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1、《研究性学习理论与实践》期末考试试卷A卷外国语言文7系专业英语班姓名学号题号InhiIV总分得分Title:EnglishTranslationOfChineseIdiomsFromTheCulturalImplicationPerspective1・LiteratureReview:Researchontranslationtheoryhascomealongway.ltisgenerallybelievedthattranslatorsshouldbebilingual,butthisisabsolutelynotenough.Moreimportantl

2、y,aqualifiedtranslatormustbebicultural.Nidaisfamousforhisconceptoffunctionalequivalenceinlexemes,syntaxanddiscourse,buthealsoattachesmuchimportancetotheculturalaspectintranslation.Intheresearchoftranslation,Nidahasbecomeawareofthegreatimportanceofculturalfactorsintranslating.Hebelie

3、vesthattheculturalfactorsintranslatingaremoresignificantthanthepurelylinguisticdifferences.SusanBassnettalsoaccentsculturalfunctionalequivalence.Shemaintainsthattranslationshouldbedonewithcultureasitsunit.Translationisanactofcommunication,orthatofculturalconstructing.Thedifferentpri

4、nciplesandcriteriaoftranslationindifferentperiodsoftimearetosatisfytherequirementsofcultureandofthedifferentgroupsofpeopleinacertainculture.Sheformallyputsforwardtheconceptofculturaltranslationforthefirsttime,whichmarksthattranslationstudyhascomeintoanewphase.LarryA.Samovarholdsthat

5、"translatorsmustgrapplenotonlywithstructuraldifferencesbetweenlanguagesbutalsowithculturaldifferences,whichrequiresprecisionandtheabilitytoconveythespeaker?sorauthor'sapproachorattitude.Moreimportantly,thetranslatorneedstoconsidersharedexperiences・”(Samovar,2000:133)Thatistosay,them

6、eaningsofwordsarederivedfromsharedexperiencesandthepotentialofawordtoconveythesemanticdimensionpivotsontheculturallyinformedperceptionsofbothoriginalandtargetreaders.Whenreaderslackculturalequivalents,theylackthewordsinourvocabularytorepresentthoseexperiences.Besides,translationsoft

7、enoccasionmisunderstandingorincomprehensionbecauseofculturalorientations,suchastenses,cases,moodsandotherlanguageandculturefeatures.DavidKatanarguesthat“abasicpresuppositionisthattheorganizationofexperienceisnot'reality?,butisasimplificationanddistortionthatvariesfromculturetocultur

8、e.Eachcultureactsas