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1、Topic25TheTranslationofChineseIdiomsandFour-CharacterPhrasesintoEnglish汉语成语及“四字格”的英译Teachingaims:tomasterthetechniquesoftranslatingChineseidiomsMainLanguagepoints:1.ThetranslationofChineseidioms2.Therenderingoffour-characterphrasesDifficultteachingpoints:thestrategiesoftranslatingCh
2、ineseidiomsTeachingreferences:1.孙致礼，新编英汉翻译教程2.陈宏薇，新编汉英翻译教程3.彭长江英汉－汉英翻译教程Teachingmethods:AnalysisandPracticeTimearrangement:2periodsWhatisanidiom?ToquoteLiFu-ning,“Anidiomisanelementofalanguagethatpossessesauniquewayofexpressionbasedonitstime-honoureduse.”Inotherwords,anidiomisafixed
3、groupofwordsorasingleword,orevenasentence,withaspecialmeaningthatcannotbeguessedfromitsstructure.Thatistosay,themeaningofanidiommustbelearnedasawhole.InEnglishIdiomsandHowtoUseThemJ.Seidleetalpointoutthatidioms“arenotaseparatepartofthelanguagewhichonecanchooseeithertouseoromit,butth
4、eyformanessentialpartofthelanguage.”TheChineseequivalentforidiomsis“成语”or“习语”,oreven“熟语”.Nowlet’slookatthedefinitionofanidiom(成语)in汉英双解《现代汉语词典》：“【成语】人们长期以来习用的、简洁精辟的定型词组或短句。有些成语大多由四个字组成,一般都有出处。有些成语从字面上不难理解,如‘小题大做’、‘后来居上’等。有些成语必须知道来源或典故才能懂得意思,如‘朝三暮四’、‘杯弓蛇影’等。idiom;conciseandmeaningful
5、phrasesorshortsentencesthathavebeeninlongpublicusage.MostChineseidiomshaveahistoricaloriginandconsistoffourChinesecharacters.Themeaningsofsomeareobviouse.g.‘trivialtopic,longarticle’and‘latecomersbecomethefirst,’butsomecanbeunderstoodonlybyknowingtheirsources,orthestoriesbehindthem,
6、e.g.‘threeinthemorning,fourintheevening’and‘theshadowofabowinacupmistakenforasnake’”.Actually,“朝三暮四”means“blowhotandcold”or“chopandchange”.Andyet,inadefinitecontextitcanberenderedflexibly:而且这规则是不像现在那样朝三暮四的。(《鲁迅全集》)Alltheserules,unlikethosewehavetoday,donotchangeallthetime.三妹妹她从不会朝更暮
7、改的,她已择定了人。(《红楼梦》)Mysisterisnotthetypethatkeepschanginghermind.Sheisalreadymadeherchoiceofaman.“杯弓蛇影”canbetranslatedindifferentwaysdependingonthecontext:“mistakingthereflectionofabowinthecupforasnake---besetwithimaginaryfears”,“extremelysuspicious”,“self-createdsuspicon/delusion”,“to
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