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1、AbstractProverbs,astheaccumulationandcrystallizationofhumanwisdomandnationalpracticeandexperience,aretheglitteringgemsoftheculturaltreasurehouseintheworld.Proverbsplayaveryimportantroleinthecommunicationofnationalculturewhichcouldnotbereplacedbyotherformsofliterature,processingastrongm
2、assbaseandvigorousvitality.Thus,itisnecessarytotakesomeresearchontheunderstandingandtranslationofproverbs.Intermsofcontent,proverbshavestrongnationalcolorandculturalcharacteristics;andintermsofform,proverbsareofconciseness,vividnessandexpressiveness,andalwayswithsomerhetoricalcharacter
3、istics.Theyarenotonlyterseinsentencestructurebutalsorichandharmoniousinrhythmandrhyme.OnthetranslationofEnglishproverb,sometheorieshavebeenapplied,includingLawrenceVenuti’sDomesticationandForeignization,EugeneA.Nida’sDynamicEquivalence,andErnst-AugustGutt’sRelevance-translationTheory,e
4、achofwhichhasitsownadvantagesandlimitations.BytheanalysesoftheutilityoftheabovetranslationtheoriesinEnglishproverbstranslationaswellastheirlimitations,thisthesiscomesuptheunityofDynamicEquivalenceandRelevance-translationTheoryinEnglish-ChineseproverbtranslationinwhichfourmethodsthatLoa
5、nTranslation,Literaltranslation,Liberaltranslationandcombinationofliteraltranslationandliberaltranslationareapplied.Keywords:proverb;CharacteristicofProverbs;English-Chineseproverbtranslation;unityofDynamicEquivalenceandRelevance-translationTheoryIntroductionProverbisakindofidiomaticex
6、pression.Bacon,afamousEnglishwriter,oncesaid,“Geniuswitandspiritofanationarediscoveredbytheirproverbs.”1Thatistrue.Fromtheproverbs,wecangrasptheknowledgeaboutthenation’slanguageandculture,aswellasitspeople’scustoms,habitsandbehavioralpatterns.Proverbs,whetherEnglishonesorChineseones,ha
7、vesomecommonfeatures.Firstly,proverbsareusuallybrieffixed-expressionsingeneraluse;secondly,proverbsusuallystatesomecommonplacetruthsorfamiliarexperiencesorpiecesofadvice;thirdly,Proverbsaregenerallyterseandvigorouslyexpressive.Thelanguageofproverbsisusuallyconciseandsimple,andisoften