On the Cultural Connotation of English Names and Their Chinese Translation

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1、OntheCulturalConnotationofEnglishNamesandTheirChineseTranslationAbstractAnameisusedtoindicateaparticularmemberinthesociety.Itisnotonlyasocialsymbolusedincommunicationbutalsoamirrorofculture.Personalnamesinvolverichculturalconnotationsandreflectculturaltraitsofgivennations.Accordingly,itisess

2、entialtostudythecultureandtranslationaboutnames.ThispaperattemptstoanalyzeculturalconnotationsofEnglishnamesandstrategiesoftheirChinesetranslationtofacilitatecross-culturalcommunicationandhelpushaveabetterunderstandingofWesternculture.Thispaperconsistsofsixchapters.Firstly,itintroducesthecha

3、racteristicsandoriginsofEnglishnames.ThenthepaperfocusesonculturalconnotationofEnglishnamesfromtheaspectsofindividualism,Christianityandsexism.Finally,theauthorexploressomeprinciplesandstrategiesofChinesetranslationofEnglishnames,includingthetranslationofgeneralnamesandparticularnames,thelat

4、terofwhichrefertocharacternamesinliteraryworksandpersonalnamesinidioms.TransliterationshouldbecombinedwithestablishedpopulartranslatednamesandfreetranslationtoreflecttherealmeaningofEnglishnames.Keywords:Englishnames;culturalconnotation;Chinesetranslation不要删除行尾的分节符，此行不会被打印-I-ContentsAbstract

5、IContentsIIChapter1Introduction1Chapter2TheCharacteristicsandOriginsofEnglishNames22.1ComponentsandformsofEnglishnames22.2TheexplorationofEnglishnames’roots22.2.1Originsoffamilyname32.2.2Originsofgivenname32.2.3Originsofmiddlename4Chapter3TheCulturalConnotationofEnglishNames53.1Individualism

6、53.2Christianity63.3Sexism7Chapter4TranslationofGeneralNames84.1Translationprinciplesofgeneralnames84.1.1Keepingtheoriginalname’sorder84.1.2Puttingapointamongthefirst,middleandlastname84.1.3UsingthestandardpronunciationoftheChinesecharacters94.1.4Avoidingusingcharacterswithderogatorysenses94

7、.2Translationmethodsofgeneralnames104.2.1Adoptingtransliteration104.2.2Adoptingestablishedpopulartranslatednames114.3Translationofcharacters’namesinliteraryworks124.4Translationofcharacters’namesinidioms13Chapter6Conclusion16Bibliography17-III-Ackn