文化环境影响论下的英语习语翻译（英文）

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1、文化环境影响论下的英语习语翻译（英文）话题：英语文化教育学习　　2006年第3期：文化环境影响论下的英语习语翻译（英文）时间：2006-12-4OnTranslationofEnglishIdiomsinaCulturalApproachGuXiao-yan(CollegeofForeignLanguagesofShanghaiMaritimeUniversity)Abstract:Thispaperattemptstostudyhowtoovercomethedifferencesbyacultural

2、approachintranslationofEnglishidioms.ThepaperfirstsetsoutwiththedefinitionandtheclassificationofidiomsandtheculturalcharacteristicsofEnglishidioms.Thenitlistsmanyspecificexamplestoillustratehowtomakeuseoftheculturalknowledgewhilediscussingthetechniquesofi

3、diomstranslation.Thispaperisconcludedwiththeideathattheculturalapproachcanhelpachievemoreaccurateandlivelytranslations.Keywords:translation;idioms;culturalapproachIdiomsareembodimentofculture.Theyarelanguageessenceandthemostdifficultparttohandlewith,which

4、involveacountry‘shistory,geography,localconditions,customsandculturalbackground.Thusyoucannotunderstandidiomscorrectlywithoutthehelpoftheculturalcontext,whichinturnrequiresthatyouhavetheknowledgeoftheculture.BothEnglishandChineseareexpressivelanguages,whi

5、chareveryrichinidiomaticexpressions.So,itisgreatlynecessarytomakeuseoftheculturalknowledgewhiletranslatingEnglishidioms.Ⅰ.DefinitionofEnglishidiomsWhatisanidiom?Anidiomisanelementofalanguagethatpossessesauniquewayofexpressionbasedonitstime-honoreduse.Acco

6、rdingtoLongmanDictionaryofEnglishIdioms(LongmanGroupltd.:1979),“anidiomisafixedgroupofwordswithaspecialdifferentmeaningfromthemeaningoftheseparatewords”..Webster‘sDictionary(RandomHouse,2000)hasdefineditas“anexpressionwhosemeaningisnotpr

7、edictablefromtheusualmeaningofitselements”.Strictlyspeaking,idiomsareexpressionsthatarenotreadilyunderstandablefromtheirliteralmeaningsoftheindividualelements.Forexample,“greenhand”(新手),anidiommeaning“aninexperiencedperson”,h

8、asnothingtodowitheitherthegreencolororthehumanhand；“redmeat”(牛肉或羊肉)，referstobeeforlambratherthananymeatthatisredincolor;“Asstubbornasamule”,“pigheaded”,anothertwotypicalexamplesar