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1、ATheCulturalConnotationsofColorWordsandTheirTranslation颜色词汇的内涵和翻译Appliedlinguistic摘要摘要人类生活在一个神奇的色彩世界里,颜色渗透到我们生活的各个领域。用来表示这些颜色的颜色词数不胜数。颜色词具有丰富的文化内涵。翻译是文化交流的产物,是文化习俗演变的见证。因此,对中西方颜色词的内涵和翻译进行较为系统的对比研究是具有重要意义的。本文从奈达的功能对等翻译理论的角度出发,集中分析了中西方颜色词的文化内涵与翻译的关系并提出了几种有效的翻译方法
2、。关键词:文化;功能对等;颜色词37摘要AbstractWeliveinacolorfulworld.Thereareagreatvarietyofcolorwordsdenotinganddescribingthecolorfulthingsintheworld.Colorwordshaverichculturalconnotations.Translationisaproductofculturalexchanges,andawitnesstoculturalexchanges.Therefore,itisof
3、significancetohaveacomparativestudyontheculturalconnotationsandthetranslationofcolorwordsbetweenEnglishandChinese.ThispaperfocusesoncolorwordstranslationfromfunctionalequivalencetheoryofEngeneAlbertNidaandproposessomeeffectivetranslationstrategies.Keywords:cul
4、ture;functionalequivalence;colorword371Introduction1.1RelevantbackgroundColor,animportantpartoftheworld,influencespeople’slifeandworksthroughvariouschannels.WheneverweturnonTV,readanewspaperoramagazine,goshoppingorsearchonline,wecanfindourselvesimmersedintheva
5、stseaofcolor.Withthedevelopmentofsocietyandthefrequentcommunicationofculture,thisinfluencewillcontinuetogrow.Inoureverydaylifeweareinevitablyconfrontedwithvariouskindsofcolorsandthusneedvariouskindsofwordstodescribethem.Colorwordsthatareusedtodescribethecoloro
6、fallkindsofthingshavedifferentculturalconnotationsindifferentlanguages.ColorwordsarecommonyetspecialwordsinbothEnglishandChinese,for,exceptthattheycanbeusedtorefertospecificcolor,theyhavesomuchsemanticmeaningtoindicatethespeaker’smind,hisemotionaswellashisatti
7、tudetowardsthethingorthepersonheistalkingabout.Thecolorpeopleseearepredeterminedbywhattheirculturespreparethemtosee.Soitisgoodforusstudyingthecontrastofcultureandthemethodsoftranslation.1.2SignificanceofthestudyColorhasbeenenthrallingscientistsforcenturies.Man
8、ydisciplinesinsciencehavemadegreatcontributionstocolorperception,colorcategorizationandtocolorapplication,suchasphysics,neurology,cognitivescience,philosophy,linguisticsandanthropo