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1、CulturalDifferencesintheTranslationofEnglishandChineseIdiomsAbstract:Idiomsareuniqueandfixedexpression_rswhichareformedinusingalanguage.Idiomsaretheessenceofalanguage,andalsothequintessenceofanation’scultureandwisdom.ThetranslationofEnglishandChineseidiomsoccupi
2、esaprominentplaceinthewholetranslation.Thispaperprobesintotheculturaldifferencesbetweenthetwolanguagesinlivingenvironments,translationalcustoms,materialcultures,religiousbeliefs,andhistoricalallusions.ItalsoincludesthetranslationskillsofEnglishandChineseidioms.
3、Keywords:English;Chinese;idioms;difference;translation. 摘要：习语是某一语言在使用过程中形成的独特的固定的表达方式。习语是语言的精华，也是一个民族文化与智慧的结晶。英汉习语的翻译在整个翻译中占着突出的地位。文章探讨这两种语言在生存环境、风俗习惯、物质文化、宗教信仰等方面的文化差异，以及习语在翻译中的具体技巧。关键词：英语；汉语；习语；差异；翻译IntroductionIdiomsareasetoffixedexpression_rspeculiartoanatio
4、nformedthroughtheuseoflanguageoveralongperiodoftime,includingcolloquialisms,proverbs,slangexpression_rsandsoon,makinguponeoftheessentialpartsoflanguageofthatcountry.ChineseandEnglishspeakingcountriesespeciallyGreatBritainhavealonghistoryoflanguagesandthebackgrou
5、ndofcultures.Mostofidiomsarevivid,carryingstronglocalcolorornationalfeatures.Someofthemareexplicit;someareimplicitandcanarousevarietiesofassociations;somemaycontainmorethanonemeaningandmustbejudgedfromthecontext.Iflanguageistheminorofculture,idioms,astheessenceo
6、flanguage,arethequintessenceofculture.Therefore,thequalityoftranslationlargelydependsonthetranslationofidioms.Translationisarenderingfromonelanguageintoanother,i.e.thefaithfulrepresentationinonelanguageofwhatiswrittenorsaidinanotherlanguage.However,languageandcu
7、lturearecloselyareconnected.Ontheonehand,languageispartofcultureandcarrierofculture.Ontheotherhand,culturehasgreatinfluenceonlanguage.Therefore,withthedevelopmentoftranslation,peoplenolongerconsidertranslationmerelyasaswitchingoflanguagesymbols,butasacross-cultu
8、ralcommunication.Thatistosay,theswitchingoflanguagesymbolsisthesurfaceleveloftranslation,whereasculturaltransmissionistheessenceoftranslation.Idiomtranslationisthemos
