The Forms of Cultural Differences and Translation英語專業(yè)畢業(yè)論文

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1、TheFormsofCulturalDifferencesandTranslationCulturaldifferenceshavemanyexpressiveforms.Anysubtledifferencecanbringoutproblemtotranslation.Weshouldtrytoknowandrecognizeasmanyformsofculturaldifferencesaspossible,sothatwecandealwithproblemsoftranslationmoreflexibly.Ilistsometypicalformstoexplainth

2、erelationshipbetweenculturaldifferencesandtranslation.1ThedifferencesinwaysofthinkingandtranslationWaysofthinkingistheprocessofanindividualchoosing,evaluatingandorganizingexternalstimulus,whichistheprocessofchangingexternalstimulustopersonalexperience.Anation’swaysofthinkingnotonlyaffectindivi

3、dual’ssocialactivity,butalsoaffectresponseofothernations,andtheattitudeoftranslatedculturetowardsoriginalcultureagreement,appreciationorbelittlement,exclusion.Inwesternculture,peoplethinkthatthereisdirectrelationbetweenideologyandactualworld,layinggreatemphasisonrationaleanddeduction,believing

4、thataslongasfollowingrightlogicalsteps,theywillobtaintruth.Whileinsomeeasternculture,suchasBuddhism,peoplethinkthatrationaleandlogiccannotobtaintruth,thebestwayofobtainingtruthisspeculation,meditationandwaiting,andthentruthwillappearnaturally.Inaddition,differentnationshavegreatdifferenceinsta

5、ndpointandresponsetooutsidethings.Itissaidthat,anAmerican,aGerman,aJapanesepersonandaChinesepersonwenttovisitOceanMuseum.TheAmericanwonderedatthesightofthemuseum,saying“Terrific!”andadmiringthefishwithhugeandbeautifulshape.TheGermaninquiredintothewatertemperatureandhabitsofthefishcarefully.The

6、Japaneseexaminedthequalityandcostofthefishtank.WhiletheChinesewantedtoknowwhetherthefishiseatableandwhetheritisdelicious.Wedonotevaluatethecreditabilityofthehearsay,butdifferentculturesindeedhavedifferentresponse.Forexample,Americansputemphasisonthesizeandpriceofthingstheymet,whileJapanesethin

7、kcolorisamuchmoreimportantstandard.Itdemandstranslatorsunderstandingrelevantlanguagesanddeedsofdifferentnations,beingfamiliarwithrelevantcultures’waysofthinking.Differencesinwaysofthinkingcandirectlyaffectpeople’sresponsetothesamething.