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1、CulturalMetaphorInTranslation—OnCulturalMetaphorinTwoEnglishVersionsofTwelvesongsinADreamofRedMansionsBW0802柯强LIntroduction:Inthetranslationofpoetry,youwillfindit'sdifficulttodothetranslationofmetaphorcausemetaphorisalwaysassociatedwithculture,whiledifferentcountrieshavetota

2、llydifferentcultureswhichareanobstaclefortheunderstandingofthepoetry,what'smorethecultureandthemainideaareusuallyimpliedinthemetaphor,soitisnoeasytodothetranslationofthemetapho匚AsweallknowthattheChineseclassicnovelADreamInRedMansionswhichisthetopofChineseclassicalfictionshas

3、extremelyrichimplications.duringthatthetwelvesonsarealwaysthefocusoftheresearch.Withboundlessmetaphors,thetwelvesongscanberegardasthetreasurechestofcultures.Soitisdifficulttoexpresstheculturalconnotationsimpliedinthemetaphorofthesesongs.ThispaperchoosetwodiversionswhichareYa

4、nghsien-yiandDavidHawks1translationofthetwelvesongstodothecomparationinaspectofculturalmetaphorandtodotheanalysetojudgewhichonecanempresstheimplicitmeaningbetter.Befbrewedotheanalyse,wemusthaveafullknowledgeofthemetaphor,suchaswhatismetaphorandwhatfstherelationshipbetweencul

5、tureandmetaphorandsoon.ILMetaphorandculture:2.1WhatismetaphorPriortoansweringthequestion,Imustmentionsomeofitshistory.TheEnglishwordHmetaphornderivesfromGreekwordHmetaphoran.itiscomposedby"meta''and“pherein”.whichhasrespectivemeaningas“over，'and“tocarry".Hencetheoriginalmean

6、ingof"metaphorawas'"tocaryover”.Aristotle,perhapsthefirstscholartodefinemetaphor,arguesuMetaphoristheapplicationtoonethingofanamebelongingtoanotherthing”.However,thisversionofdefinitionisonlyconfinedtothesubjectofrhetoricwhilemetaphornowadaysisnolongerconsideredasonlyconnect

7、edtoliteratureclasses,rather.itisomnipresent.Brown(l976),aspecialistinthesociologyofart,notesthatmetaphorsprovideaperspectiveonknowledgejustasscientificparadigmsprovideaperspectiveontheoreticalknowledge.Someotherfamoussentencesareasfollows：“Toknowistousemetaphor.”・Friquegnon

8、“Thewholeofnatureisametaphorofthehumanmind〜匚Emerson“Metaphorwasthebeginning