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1、TheCultureDifferencesofEnglishandChineseIdiomsAbstract: Idiomisaphraseorsentencewhichmustbelearntasawholeunitnotasanindividualword.Idiomincludescolloquialism,proverb,slang,maxim,allegoricalsayingetc.BothEnglishandChineselanguageshavelonghistory,sotherearealargenumberofidioms.
2、EnglishandChineseidiomsembodydifferentnationalculturalfeaturesanddifferentculturalinformationwhichresultfromthevariousgeographypositions,histories,customs,religiousbeliefsandliteraturetradition.Inordertomaketheidiomatictranslationbrief,vividandinteresting,weshouldtakethecultu
3、reinsidewhentranslating.ThispapermainlyinvestigatesthefactorswhichleadtothedifferencebetweenChineseandEnglishidiomsthroughnumerousexamples.Meanwhile,itproposesfourmethodsfortranslationidioms:literaltranslation,freetranslation,equivalenttranslationandcombinationofliteraltransl
4、ationandfreetranslation.Keywords:idioms;culture;difference;translationIntroduction Idiomisakindofphraseorsentencewhosemeaningisnotclearfromthemeaningofitsindividualwordsandwhichmustbelearntasawholeunit.Semanticunityandstructuralstabilityarethetwocharacteristicsofidioms. Diff
5、erentlanguagesreflectdifferentcultures;differentculturesentaildifferentlanguageexpressions.Idioms,theessenceofalanguage,labelespeciallyculturaldifferencesindifferentlanguages.Inaboardsense,idiomsincludecommonsayings,proverbs,allusions,maximsandtheallegoricalsayings.Andinthisp
6、aperthetermidiomisusedinitsbroadsense.Becauseofthedifferencesingeography,history,religionandbeliefs,customs,livingenvironment,socialconventionsandliteraturetraditionetc,EnglishandChineseidiomsarecloselyconnectedwithculturesandtraditions,andtheyreflectdifferentnationalcharacte
7、risticsandareloadedwithrichculturalinformation.Anditistheculturalelementinidiomsthatposesadifficultyintranslation.Asamatteroffact,translation,fromthetimeitstarted,hasplayedanactiveandimportantroleinadvancingthegreatcourseofculturalexchanges.Withthedevelopmentofsociety,peoplea
8、reengagedinmoreinterculturalcommunicationthanbefore.So,10tosomeexten
