the cultural differences in english-chinese translation英汉翻译中的文化差异

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1、TheCulturalDifferencesinEnglish-ChineseTranslationAcknowledgementIwouldliketoexpressmysinceregratitudetomysupervisorProfessorxxx,whoseprofoundknowledge,strictattitudetowardsacademicresearchhavekindledmyinterestintranslation.Shehasprovidedinvaluableguidanceandadvic

2、esthroughthewholeprocessofthesiswritingtillitscompletion,withoutwhichIwouldn'thavetheconfidencetomakeanyfurtherqueryintotheabstracttopicpresentedinmythesis.WhenIfinishedthefirstdraft,Professorxxxreadverycarefullytheentireversionofit.Herdetailedrevisionsandusefulsu

3、ggestionshavedrawnmyattentiontoanumberofdeficienciesandhavemademanythingsclearerforme.Iamalsogratefultomyparentsandfriends,whoencouragemeandhelpmetoovercomethedifficulties.Manythanksalsogotothosewhohelpedmelookuptherelevantinformationandmaterials.Theirinsightfulsu

4、ggestionshavecontributedtotheshapingofmythesis.Ialsowanttoextendmythankstoallthewriterswhoseworksarereferredtointhispaper.AbstractWiththepopularityandprosperousdevelopmentofculturalstudiesinrecentyears,scholarshaveshiftedalongtheirunderstandingoftranslationinitstr

5、aditionalsense.Itisbelievedthattranslationisnolongerregardedasmerelyacross-linguisticactivitybutessentiallycross-culturalcommunication.JustasNidaclaimsthat“fortrulysuccessfultranslating,biculturalismisevenmoreimportantthanbilingualism”(Nida1993:110),translationinn

6、atureisanactivityofcross-culturalcommunication.Thispaperwillfirstlycheckthedefinitionofcultureanditsrelationwithlanguageandtranslation.Thenitintroducessomecontemporarytheoriesandfundamentalsintranslation.Inthethirdpart,theauthortriestoexploresomedifferencesbetween

7、ChineseandWesternculturesreflectedinlanguage,providingsomebackgroundinformationforfurtheranalysis.Lastlythepapertriestoexploresomeworkableapproachestomajorobstaclesinculturaltranslation.Frommanyexamplesintranslation,itcanbeconcludedthatintranslatingculturalelement

8、s,thetranslationshouldononehandmaintaintheoriginalflavor,whileontheotherhandbeacceptedandcomprehendedbythetargetlanguagereadersinalmostthesamemannerthat