英语论文正文.docx

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英语论文正文

1.Introduction

Itiswellrecognizedthatlanguageandcultureareinseparable.Ontheonehand,languageplaysaveryimportantroleinreflectingandexpressingculture.Alanguageisanessentialpartofthecultureofapeopleandthroughittheotherpartsofcultureareexpressed.Sotospeak,withoutlanguagetherewouldbenoculturedescendingfromancienttimes.Ontheotherhand,sincecultureisdefinedsuccinctlyas“thetotalityofbeliefsandpracticesofasociety”,languageisstronglyinfluencedandshapedbyculture.Changesincultureoftengiverisetonewcharacteristicsoflanguage.

BothEnglishandChinesearethelanguagesintheworldenjoyingthelongesthistory.Duringthelong-termdevelopment,theyhaveaccumulatedalargenumberofidioms,includingtheidiomscontainingfigures,whichrefertotheidiomscontainingcardinalnumbersandordinalnumbers.Asanindispensablepartofidioms,ChineseandEnglishidiomscontainingfiguresarecloselyrelatedtotheirowncultures,conveyingdifferentculturalfeaturesandmessagesoftheirownnations.Usually,idiomscontainingfiguresreflecttheirculturalbackgroundknowledgewithfigureconnotations.Asweallknow,figuresaretypicaloftheculturallyloadedwords.Notonlydotheybelongtothedigitalrealm,theyarealsousedinidiomsandphraseswithculturalconnotations.TheChineseandEnglishpeoplesmayhavethesameorsimilarconceptsforfigures,butbecauseoftheirculturaldiversities,theyusefiguresindifferentwayswithconnotativemeanings.

Inthe21stcentury,withtherapiddevelopmentofeconomicglobalization,culturalcommunicationandcooperationbetweennationsbecomemorefrequent,theresearchfieldofChineseandEnglishidiomscorrespondinglypresentsanewtendency.Theidiomscontainingfigures,asacrucialpartofidioms,havebecomethemainobjectforChineseandothernations’scholarstostudyearnestly.However,sincetheidiomscontainingfiguresarecharacterizedbytheirconciseexpressions,richandvividmeanings,andareoftenculturallyloaded,translatorsfinditagreatchallengetotranslatethembetweenChineseandEnglishforeveryfigurehasitsspecificconnotationsindifferentculturalbackgrounds.

ThisthesisattemptstosolvetheproblemofhowtotranslateChineseandEnglishidiomscontainingfiguresappropriately.Itconsistsof6chapters.ApartfromIntroductionandConclusion,itcontainsanoverviewofidioms,thedefinitionofidiomscontainingfigures,comparisonandanalysisofChineseandEnglishidiomscontainingfigures,andtranslationstrategiesofChineseandEnglishidiomscontainingfigures.Throughanoverviewofidioms,theauthormakesclearsomebasicconceptsofidiomsandalsoattachesimportancetothissubjectresearch.Theninthepartofexplainingthedefinitionofidiomscontainingfigures,theauthorintroducestherelationshipbetweenfiguresandidiomscontainingfiguresandalsogivesadefinitionofidiomscontainingfiguresbyresearchinganddiscussingthedefinitionsthatotherscholarshaveputforward.ThefollowingpartisthecomparisonandanalysisofChineseandEnglishidiomscontainingfigures.Theauthormainlyanalysesthefigures’connotativemeaningbothinChineseandWesterncultures,whichaimstofindouttheculturaldifferencesandmakeacomparisonbetweenChineseandEnglishidiomscontainingfigures.

TheanalysisandcomparisonwillbehelpfultoexplorethetranslationstrategiesofChineseandEnglishidiomscontainingfigures.Fortunately,theauthorfiguresoutsomestrategiesasthetheoreticalbasisofproblemsolving.Theauthorlistssomestrategiesandappliesthemtotheconcretetermsaccordingtotheirfeatures.Finally,bycomparingthedifferenttranslationstrategies,theauthorpresentshisownviewonthetranslationofChineseandEnglishidiomscontainingfiguresandofferssomeadvicetothelanguagelearners.Withtheguidanceoftheprincipleof“functionalequivalence,textualcorrespondence”,andtheauthor-and-reader-orientedprinciple,thetranslationofChineseandEnglishidiomscontainingfigureswilltakeonanewappearance.

2.AnOverviewofIdiom

“Idiomisagroupofwordsestablishedbyusageashavingameaningnotdeduciblefromthoseoftheindividualwords”,accordingtotheNewOxfordDictionaryofEnglish.Aspartofculture,idiomsplayanimportantroleinthedevelopmentoflanguage.Theycarryculturalfeatureandinformationofdifferentnations.Beingcharacterizedbytheirconciseexpressionsandsignificantmeanings,allidiomsderivefromtheirhistoricaloriginswithdistinctnationalfeaturesandarecloselyrelatedtogeographicalenvironment,historicalbackground,religiousbeliefs,socialcustomsandlivingconventions.Sotranslatorsshouldtaketheirculturalconnotationsandnationalcharacteristicsintoconsiderationwhentranslati