a comparative study of chinese and english proverbs

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1、AComparativeStudyofChineseandEnglishProverbs2011AcknowledgementsInwritingthispaper,Ihavebenefitedfromthepresenceofmydearclassmates.TheygenerouslyhelpedmecollectmaterialsIneededandgavemetheinvaluablesuggestions.Iherebyextendmygratefulthankatothemfortheirkin

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4、atthisthesis.Theyalwayssharemywealandwoe.Ifeelmuchgratefulandheartilyoweachievementtothem.Lastly,Iaslothanktomyschool*****AbstractProverbsarethecreamofalanguage.Theyreflecttherelationshipbetweenlanguageandculture.Humanbeings’commonsocialactivitiesareinmany

5、aspectssimilar,soEnglishandChineseproverbshavesimilarities.Becauseoftheculturaldifferences,EnglishandChineseproverbshavedifferencesintheirdetailedcontents.TheauthorcomparestheirsimilaritiesanddifferencesandalsoproposesthatEnglishandChineseproverbswillbreak

6、theboundaryandaccomplishinterfusion.EnglishandChineseproverbshavesimilaroriginandsimilarlinguisticcharacters.Theybothoriginatefromfolklife,mythology,literaryworksandfromotherlanguages.DifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseproverbsalsoexist.Thatisdifferentgeog

7、raphy;differenthistorycustoms;differentreligionsanddifferentvalueconcepts.SoitisnotaeasyjobfortranslationbetweenChineseandEnglishproverbs.Thereforetheautheranalysestheproblemswhentranslatingandproposesfourtranslationmethods:freetranslation,literaltranslati

8、on,substitutiontranslation,literaltranslationcombinedwithfreetranslation.KeyWords：proverbs;definition；similarities;differences;theory;translation内容摘要谚语是语言的一个重要组成部分，是各国语言文学艺术宝库中的一朵奇葩。谚语体现了语言与文化的关系。由于人类的普遍社会活动和