On the Cultural Connotation of English Names and Their Chinese Translation 英语专业毕业论文

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1、OntheCulturalConnotationofEnglishNamesandTheirChineseTranslationAbstractAnameisusedtoindicateaparticularmemberinthesociety.Itisnotonlyasocialsymbolusedincommunicationbutalsoamirrorofculture.Personalnamesinvolverichculturalconnotationsandreflectculturaltraitsofgivenna

2、tions.Accordingly,itisessentialtostudythecultureandtranslationaboutnames.ThispaperattemptstoanalyzeculturalconnotationsofEnglishnamesandstrategiesoftheirChinesetranslationtofacilitatecross-culturalcommunicationandhelpushaveabetterunderstandingofWesternculture.Thispap

3、erconsistsofsixchapters.Firstly,itintroducesthecharacteristicsandoriginsofEnglishnames.ThenthepaperfocusesonculturalconnotationofEnglishnamesfromtheaspectsofindividualism,Christianityandsexism.Finally,theauthorexploressomeprinciplesandstrategiesofChinesetranslationof

4、Englishnames,includingthetranslationofgeneralnamesandparticularnames,thelatterofwhichrefertocharacternamesinliteraryworksandpersonalnamesinidioms.TransliterationshouldbecombinedwithestablishedpopulartranslatednamesandfreetranslationtoreflecttherealmeaningofEnglishnam

5、es.Keywords:Englishnames;culturalconnotation;Chinesetranslation不要删除行尾的分节符，此行不会被打印-I-ContentsAbstractIContentsIIChapter1Introduction1Chapter2TheCharacteristicsandOriginsofEnglishNames22.1ComponentsandformsofEnglishnames22.2TheexplorationofEnglishnames’roots22.2.1Origi

6、nsoffamilyname32.2.2Originsofgivenname32.2.3Originsofmiddlename4Chapter3TheCulturalConnotationofEnglishNames53.1Individualism53.2Christianity63.3Sexism7Chapter4TranslationofGeneralNames84.1Translationprinciplesofgeneralnames84.1.1Keepingtheoriginalname’sorder84.1.2Pu

7、ttingapointamongthefirst,middleandlastname84.1.3UsingthestandardpronunciationoftheChinesecharacters94.1.4Avoidingusingcharacterswithderogatorysenses94.2Translationmethodsofgeneralnames104.2.1Adoptingtransliteration104.2.2Adoptingestablishedpopulartranslatednames114.3

8、Translationofcharacters’namesinliteraryworks124.4Translationofcharacters’namesinidioms13Chapter6Conclusion16Bibliography17-III-Ackn