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1、TranslationofIdiomsI.DefinitionsofIdiomsTheNewOxfordDictionaryofEnglish:“agroupofwordsestablishedbyusageashavingameaningnotdeduciblefromthoseoftheindividualwords(e.g.overthemoon,seethelight);aformofexpressionnaturaltoalanguage,aperson,orgroupofpeople”Webster’sNe
2、wWorldDictionaryoftheAmericanLanguage:“anacceptedphrase,construction,orexpressioncontrarytotheusualpatternsofthelanguageorhavingameaningdifferentfromtheliteral”II.ThefeaturesofIdioms1.Compositeness:idiomsarecommonlyacceptedasatypeofmultiwordexpressionredherring,
3、makeup,smellarat,coastisclear,etc.2.Institutionalization:idiomsareconventionalizedexpressions,conventionalizationbeingtheendresultofinitiallyadhoc,andinthissense,novelexpressions.3.Semanticopacity:themeaningofanidiomisnotthesumofitsconstituents.III.FormsofIdioms
4、setphrasesproverbsallusionsslangsayingscolloquialismsepigramsenigmaticfolksimiles1.SetPhrasescreatedandconcludedduringpeople’sendlessexperimentalandworkingprocesstheeliteofnations’languageskillthegoosethatlaysthegoldeneggs画蛇添足gildthelily/paintthelily2.ProverbsAp
5、opularsayingusuallyofunknownandancientoriginthatexpresseseffectivelysomecommonplacetruthorusefulthought.Manproposes,Goddisposes谋事在人，成事在天Practicemakesperfect熟能生巧2.Proverbs近朱者赤，近墨者黑Touchpitch,andyouwillbedefiled.失之东隅，收之桑榆Whatonelosesontheswingsonegetsbackontheroun
6、dabouts3.Allusionsafigureofspeechthatmakesbrief,oftencasualreferencetoahistoricalorliteraryfigure,eventorsubject.aJudaskisstheAchilles’heelmeetone’sWaterlooaPandora’sbox4.Slanginformal,nonstandardwordsorphraseswhichtendtooriginateinsubcultureswithinasociety.kick
7、ingthebucket/turningupone’stoes那姑娘长得贼漂亮。Sheisthekiller.IV.CulturalDifferencesAnation’sculturalfeaturesanditsnationalpsychology,aestheticperspectiveandvaluesaresurelyreflectedinitslanguage.Thenationalculturalfeaturesofalanguagerefertonotonlytheconnotationsof“cult
8、ure”butalsotheextensionofconceptof“culture”---thenation’shistory,geographicalconditions,economy,socialsystem,religionandcustomsreflectedandrecordedinitslanguage.1.Reg
