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1、TheComparisonoftheChineseandEnglishLanguages1.PerceptionV.SRationality悟性与理性—theNatureofLanguage2.ParataxisV.S.Hypotaxis意合与形合—theCharacterofLanguage 3.VaguenessV.S.Accuracy模糊与准确—theRhetoricFeatureofLanguage[pə(r)'sepʃ(ə)n]n.感知;知觉;[ˌræʃə'nælətɪ]n.合理性;推理力;[ˌpærə‘tæksɪs]n.意合连接;[ˌhaɪpəʊ’tæksɪ
2、s]n.主从结构,形合Philosophy: [,pærə'tæksɪs]TheChineselanguageisinfluencedgreatlybyConfucianismaswellasTaoism,andBuddhism.Li,onecentralideaoftheConfucianism,referstothesetofritesorrulesestablishedbytheZhouDynasty,whichnormalizedtheproperbehaviorofavarietyofclassedangradesinsocietyAndanothercent
3、ralidea,Ren,meansthedesirableattributeofhavinganemotionalconcernforalllivingthings,ofwhichtheaimistoachieveharmonybetweenmanandnature,orbetweenmanandman.Thisharmonyisexpectedtobeachievedbythehappymean中庸之道。EnglishisinfluencedbytheformallogicofAristotleandtherationalismpopularinEuropein16-
4、18thcentury.SotheEnglishlanguagefocuseson强调thelinguisticforms,thelogicaldeduction推理,andthetextualhypotaxis形合inwhichstrictgrammaticalrulesareusedtokeepaninherentlogicalrelationship.----rationality.理性主义;唯理论thebeliefthatallbehavior,opinions,etc.shouldbebasedonreasonratherthanonemotionsorrel
5、igiousbeliefsSample:Thatthatthatthatthatthatthatgirlusediswrong.分析:划线that是指示代词(相当于the),意思是那个;斜体that是引导定语关系从句的关系代词;引号内的that是名词。翻译:那个女孩使用的那个that是错误的。DuetotheinfluenceoftheChinesephilosophy,theChineselanguagefeaturesperception,spiritualityandlessrationality多灵性少理性,richrhetoricmethods,euphemi
6、sm,implicationofgrammarsandlogicalrelationsbetweenthelines,moreactiveandlesspassivesentences,moreelliptical省略andnon-subjectsentences.请翻译:在历史上,由于长江不断改道,在武汉地区形成了众多的湖泊。(主语是什么?)TheconstantchangeofthecourseoftheChangjiangRiverinhistoryhelpedformagreatmanylakesintheareasaroundWuhan—acityincent
7、ralChina.WordsofEnglishhavestrictmorphological词法changes;itssentences,whichareconnectedbyconjunctives,arerestrainedbysubject-predicatestructure.ThefocusofanEnglishsentenceisputattheinception(开始).Opinions,conclusions,orresultsareproposedatfirst,andthencometheirprocess,reaso