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1、【标题】浅谈英语动物习语的翻译【作者】赵建蓉【关键词】特征；动物习语；动物形象；翻译技巧【指导老师】杨珍雨【专业】英语【正文】I・IntroductionIdiomsaretheglitteringgemsoftheculturaltreasurehouseintheworld.Onthewhole,theyaredeepinmeaningandrichinrhyme-Moreover,theyarenotonlythecarriersofintelligenceandwisdomofthepeoplebutalsothereflections
2、ofthelanguagesandarts・Fromtheperspectiveoftheircontent,idiomsareallthecombinedwisdomofpeoples,distilledfromcenturiesofexperieneeofdealingwiththeproblemsanddifficultiesoflife.Sincemanandanimalsarecloselyrelatedtoeachother,Ianguagesofal1nationscontainalotofanimalidioms,andsodo
3、ChineseandEnglish.Alongwiththedevelopmentandprocessofhumansociety,peopleassociatetheirfeelingsandemotions,evensocialeventsandnaturalphenomena,withvariousanimals,whicharethoughttorepresentdifferentcharactersofpeople,orserveasomens・Manyanimalshavebecomeakindofsymbolisminpeople
4、"sthinking,andthissymbolismisreflectedinthelanguage.Sayingslike“ascunningasthefox”,"asbusyasabee”,“asstupidasapig”appearbothinChineseandEnglish・However,becauseofthedifferenthistoricalandculturalsettings,theconnotationsofanimalwordsinonelanguagedonotalwayscoincidewiththoseina
5、nother・Sometimespeoplemayusedifferentanimalwordstoexpressthesamefeelingorfigurativemeanings.Whi1eonsomeoccasionspeoplemaygivedifferentfigurativeorconnotativemeaningstothesameanimalwords・Thesemetaphoricalphrasesofanimalsareyieldedfromcortainculturalsettings,andthepragmaticmea
6、ningswhichtheyreflectdependontheunderstendingoftheculturesofChineseandEnglish.Thestudyofidiomshasbeenproceedingwellsincethe1970sinChina,andChenWenbo,YangZijianareviewedastheforerunnersinthisfield.Dictionaries,suchasAChinese-EnglishDictionaryofidioms(1982),AnEnglish-ChineseDi
7、ctionaryofIdioms(1993)andADictionaryofCurrentIdiomaticEnglisharethemostinfluentialmonographsavailableonthissubjectdomestical1y.However,thecontrastivestudyofEnglishandChineseanimalidiomsisyettobefurtherexplored.WiththedeepeningofinternationalcommunicationbetweenChinaandtheWes
8、terncountries,ithasbeenrealizedthatdifferentanimalidiomsare1ikelytoleadtomi
