文化差异，以及习语在翻译中的具体技巧。关键词：英语；汉语；习语；差异；翻译IntroductionIdiomsareasetoffixedexpressionspeculiartoanationformedthroughtheuseoflanguageoveralongperiodoftime,includingcolloquia
4、lisms,proverbs,slangexpressionsandsoon,makinguponeoftheessentialpartsoflanguageofthatcountry.ChineseandEnglishspeakingcountriesespeciallyGreatBritainhavealonghistoryoflanguagesandthebackgroundofcultures.Mostofidiomsarevivid,carryingstronglocalcolorornationalfeatures.Someofthemareexpl
5、icit;someareimplicitandcanarousevarietiesofassociations;somemaycontainmorethanonemeaningandmustbejudgedfromthecontext.Iflanguageistheminorofculture,idioms,astheessenceoflanguage,arethequintessenceofculture.Therefore,thequalityoftranslationlargelydependsonthetranslationofidioms.Transl
6、ationisarenderingfromonelanguageintoanother,i.e.thefaithfulrepresentationinonelanguageofwhatiswrittenorsaidinanotherlanguage.However,languageandculturearecloselyareconnected.Ontheonehand,languageispartofcultureandcarrierofculture.Ontheotherhand,culturehasgreatinfluenceonlanguage.Ther
7、efore,withthedevelopmentoftranslation,peoplenolongerconsidertranslationmerelyasaswitchingoflanguagesymbols,butasacross-culturalcommunication.Thatistosay,theswitchingoflanguagesymbolsisthesurfaceleveloftranslation,whereasculturaltransmissionistheessenceoftranslation.Idiomtranslationis
8、themosttypic
