A Research on English-Chinese Translation of English Idioms

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1、英语习语的中译研究AResearchonEnglish-ChineseTranslationofEnglishIdiomsAbstract:Everylanguageisladenwithidioms.English,asthemostactiveandwidelyusedlanguage,enjoysavastidiomaticbasis,whichmakesitslearningveryexcitingandinteresting.AndthetaskoftranslatingentailscomparingEngl

2、ishandChineseidiomsintermsofculturaldifferences.WhenspeakingofE-Cidiomstranslationstrategies,whatenterourmindsaretwopairsofterms,literaltranslationandliberaltranslation,domesticationandforeignization.TheacademiccircleofE-Cidiomstranslationhasarguedovertheirusefor

3、years,buttillnownoagreementhasbeenreached.Infact,thetwopairsoftranslationmethodsdealwithtranslationfromdifferentperspectives,andtheyarejustliketwooverlappingcircleswithonlysmallsharedparts.Researchesonitsnormalizationoftranslationcanfacilitatetranslationspurposef

4、ullytopeacefulinteractionbetweenculturalcommunities.Keywords:Englishidioms;translation;culturedifferences;translationmethods摘要：任何语言都包含着习语。英语作为当今最活跃、使用最为广泛的语言由于有着很广泛的习语基础，使得英语学习变得十分有趣。而英语习语和汉语习语的翻译涉及到了文化差异。当谈到英语习语的中译的方法时，主要有两个翻译方法：归化和异化。关于英语习语的中译方法学术圈已经争论了很久，目前还没有

5、达成共识。事实上，两种翻译方法是从不同的角度来对待的，它们就像两个拥有很小交集的互相重叠的圆。跨文化交际使得多面的世界变得越来越小，翻译也变得更加频繁，成为进入另一文化空间的必要手段。英语习语的学习和翻译已经成为语言学习的一个重要环节。关键词：英语习语；翻译；文化差异；翻译方法ContentsI.Introduction…………………………………………………….1II.LiteratureReviewofIdioms…….…………………………….1A.DefinitionofIdioms………………………………………….

6、2B.OriginsofIdioms…………………………………………....21.TheExperienceoftheCommonPeople…………………….22.MythsandFables………………………………………....33.HistoricalEventsandAnecdote……...……………….....34.ClassicalLiteraryWorks…...…………………………….45.SocialCustomsandHabits……...…………………………4III.FeaturesofIdiom

7、s……………………………………………..5A.FixedStructure…………………………………………….5B.AbundantConnotations………………………………….….5C.DistinctCulturalFeature…………………………………....6IV.TheProblemsoftheE-CTranslationofIdioms......................6V.CulturalDifferencesinEnglishandChineseIdioms………...7VI.TheMa

8、inMethodsoftheE-CTranslationoftheIdioms….9A.Definitions of Domestication and Foreignization………..…….9B.ThreeMethodsoftheE-CTranslationoftheIdioms….….......101.P