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1、本科毕业设计（论文）外文翻译原文：ChangingSymbols:TheRenovationofMoscowPlaceNamesoneofthemostimportantproblemsconfrontinganewregimeisthegenerationofasenseofitslegitimacy.Thisiscrucialforitssurvivalandlong-termstability.Oneofthekeyaspectsofthisisthroughthemanipulationofsymbols.Throughtheirabil

2、itytocapturethemoment,toreducecomplexeventstomoresimplisticandunderstandablecameosandtherebytoestablishmeaning,toprovokepassionsofferventcommitment(and,amongsome,violentopposition),andmoregenerallytheirabilitysimplytorepresentcomplexideasandeventsandembedthemwithinthepopularc

3、onsciousnessandculture,symbolscanfacilitateanacceptanceofthenewregimeandwhatitstandsfor.Symbolscanlegitimateactionandbeliefand,byhelpingtodefinemanyofthecollectivevaluesthatunderpinthecommunity,helptoidentifytheboundsofthesocietyandtheprinciplesbywhichitisgoverned.Overwhelmin

4、gly,politicalsymbolismlegitimatestheregime’spowerstructure.Accordingly,whenaregimefalls,itssuccessorwillbeanxioustoreplacethesymboliccultureofthefallenregimebyanewonebettersuitedtoitsends.Thegenerationofnewsymbolslikeflags,coatsofarms,andanthems,thedestructionofoldandconstruc

5、tionofnewmonuments,thecreationofnewritualsortheinjectionofnewcontentintoexistingrituals,andeventhereworkingofthelanguage(throughtheinjectionofnewwords,thechangingofthemeaningofexistingterms,andtheeliminationofsomewords)inordertoinvestitwithanewethoshaveallbeenimportanttothecr

6、eationofanewregime’ssymbolicculture.Acentralcomponentofthecreationofanewsymboliccultureistherenamingofstreetandplacenames.Theseareimportantbecausetheycombineageographicalsenseofdirectionandplacewithanintellectual,perhapsevenideological,senseofdirectionandplace.Functionally,pl

7、acenamesenablepeopletolocatethemselveswithinalandscapeandavoidgettinglost.Intellectually,placenamesthatarelinkedtothesymbolicuniverseofthecommunityhelptolocatepeoplespirituallybylinkinggeographicallocationandspacewiththelegitimatingstructuresofthatcommunityanditsregime.Locati

8、onistherebydefinedintermsoftheregimeitself;locationanddirectionobtai