The Translation of English and Chinese Idioms from the Viewpoint of Cultural Differences 浅析英汉谚语的文化差异及其翻译

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1、OUTLINEAbstractKeyWordsI.IntroductionII.CulturalDifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseIdioms2.1.TheDefinitionofCulture2.2.CulturalDifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseIdioms2.2.1.DifferencesinGeographicalConditions2.2.2.DifferencesinLivingEnvironment2.2.3.DifferencesinRe

2、ligiousBeliefs2.2.4.DifferencesinSocialCustoms2.2.5.DifferencesinHistoricalandLiteraryAllusionsIII.IdiomTranslation3.1.CriteriaofTranslation3.2.TranslatingStrategies3.2.1.Foreignization3.2.2.Domestication3.2.3.CombinationofForeignizationandDomesticationIV.Conclusion

3、Bibliography中文标题、摘要、关键词15TheTranslationofEnglishandChineseIdiomsfromtheViewpointofCulturalDifferences浅析英汉谚语的文化差异及其翻译摘要:习语是语言的精华，文化的积淀，它短小精干、寓意丰富、生动形象。由于不同国家有着不同的文化，英汉谚语都有其自己的文化特点。论文将从五个不同的文化侧面入手分析中英文化的差异。谚语的翻译不仅是语言的转化也是文化的传袭，因而谚语的理解与翻译也变得日益重要。为此，论文将重点介绍两种翻译策略及其在谚语翻译

4、中的应用。关键字：谚语；文化差异；归化；异化；融合Abstract:Idiomsaretheessenceoflanguageandthecarrierofculture.Theyareconciseinforms,richinmeaningsandvividinimages.Asdifferentnationshavedifferentcultures,bothEnglishandChineseidiomshavetheirownculturalcharacteristics.So,thisessayanalysesthec

5、ulturedifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseidiomsfromfivedifferentaspects.Andthetranslationofidiomsinvolvesnotonlythetransferoflanguagebutalsothetransmissionofculture.Onthebasisofthisfeature,thisessaydiscussestwomajortranslatingstrategiesthatareavailableinidiomtransla

6、tion.KeyWords:idioms;culturaldifferences;foreignization;domestication;combinationI.IntroductionIdiomsareaparticularpartofalanguage;theyareusuallyhighlyconcentratedonmeaningcloselyrelatedtodistinctiveculturalfeaturesandculturalattitudes.Idioms,whichformanessentialpar

7、tofthegeneralvocabularyofalanguage,canbecalledthecreamofthelanguage.Webster’snewworldDictionaryoftheAmericanLanguage,2ndcollege15edition(1972),definesidiomas“anacceptedphrase,constructionorexpressioncontrarytotheusualpatternsofthelanguageorhavingameaningdifferentfro

8、mthelanguageorhavingmeaningdifferentfromtheliteral”.AccordingtothelatestWebster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,3rdEdition(1995),“idiomisaphras