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1、AContrastiveStudybetweenEnglishandChineseColorwords【Abstract】AlthoughtherearenotalargeamountofcolorwordsbothinEnglishandChineselanguage,colorwordsaretightlyboundintocultureandemotionsandhavestrongculturalconnotations.Asaresult,therearebothsimilaritiesanddifferencesintheusageand
2、translationofcolorwordsbetweenEnglishandChinese.ThisessaygivesusacontrastivestudybetweenEnglishandChinesecolorwords.【KeyWords】ColorwordsCultureEnglishChineseTranslation【Content】Asweallknow,oneofthemostimportantpartsofacountry’scultureisitslanguage,andoneofthemostactiveelementso
3、facountry’slanguageiswords.Wordsreflectthechangesinsociallifeandsocialtheoryinasensitiveway.Theirexistence,changesanddevelopmentincludeplentifulandcomplicatedinformation,suchasgeographicenvironment,history,politics,economics,customsandreligionandsoon.Themainlyclassificationofco
4、lorwordsinEnglishandChinesearealmostthesame.InChinese,wehave“chi,cheng,huang,lv,qing,lan,zi”.AndinEnglish,thereare“red,white,black,green,yellow,blue,purple,grey,brown”.Thesewordshavebothsimilaritiesanddifferences9accordingtodifferentculturalbackgrounds.Hereisthecomparisonofsixb
5、asiccolorwordsinthetranslationofEnglishandChinese.Redisthe“universalcolor”.Wecanfindredineverycultureandeverylanguage.Itisthecolorofbloodandfire.InEnglishandChinese,sometimesredmeansthesame.Forexample,“hongqi”inChinesecanbetranslatedinto“redflag”,“hongchang”“theRedSquare”.While
6、therearealsodifferences.InChineseredisusedonhappydaysandatalloflife’sfestivals.WhenSpringFestivalcomes,peoplealwaysdecoratetheirdoorwayswithredcouplets.Theredcoupletsareon“redpaperandbearauspiciouspraysforthecomingyear.Theysymbolizelimitlessblessing.Alsothereareredlanterns,redp
7、apercutsandredfirecrackersandcandles.Redalsorepresentsmanyemotionswithitsdeepconnectionswithlife.Whenwesay“somebodyturnsred”,wedonotmeanthattheirbodyhasbecomered.Weindicatethatheorsheisembarrassedorflustered.InChinesewehavetheterm“hongguangmanmian”.Herethecolorredmeanssomebodyi
8、sfullofvigorandenergy,whilewecannevertranslatetheterm“
