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1、OnthetranslationofEnglishandChineseIdiomsAbstract:English and Chinese are both languages with long history, there are a lot of idioms in them; but we may have many problems while translating. As for the different original languages, this essay is to analyses the possi
2、ble problems we will meet when we translate the Chinese s into English ones. EnglishandChineseidiomsembodydifferentnationalculturalfeaturesanddifferentculturalinformationwhichresultfromthevariousgeographypositions,histories,customs,religiousbeliefsandliteraturetraditi
3、on.ThispapermainlyinvestigatesthetypeswhichleadtothedifferencebetweenChineseandEnglishidiomsthroughnumerousexamples.Keywords:idiom,culture,literaltranslation,freetranslationI.IntroductionLanguageisthecarrierofculture,languagereflectingculture,cultureinfluencinglanguag
4、e.Acountry’slanguagecanreflectit’sownspecificalculture,whichhaveassignableinfluenceonthelanguage.Idiomistheessenceoflanguageandnationalculture,besides,itisthedaughtersoflaboringpeople’sexperience.Weoftensay“TalkShop.”Laboringpeopleindifferentsectorsdrawstheirownlesson
5、sinthedailyproductivelabor,concentratingintopopularclassicsentence.FromthedifferencesinEnglishandChineseidioms,wecanfindsomeculturaldifferencesbetweenthetwocountries.ComparethetwokindsofidiomsbetweenEnglishandChineseintwolanguages,wecanroughlydivideitintofourcategorie
6、s:II.Similar-appearing,same-meaning.AlthoughtherearemanydifferencesbetweenEnglishcultureandChineseculture,peopleupbringinginthetwokindsofcultureliveinthesameplanetandhavethesamesurvivalenvironment,samelivingcondition.Besides,theyhavecommoncognitive.Nomatterlifestyle,m
7、indhabitsorvalues,theyshowsamemostly.ThereissomethinginChinese,thereissomethinginEnglish.Forinstance,eatthreemealsaday,orthewaywedressed.Sincethetwokindsofcultureshowmanysimilities,thesametolanguage.Becauseofthat,wecantranslateonelanguagetoanother.Idiomsarethedaughter
8、soflifeexperience,sotherearemanycasesofsimilar-appearingwordsshowingthesamemeaningbetweenEnglishandChineselanguages.Suchas:A
