culture and translation of english idioms

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1、CultureandTranslationofEnglishIdioms　　Idiomsarethecoreandessenceofalanguageandtheyareparticularandindispensablepartofalanguage.Basedonculturalelements，theybestreflectthecharacteristicsofacountry.LikeChineseidioms，Englishidiomsarebriefandtothepoint，vivid，humorous，andsoon.Aswea

2、llknow，non-nativespeakersofEnglishcanreachapointintheirknowledgeofthelanguage，however，theyareliabletofindthemselvesinhotwaterwhenconfrontedwithidiomaticexpressions.SoitishelpfulforustounderstandEnglishbetterifwehaveagoodmasterofEnglishidioms.　　Theword“idiom”originallycomesfro

3、mtheGreekword“idio”，whichmeansprivateandspecific.InterpretedinLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglish，anidiomis“agroupofwordswithameaningofitsownthatisdifferentfromthemeaningofeachseparatewordputtogether.”Inabroadsense，Englishidiomsarecomposedofsetphrases，proverbs，colloquialis

4、m，allusions，andslang.Becauseofthedifferencesingeographicalfeatures，history，convention，religiousbeliefs，idiomsbeartheweightofdifferentnationalculturesandinformation，anditisnoteasytounderstandthemforaforeigner.TranslatingEnglishidiomsinto17Chinesecannotbethewordtowordtranslatio

5、n，soitisquitenecessarytoknowsomebasicinformationofEnglishidiomsandexplorethemethodsofthetranslation.　　1BriefIntroductiontoEnglishIdioms　　1.1DefinitionsofEnglishIdioms　　HerearesomedefinitionsofEnglishidioms：　　Apeculiarityofphraseologyapprovedbytheusageofthelanguageandoftenhavi

6、ngasignificationotherthanitsgrammaticalorlogicalone.　　--OxfordEnglishDictionary　　Anexpressionintheusageofalanguagethatispeculiartoitselfeithergrammatically（asno，itwasn'tme）orinhavingameaningthatcannotbederivedfromtheconjoinedmeaningsofitselements.　　--WebsterDictionary　　Accord

7、ingtothesedefinitions，wecangetageneralideaofwhatidiomsare.TheChineseequivalentfor“idiom”is习语.Itmeansakindofsetphraseorsentence，whichisoftenquotedbythecommonpeople.Sowecandefinetheidiomas“formedbycommonpracticebuthasanimpliedmeaning”.　　1.2CharacteristicsofEnglishIdioms　　1.2.1S

8、emanticIntegrity17　　Idiomsshouldbelookedatasawhole，orprobablytheywou