The Forms of Cultural Differences and Translation 英語(yǔ)論文

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1、TheFormsofCulturalDifferencesandTranslationCulturaldifferenceshavemanyexpressiveforms.Anysubtledifferencecanbringoutproblemtotranslation.Weshouldtrytoknowandrecognizeasmanyformsofculturaldifferencesaspossible,sothatwecandealwithproblemsoftranslationmoreflexibly.Il

2、istsometypicalformstoexplaintherelationshipbetweenculturaldifferencesandtranslation.1ThedifferencesinwaysofthinkingandtranslationWaysofthinkingistheprocessofanindividualchoosing,evaluatingandorganizingexternalstimulus,whichistheprocessofchangingexternalstimulustop

3、ersonalexperience.Anation’swaysofthinkingnotonlyaffectindividual’ssocialactivity,butalsoaffectresponseofothernations,andtheattitudeoftranslatedculturetowardsoriginalcultureagreement,appreciationorbelittlement,exclusion.Inwesternculture,peoplethinkthatthereisdirect

4、relationbetweenideologyandactualworld,layinggreatemphasisonrationaleanddeduction,believingthataslongasfollowingrightlogicalsteps,theywillobtaintruth.Whileinsomeeasternculture,suchasBuddhism,peoplethinkthatrationaleandlogiccannotobtaintruth,thebestwayofobtainingtru

5、thisspeculation,meditationandwaiting,andthentruthwillappearnaturally.Inaddition,differentnationshavegreatdifferenceinstandpointandresponsetooutsidethings.Itissaidthat,anAmerican,aGerman,aJapanesepersonandaChinesepersonwenttovisitOceanMuseum.TheAmericanwonderedatth

6、esightofthemuseum,saying“Terrific!”andadmiringthefishwithhugeandbeautifulshape.TheGermaninquiredintothewatertemperatureandhabitsofthefishcarefully.TheJapaneseexaminedthequalityandcostofthefishtank.WhiletheChinesewantedtoknowwhetherthefishiseatableandwhetheritisdel

7、icious.Wedonotevaluatethecreditabilityofthehearsay,butdifferentculturesindeedhavedifferentresponse.Forexample,Americansputemphasisonthesizeandpriceofthingstheymet,whileJapanesethinkcolorisamuchmoreimportantstandard.Itdemandstranslatorsunderstandingrelevantlanguage

8、sanddeedsofdifferentnations,beingfamiliarwithrelevantcultures’waysofthinking.Differencesinwaysofthinkingcandirectlyaffectpeople’sresponsetothesamething.