A Brief Analysis to the Culture Shock caused by Translation of English and Chinese Idioms10

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1、ABriefAnalysistotheCultureShockcausedbyTranslationofEnglishandChineseIdioms1.IntroductionIdiomsareaspecialphenomenonbothinEnglishandChinese.Andeventhemostprominentpartintheselanguages.HongShucongsaidthatthetranslationofidiomsisnoteasyandoftenrequirespains

2、takingeffort,ourmothertongue--theChineselanguage--isparticularlyrichinidiomsaswellasEnglish.（钟述孔，1983）Inabroadsense,idiomsincludesetphrases,proverbs,Enigmaticfolksimiles,slings,sayings,colloquialisms,allusions.Idiomsareextractedbypeopleoveralongperiodofti

3、me.Ourdailylivesarecloselyconnectedwithidioms.Weuseitfrequently.Butwhenwetranslateidiomsorneedtousethem,owingtotheculturalgapsbetweenthesetwolanguages,weareoftenconfused.Nowadays,peopleingrowingnumbergraduallyrecognizethatthecommunicationwiththosepeoplewh

4、ocomefromdifferentculturalbackgroundsnotonlyfacedwiththeproblemsoflanguages,butalsoculturalfactors."EnglishisverypervasiveinChina,comparingwithothercountries,thelearningEnglishpeoplearemorethananyoneelseexceptthelargepopulationofEnglish-speakingcountry.”s

5、aidWangFuxiang（汪福祥，优力，2002）Thetranslationofidiomsisanactivitybetweendifferentculturesandlanguages.IdiomtranslationisofimportancetothetransmissionofculturesofBritainandChina.Weshouldtryeveryeffortstogetmanyculturalinformationbeforetranslation.Theformofidio

6、msissimplebuthasstrongexpressionalpower.Idiomscontainmanyculturaltraits.Allthosecharacteristicsofidiomsdescribedabovepopularizedthiskindoflanguageform.Thepurposeofthepaperistofindsomeculturalbackgroundsbehindidiomsanddiscusssomeefficientwaystotranslateidi

7、oms.inthepaper,themainconcernisgiventoEnglishandChinese.2.Culturalbackgrounds2.1GeographicalFeaturesTheformationofculturesisinfluencedbythephysicalgeography.LuoShipingsaidthatdifferentgeographicalenvironmentsformdifferentculturesbroughtuptheirownexpressio

8、nalways.Peoplewholivedbytheseacreated“thecultureofseas”.Englishpeoplewholivedinmoutainareascreate“thecultureofmoutains”.（骆世平，2005)GreatBritainissurroundedbyseasandatleast3000milesawayfromEuropeanmainland.Englishpeop