论英汉习语的翻译TranslaionofEnglishandChineseIdioms_开题报告

Idiom is a unique form of expression in the use of a language. This article will discuss the idioms is generalized, including idioms, proverbs and allusions. English Chinese two languages have a long history, contains a large number of idioms, or implicitly, humor, or serious, elegant, not only concise, but also a vivid image, giving a kind of beauty to enjoy. Of the geography, history, religion, customs and other aspects of the differences of English and Chinese idioms,they carry people's national cultural characteristics and cultural information,they and traditional culture are closely linked,can not be separated. The cultural factors in idioms are often the difficulties in translation.

   H.P.Grice, an American professor of Philosophy in his Meaning,the book the words meaning is divided into two kinds,they are natural meaning and non natural meaning.The Non natural meaning of words refers to the meaning of people's desire to express. That is to express the pragmatic meaning of the speaker's intention in a given situation. This is the basis of Grice and conversational implicature theory. So due to differences in the two languages of English and Chinese cultural background, the same literal meaning, image meaning of discourse may have a completely different implication. The implication is the meaning of the speaker or author. According to our observation, the many differences between the English and Chinese idioms can return into two categories, one is the image of the significance of the differences, one implication, including the commendatory and derogatory meanings of differences, and they are beyond the literal meaning, is a concrete reflection of cultural differences.

Mr Zhu Guangqian in the “Translation” said “foreign literature is the most difficult to understand and translate the first is associative meaning…””It’s with special emotional atmosphere,very profound and delicate,in the dictionary cannot find,on literature is extremely important.If we are not familiar with the customs and the cultural and historical background,for the meaning of the words at a loss,especially in the translation of the meaning of the words—the most difficult to cope with”.British anthropologist Edward Taylor in the “Primitive Culture”(1871),a book for the first time the culture as a concept has raised out and expression for “Culture is a complex which includes knowledge,belief,art,morals,law,custom,and the community learned the ability and habits.”Visible culture has a broad coverage,which is a complex system.Language is a part of culture,reflecting a nation’s rich and colorful cultural phenomenon.

  On the standard of translation,foreign translation theorists have put forward different views.From Yan Fu’s “faithfulness,expressiveness and elegance”Fu Lei’s “in spirit not heavy shape” to Mr. Zhang Peiji’s proposed “faithfulness and smoothness”, from Qu Qiubai “equivalent concept” to the famous translation theorist Eugene A.Nidar”functonal equivalence”or “dyanmic equivalence”.We can see that these propositions are mutual influence, mutual supplement and improvement of focusing. A somewhat different but center to crystallization is the translation should be faithfully and accurately,the expression keep the appearance of the original style a true reflection of the original meaning of the source language. The so-called faithful expression of the original meaning faithful expression refers to the original literal meaning, image meaning and implicit meaning. But and not every word of the text of each idiom and vocabulary also have three meanings. Some may only literal meaning no image meaning,there may be both literal meaning and image meaning but no hidden meaning. Especially any two language culture could not finish the same.

  In the method of translation, literal translation and free translation have always been the focus of controversy in the field of translation theory. Through the study and practice of some translation theories and materials, we believe that literal translation and free translation are relative, and there is no absolute boundary between the two. To work, to a sentence will be both literal translation and free translation. A good translation is always a literal translation, and free translation, literal translation and translating combination. We believe that if the literal can accurately convey multiple meanings, literal translation is. If not translated the original variety of significance, especially cannot accurately translate the implied meaning of using free.

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Introduction

1 Cultural differences between English and Chinese Idioms

1.1 The geographical environment

1.2 Religious belief

1.3 Customs and habits

1.4 Historical allusion

2 Translation of English and Chinese Idioms

2.1 Literal translation

2.2 Free translation

2.3 Set usage

2.4 Literal translation filling method

2.5 Free translation and filling method

3 The translation of idioms in "dubious" phenomenon

4. Conclusion

三、参考文献

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