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1、ForeignizationintheInter-culturalTranslation,英语翻译学论文1.IntroductionTherelationshipbetweenlanguageandcultureisnotjustthatbetweenapartandawhole.Itismuchmorecomplexthanthat.Languageisthecarrierandcontainerofculture;language,asamirrorofculture,isstronglyinfluencedandshapedbyculture;languageandcu
2、ltureiscloselyrelated,eachinfluencingandshapingtheother[1].AsE.Sapir(1884),anAmericanlinguistpointsoutthatalanguagecannotexistina“culturalvacuum[2]”,norcanitexistinavacuumofpracticesandbeliefsinheritedfromthesociety.Althoughthecommonnessofhumanbeingsisthebasisofhumancommunication,insuchalon
3、gprocessofthehistory,theculturalforeignnesshascomeintobeingbyreasonofthedifferencesofregions,nations,history,culturesandwaysofthought,whichmakesthewholeprocessoftranslationsaturatedwithparadoxesandresultsinthiskindofphenomenonof“culturalshock”.Forexample,toChinese,龙issomethingsacredandhasbe
4、enreferredtoastheancestoroftheChinesenation―thatiswhytheChinesecallthemselvesdescendantsofthedragon(龙的传人)andChinesefeudalemperorswereoftenreferredtoaswearingimperialrobe(龙袍),livinginpalacesdecoratedwiththedragon.Thedragonking(龙王)isapowerfulgodinChineselegendarywhichrulestheseasandotherwater
5、bodiesandisinchargeofraining.ManyChinesewouldlongtheirsonstosucceedinlife(望子成龙),butitsliteraltranslation“toexpectone’ssontobecomeadragon”wouldsoundridiculoustotheEnglishspeakingpeople,becauseintheirmindthedragonissomeevilmonsterwhichcanspitfireandsometimespossessesthreetonineheads.Therearev
6、eryfewEnglishidiomswiththeword“dragon”except“blinddragon”and“fightlikeadragon[3].”Theverydistinctiveconnotationof龙inChineseandthedragoninEnglishistheveryconflictbetweenthesourcelanguageculture(thelocalcultureofthetranslators)andthetargetlanguageculture(thecultureofthetargetreaders);onaccoun
7、tofthis,therearetwowaysofthetranslationof“亚洲四小龙”,thatis,“FourAsianDragons”and“FourAsianTigers”.Thepreviousone,tothewesternpeopleistheforeignization,whilethelattermaybechosenbysomeofthetranslators,whicheffacesthelocalcolorofthesourcetextcultureandprobably
