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1、【标题】中英数字文化比较与翻译【作者】包银辉【关键词】数字;文化内涵;翻译策略【指导老师】杨珍雨【专业】英语【正文】I.IntroductionNumbersarecloselyrelatedtopeople’slifeandwecannotmeasuretime,price,speed,proportionandsoonwithouttheirhelp.AsOxfordAdvancedLearner’sEnglish-ChineseDictionarydefines: “Anumberisawordorsymbolthatrepresentsanamountoraquantity.” N
2、umberisacommonphenomenonofalllanguageswithaveryrichextensionandintension.Actuallynumbercultureplaysanimportantroleinthedevelopmentandcommunicationofhumancultureandreflectsdistinctiveculturesofnationalities.VariousconnotativemeaningsarebestowedonnumbersowingtotheinfluenceoftheEasternandWesterntradi
3、tion,religiousbelief,languageworshipandsoon.Culturaldifferences,especiallythosebetweenChinaandEnglishspeakingcountries,mayleadtovariousunderstandingsonthesamethingorconception.Especially,numbershavevariousmysterioustaboo,luckyandsymbolicmeaning,whichreflecttheculturalcharacteristicsofnationsandthe
4、irownnumberculture.Theycaneveninfluencepeople’spsychologyandbehaviours.Hence,numbersandnumberculturecannotbeignoredinthecultureofhumanlanguagesandcross-culturalcommunication.ThispapertriestoelaboratethesimilaritiesandthedifferencesofculturalconnotationofChineseandEnglishnumbersandthereforesuggestt
5、heprinciplesandstrategiesoftranslatingnumbers,whichhopefullyhelpstoboostthecross-culturalcommunication.II.CulturalComparisonofNumbersbetweenChineseandEnglish Languageisinseparablefromculturewhileculturecanbeembodiedandreflectedinlanguage. Intheworldoflanguages,numbershaveanideographicfunction.Unde
6、rtheculturalinfluencesofnationalpsychology,religiousfaith,languageworshipandsoon,thenumbercultureinChineseandEnglish,bothmaintainseveralsameaspectsandparticulardifferences. A.ReligionandMythology:SevenandNineNumbersoriginallyhaven’tanymeaningrelatingtogoodorevilluck,butitisendowedwithdifferen
7、tconnotationsbynationswithdifferentreligionsandmyths.Religionoriginatesinanattempttorepresentandorderbeliefs,feelings,imaginationandactionsthatariseinresponsetodirectexperienceofthesacredandthespiritual. Theancie