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1、AContrastiveStudybetweenEnglishandChineseColorwords【Abstract】AlthoughtherearenotalargeamountofcolorwordsbothinEnglishandChineselanguage,colorwordsaretightlyboundintocultureandemotionsandhavestrongculturalconnotations.Asaresult,therearebothsimilaritiesanddifferencesintheusageandtranslationo
2、fcolorwordsbetweenEnglishandChinese.ThisessaygivesusacontrastivestudybetweenEnglishandChinesecolorwords.【KeyWords】ColorwordsCultureEnglishChineseTranslation【Content】Asweallknow,oneofthemostimportantpartsofacountry’scultureisitslanguage,andoneofthemostactiveelementsofacountry’slanguageiswor
3、ds.Wordsreflectthechangesinsociallifeandsocialtheoryinasensitiveway.Theirexistence,changesanddevelopmentincludeplentifulandcomplicatedinformation,suchasgeographicenvironment,history,politics,economics,customsandreligionandsoon.ThemainlyclassificationofcolorwordsinEnglishandChinesearealmost
4、thesame.InChinese,wehave“chi,cheng,huang,lv,qing,lan,zi”.AndinEnglish,thereare“red,white,black,green,yellow,blue,purple,grey,brown”.Thesewordshavebothsimilaritiesanddifferences7accordingtodifferentculturalbackgrounds.HereisthecomparisonofsixbasiccolorwordsinthetranslationofEnglishandChines
5、e.Redisthe“universalcolor”.Wecanfindredineverycultureandeverylanguage.Itisthecolorofbloodandfire.InEnglishandChinese,sometimesredmeansthesame.Forexample,“hongqi”inChinesecanbetranslatedinto“redflag”,“hongchang”“theRedSquare”.Whiletherearealsodifferences.InChineseredisusedonhappydaysandatal
6、loflife’sfestivals.WhenSpringFestivalcomes,peoplealwaysdecoratetheirdoorwayswithredcouplets.Theredcoupletsareon“redpaperandbearauspiciouspraysforthecomingyear.Theysymbolizelimitlessblessing.Alsothereareredlanterns,redpapercutsandredfirecrackersandcandles.Redalsorepresentsmanyemotionswithit
7、sdeepconnectionswithlife.Whenwesay“somebodyturnsred”,wedonotmeanthattheirbodyhasbecomered.Weindicatethatheorsheisembarrassedorflustered.InChinesewehavetheterm“hongguangmanmian”.Herethecolorredmeanssomebodyisfullofvigorandenergy,whilewecannevertranslatetheterm“
