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1、TheCulturalDifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishNamesabstract:namesareanimportantpartoftheculturesofanation.thispaperfromtheoriginofsurnames,themethodsofgivingnames,andthetranslationofnamesthesethreeaspectsmakesacomparisonbetweenchineseandenglishnameculturesandthent
2、ohelppeoplebetterunderstandthedifferencesbetweenchineseandenglishcultures.keywords:chineseandenglishnames;culturaldifferences;comparativestudyⅰ.theoriginofsurnamesa.chineseculturechinahasagreatamountofsurnames,andtherehaven’tbeenanexactnumberofthembynow.thenumbero
3、fsurnamesappearedinthehistoryisquitelarge,butnowtheamountofcommonsurnamesisaboutonehundred.1.ancestors’totem----usingthenamesofanimalsandplantsadmiredbypeopleassurnames,suchas牛、马、龙、熊、杨、李、林andsoon.2.feoff----usingthenamesofdynastiesorcountriesassurnames,suchas赵、宋、秦
4、、韩、齐、陈、管、曹、蔡、魏andsoon.3.position----usingthenamesofofficialpositionsthatancestorshadbeenassurnames.forinstance,司徒wasanancientofficialpositionthatgovernededucationandculture;司马wasalsoanancientpositionthatgovernedmilitary.theirdescentsusedtheseofficialpositionsassur
5、names.4.occupation----usingthenamesofancestors’occupationsassurnames,suchasstonemasons’surnameis石,potters’surnameis陶,wizards’surnameis巫,butchers’surnameis屠,bandsmen‘ssurnameis乐andsoon.5.color----usingthenamesofnaturalcolorsassurnames,suchas白、蓝、黄、青andsoon.b.english
6、culturethesurnamesysteminenglish-speakingcountriesisgenerallyconsistent.itmainlystartedfromanglo-saxonsandthenspreadeverywhereintheworldastheflourishofbritishempire’scolonyextensionduringthe18thcentury.althoughtherearebigdifferencesbetweenchineseandenglishcultures
7、,theoriginofsurnamesintwocultureshassomethingincommon.1.occupation----therangeofoccupationsiswider,andtheamountislarger.forexample,smithisaquitecommonsurnamebecauseduringtheearlytime,therewerevariouscraftsmeninbritishsociety,suchasgoldsmith,coppersmith,andblacksmi
8、thandsoon.otherslikebaker,barber,fisher,tailor,hunter,butcher,sailor,andcarpenterallarecommonsurnames.2.theterrainofinhabitant,suchasfield,hill,brook,la
