Influence of British and Chinese Culture on their Idioms and their Learning and Translation

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

2、tthere."Shesmiledjoyfully,withoutnoticingthatherteacherwasinafog.WhycouldnottheEnglishteacherunderstandhisstudentThereasonwasthatthegirlmisusedthreeidioms.First,sheused"pullone'sleg"tosubstitutetheChineseidiom"拖后腿".However,thetruemeaningofthisEnglishidiomis"toplayajokeonsomebody".Second,C

3、hinesepeoplemayliterallytranslate"Thereisabambooinmyheart"into"胸有成竹"andknowthatitmeans"tohaveapreconceivedideaatheart".Butthisword-for-wordtranslationisnotrightanditmaypuzzleourforeignguests.Thegirlshouldhaveexplainedtoherteacheritsoriginalmeaning"tohaveabambooinanartist'smindbeforedrawin

4、gapictureofit".Third,"aPyrrhicvictory"originatedfromanancientGreekmyths.Itscorrectmeaningisavictorygainedatsuchcostthatitisalmostequivalenttoadefeat.Sheonlysawtheword"victory"whileshedidnotpayattentiontotheallusioninthisidiom.Manypeoplewanttocreatevividnessbyusingidiomsintheirspeechesandw

5、ritings.However,manyofthemcannotmakeanappropriateuseofthem.Anappropriateuseofidiomsinourwriting,dailycommunicationandimportantsituations,suchasapressconference,willaddtothestrengthandvividnessofourlanguagetobeused.Italsohelpstonarrowtheculturalgapamongdifferentnationsandfacilitatecross-cu

6、lturalcommunicationaswell.Providingsuggestionsaboutlearningandtranslatingidiomsmaycontributetotheappropriateuseofidioms.Inthisthesis,anumberofexamplesarecitedtoillustratethenationalcharacteristicsofidiomsandthetranslatingskills,improvethesensibilityofcultureandtheabilityofcross-culturalco

7、mmunication,makeourselvesunderstood.Thesuggestionsaresupposedtohelpcross-culturalcommunicatorsavoidthemisunderstandingsoroffensescausedbymisuseofidiomsandserveaspracticalguidelineforcross-culturalcommunication.Howcanweachievetheappropriatenessininterculturalcommunic