The Comparison and Translation of Animal Words in Chinese and Western Culture修改版

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1、TheComparisonandTranslationofAnimalWordsinChineseandWesternCultureName:ZhuoXiaoxueNo.:20115061111EnglishMajorSchoolofForeignLanguagesSupervisor:LiXiaojingTitle:InstructorAbstract:Duetotheparticularityofhumanculturalevolution,thereisabigdifferenceofanimalwordsinChineseandWesternculture.The

2、refore,itisnecessaryforustograspthedifferenceandtranslatethesewordsaccurately.BesidesthereasonsfordifferenceofanimalwordsbetweenEnglishandChinese,thepapermainlyinterpretsdifferentconnotationsandrepresentationsofanimalwordsinthesetwolanguages.Thenthe paperexploreshowtotranslatesomeanimalwo

3、rdswithsymbolicmeanings.Byillustrationandcomparison,wecanfeelthedifferenceofanimalwordsinChineseandWesternculturemoreclearlyandmakeiteasiertocommunicatewitheachother.KeyWords:animalwords;culturalconnotations;differentrepresentations;translationstrategies1.IntroductionAsaformoflivingentiti

4、esontheplanet,animalsaddmuchvigorandvitalitytoourworld,especiallyforourhumans.Animalscontinuouslykeepclosecontactwithus,andhaveprofoundinfluenceonthedevelopmentofthehumanity.Asweallknow,languageisthecarrierofculture,animalwordsthusaccountforagreatfigureinthefamilyofhumanlanguage.Inourdail

5、ycommunication,weuseanimalwordsbothverballyandwrittenforms.However,becauseofdifferenthistoryandculture,theconnotationsofanimalwordsinonelanguagedonotparallelwiththoseinanother.WiththedeepeningofinterculturalcommunicationbetweenChinaandtheWesternworld,itisnecessaryforustograspthedifference

6、andtranslatethesewordsaccurately.Thispaperfocusesonthedifferentculturalconnotationsofanimalwordsanddifferentrepresentationsofanimal’ssex,quantity,ageandsoundbetweenEnglishandChinese.Thepaperisdividedintofourparts.Thefirstpartexplainsthereasonsfordifferentconnotationsandrepresentationsofan

7、imalwordsinChineseandEnglish.The18secondpartmakesadetailedcomparisonofculturalconnotationsofanimalwordsinthesetwolanguages.Thefollowingpartcomparesdifferentrepresentationsofanimal’ssex,quantity,ageandsoundinChineseandWesternculture.Finallythepaperprovidesuswithsomet