CuluralSudyonheConnoaionandTranslaionofAnimalsWords_开题报告

Language is a cultural carrier. Culture-loaded vocabulary plays and important role in a language. Different social backgrounds and national cultures have a great effect on the cultural connotation of vocabulary. Throughout the long history of the social human evolution, man comes into contact with animals frequently, resulting in an interdependent relationship between man and animals. The images of animals root in the everyday life, forming many kinds of unique animals culture. Therefore, a lot of words, idioms or expressions that denoting animals or with lively images of animals come into English and Chinese languages. The clever use of animal words is by no means scare in everyday communication or literary works, which helps make English and Chinese vivid and lively in image, plain and expressive in character, and rich and strong in flavor. 

However, different nations do not treat all the animal words in the same way due to the different geographical environment, customs and habits, religion. So many animal words may have totally different or even opposite cultural obstacles, always lie in wait during the course of translating from one culture into another. 

So in the cultural translation, to keep the animal image and convey the cultural connotation, or to give up the cultural connotation and replace the animal image of the original text by other animal image with the same and similar symbol and cultural connotation, definitely, is one of the key problems that should be taken into consideration in the hope of doing a successful translation. In this study, some animal words are collected for the analysis of different cultures between English and Chinese. The thesis also introduces the translation methods that explain exactly the cultural connotation of the animal words.

Outline

1.Introduction 

2. Aspects of cultural translation 

 2.1 Language and culture

2.2 Language and translation

2.3 Cultural and translation  

3. The cultural connotation of animal words

 3.1 The culture elements of animal words

 3.2 Overlap in connotation of same animal words in English and Chinese   

3.2.1 Complete overlap in connotation of same animal words in English and Chinese

  3.2.2 Partial overlap in connotation of same animal words in English and Chinese

 3.3 Completely different connotations of same animal words in English and Chinese

 3.4 The same connotation of different animal words in English and Chinese

4. The culture translation of animal words

 4.1 Translation of overlap in connotation of same animal in English and Chinese

 4.2 Translation of Partial Overlap in Connotations of Same Animal Words in English and Chinese

 4.3 Translation of Different Cultural Connotation of Same Animal Words in English and Chinese

 4.4 Translation of Same Connotation of Different Animal Words in English and Chinese

5. Conclusion

6. References

          

References

[1]郭建中，《文化与翻译》，2001; 

[2]Nida,E. A Language, Culture and Translating [M], 1998; [4]Gentzler E. Contemporary Translation Theories，1993;孟建钢(译)2002; 

[3] Gentzler E. Contemporary Translation Theories，1993;孙致礼(译)2002; 

[4]Mary. Snell-Hornby, Translation Studies.1998; [7] The Oxford English Dictionary, 1989; [8] A Dictionary of American Slang, 1975; [9] Webster?s New World Dictionary; 

[5]The Oxford English Dictionary,1989;

[6]A Dictionary of American Slang,1975;

[7]Webster’s New World Dictionary;

[8]E.A Nida, Language,Culture and Translating, Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press, 1993; 

[9]Lakoff, Geroge and M. Johnson, 1980; Metaphors We Live By Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press; 

[10]Larry A. Samovar, Richard E.Porter, Lisa A. Stefani, 1998. Communication Between Culture, Wadsworth Publishing Company; 

[11]Snell-Hornby. M. Translation Studies, 1998. An Integrated Appoach, John Bejamins Publishing Company; 

[12]包惠南, 文化语境与语言翻译[M]. 北京:中国对外教育出版公司; 

[13]郭建中, 翻译中的文化因素,异化和归化[J]. 外国语,1998(2); 

[14]何善芬, <英汉语言对比与研究>. 上海: 伤害外语教育出版社; 

[15]潘虹,<英汉国俗词语例话>. 上海外语教育出版社