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1、CulturalDifferencesintheTranslationofEnglishandChineseIdiomsAbstract:Idiomsareuniqueandfixedexpression_rswhichareformedinusingalanguage.Idiomsaretheessenceofalanguage,andalsothequintessenceofanation’scultureandwisdom.ThetranslationofEnglishandChineseidiomsoccupi
2、esaprominentplaceinthewholetranslation.Thispaperprobesintotheculturaldifferencesbetweenthetwolanguagesinlivingenvironments,translationalcustoms,materialcultures,religiousbeliefs,andhistoricalallusions.ItalsoincludesthetranslationskillsofEnglishandChineseidioms.?
3、Keywords:English;Chinese;idioms;difference;translation.?摘要:習語是某一語言在使用過程中形成的獨特的固定的表達方式。習語是語言的精華,也是一個民族文化與智慧的結晶。英漢習語的翻譯在整個翻譯中占著突出的地位。文章探討這兩種語言在生存環(huán)境、風俗習慣、物質文化、宗教信仰等方面的文化差異,以及習語在翻譯中的具體技巧。關鍵詞:英語;漢語;習語;差異;翻譯IntroductionIdiomsareasetoffixedexpression_rspeculiartoanatio
4、nformedthroughtheuseoflanguageoveralongperiodoftime,includingcolloquialisms,proverbs,slangexpression_rsandsoon,makinguponeoftheessentialpartsoflanguageofthatcountry.ChineseandEnglishspeakingcountriesespeciallyGreatBritainhavealonghistoryoflanguagesandthebackgrou
5、ndofcultures.Mostofidiomsarevivid,carryingstronglocalcolorornationalfeatures.Someofthemareexplicit;someareimplicitandcanarousevarietiesofassociations;somemaycontainmorethanonemeaningandmustbejudgedfromthecontext.Iflanguageistheminorofculture,idioms,astheessenceo
6、flanguage,arethequintessenceofculture.Therefore,thequalityoftranslationlargelydependsonthetranslationofidioms.Translationisarenderingfromonelanguageintoanother,i.e.thefaithfulrepresentationinonelanguageofwhatiswrittenorsaidinanotherlanguage.However,languageandcu
7、lturearecloselyareconnected.Ontheonehand,languageispartofcultureandcarrierofculture.Ontheotherhand,culturehasgreatinfluenceonlanguage.Therefore,withthedevelopmentoftranslation,peoplenolongerconsidertranslationmerelyasaswitchingoflanguagesymbols,butasacross-cultu
8、ralcommunication.Thatistosay,theswitchingoflanguagesymbolsisthesurfaceleveloftranslation,whereasculturaltransmissionistheessenceoftranslation.Idiomtranslationisthemos