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1、InfluenceofBritishandChineseCultureontheirIdiomsandtheirLearningandTranslationIntroductionAChinesestudentpromisedherBritishteacherthatsheandherthreeclassmateswouldwinthe100-meter-relay-race.Shesaid,"Icanrunveryfast.Iwillnotpullmyclassmate'sleg.Thereisabambooinmyhear

2、t.APyrrhicvictoryisrightthere."Shesmiledjoyfully,withoutnoticingthatherteacherwasinafog.WhycouldnottheEnglishteacherunderstandhisstudentThereasonwasthatthegirlmisusedthreeidioms.First,sheused"pullone'sleg"tosubstitutetheChineseidiom"拖后腿".However,thetruemeaningofthis

3、Englishidiomis"toplayajokeonsomebody".Second,Chinesepeoplemayliterallytranslate"Thereisabambooinmyheart"into"胸有成竹"andknowthatitmeans"tohaveapreconceivedideaatheart".Butthisword-for-wordtranslationisnotrightanditmaypuzzleourforeignguests.Thegirlshouldhaveexplainedtoh

4、erteacheritsoriginalmeaning"tohaveabambooinanartist'smindbeforedrawingapictureofit".Third,"aPyrrhicvictory"originatedfromanancientGreekmyths.Itscorrectmeaningisavictorygainedatsuchcostthatitisalmostequivalenttoadefeat.Sheonlysawtheword"victory"whileshedidnotpayatten

5、tiontotheallusioninthisidiom.Manypeoplewanttocreatevividnessbyusingidiomsintheirspeechesandwritings.However,manyofthemcannotmakeanappropriateuseofthem.Anappropriateuseofidiomsinourwriting,dailycommunicationandimportantsituations,suchasapressconference,willaddtothest

6、rengthandvividnessofourlanguagetobeused.Italsohelpstonarrowtheculturalgapamongdifferentnationsandfacilitatecross-culturalcommunicationaswell.Providingsuggestionsaboutlearningandtranslatingidiomsmaycontributetotheappropriateuseofidioms.Inthisthesis,anumberofexamplesa

7、recitedtoillustratethenationalcharacteristicsofidiomsandthetranslatingskills,improvethesensibilityofcultureandtheabilityofcross-culturalcommunication,makeourselvesunderstood.Thesuggestionsaresupposedtohelpcross-culturalcommunicatorsavoidthemisunderstandingsoroffense

8、scausedbymisuseofidiomsandserveaspracticalguidelineforcross-culturalcommunication.Howcanweachievetheappropriatenessininterculturalcommunic