颜色东西方差异(中英文).docx

颜色东西方差异(中英文).docx

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Part1:

Beforewestartourpresentationtoday,firstlet’strysomeinterestingtranslation.

“Youlookbluetoday.What’swrongwithyou?

”

“你今天看起来闷闷不乐，你怎么了”

Means“你今天看起来闷闷不乐，你怎么了”。

blue表面上是蓝色的意思，但这里却作“忧郁的”解。

Thenlet’smoveontoanothercase：

“Thesmokemadehimcough.Hecoughedharshly,hisfacelitlikeatomato.”

“烟使他呛起来。

他难受地咳着，脸胀得像番茄一样红”

Whichmeans“烟使他呛起来。

他难受地咳着，脸胀得像番茄一样红”

如果按字面翻译的话，最后一句的意思应为“他的脸像番茄一样”，但是要使翻译达到信达雅的效果的话，应该译为“脸胀得像番茄一样红”。

在英文表达中这个颜色词”红”是用tomato这个实物指代的。

可见，颜色词在中英文中的含义用法有诸多的不同，而这正是我们今天presentation的主题：

Part2:

TheCulturalDifferencesofColorWordsinChineseandEnglish（单独作一页PPT，也可以在这里加上小组成员，分工等）

Fromthescientificdefinition,colorisavisualphenomenonlaunched,reflectedorcausedthroughcertainlightwavebytheobject;itisonekindofvisualessentialfeaturesofhumaneye.Whileonthebasiccolorwords,thereisnotsomuchdifferenceinEnglishandinChinese,inChinese,thereare赤（chi）、橙（cheng）、黄（huang）、绿（lv）、青（qing）、蓝（lan）、紫（zi）、黑、白，andinEnglishtherearered,orange,yellow,green,cyan,blueandpurple,blackandwhite,colorwordsineachnation’slanguagedifferfromoneantherintheworld.可见在对视觉上对颜色的描述，中英文是不存在什么差异的

Butnowthecolorwordsnotonlyexpressthecolor,butalsoimplytheculturalfactorsofeachcountry,differentculturescanreflectonecountry’shistory,aesthetictasteandnationalpsychology.Itisthebrightandcolorfulnaturewhichprovidestheplaceforlifeandthefoundationfordeveloping.Therefore,itisofgreatimportancetostudycolorwordstofindouthowtheyreflectculturaldifferencesinboththeoriginalandtargetlanguageandwhytheycaninfluenceourdailylife.

然而在象征意义和文化含义上，中英文对颜色的理解就十分明显了，并且了解这种差异对于我们学习英语来说是非常有必要的

Inspecific.ThemaincolorsofEnglishandChinesearesameorsimilar，butsomecolorwordsinonelanguagecanrefertomoreonecolorinotherlanguage．SotheEnglishandChinesecolorwordsarenotalwayscorrespondingword.Takethecolorsofred,black,white,yellow,greenandblueforexamplesasshowedbelow.

RED

BothinChinaandEnglishspeakingcountries,redalwaysbeconnectedwithjoyousandcelebrateevents.Forexample,“red-letterdays”inEnglishmeansmemorialday,oftenreferstoChristmasDay.”topaintthetownred”meansbinge,quaff,orevenmonkeybusiness（狂欢痛饮胡闹）“rollouttheredcarpetforsb.”（铺展红地毯隆重地欢迎某人）.

redalsousedtoexpresssomesortsofemotion.Forinstance,“becomered-faced”or“sb’sfaceturnedred”hasthesamemeaningwith“脸红”inChinese.And“toseered”alongwith“wavearedflag”equalsto“为难、发怒”inChinese.

InChineseparticularly,theword“hong”representsluck,happiness,success,celebrationandfestival.IntraditionalChineseweddings,notonlythedecorationsarefullofredcolor,includingredcandle,redquilts,redwords“喜”andsoon,butalsotheclothingofthebrideandgroom,aswellastheredveilofthebride（新娘的红盖头）,thusbringingaweddingatmosphereandimplyingtheprosperousfutureofthenewlyweds.Furthermore,theword“红火”representsexuberantandlively.Theword“红利”,describestheenterprisedivisionofprofitstoshareholdersorbonusestostaff.Theword“红颜”referstoayoungandbeautifulwoman.

ButinEnglish,theword“red”representsdanger,violenceanddebauchery（放荡；沉湎酒色）withstrongderogatory（贬义的）meaning.Whentalkingaboutthewordred,peoplealwaysimaginethefireandblood.Forinstance,“red-faced”representsembarrassedorangry;“redalert”isawarningthatsomethingverydangerousislikelytohappen;“theredrulesoftoothandclaws”（残杀和暴力统治）meanstyrannyoracruel,harsh,andunfaircontroloverotherpeople.Withtheculturalexchange,theword“red”inEnglishcomestohavesomecomplimentarysense,suchas“redcarpet”usedtowelcomeveryimportantvisitorsasthespecialtreatmentwhentheyarrive.However,inEnglish“red”hasdifferentmeaningsineconomy,suchas“inthered”“getintothered”bothmeansomebodyisindebt.So“red”isreallythewordmakingpeoplehappyatsometime,butupsetatothertime.

Black

No matter in China or western countries, as a darker color, “ 黑 ” or “ black ” often has something to do with dirtiness, illegality, death, mourning, sadness, despair, anger and justice. “Vicious”“bad”arecommonmeaningsofblackinbothChineseandEnglish.

InChina,“乌黑的手”iswhatwecalldirtyhands.“黑市”impliesthelistedcommoditiestradingallowedwithoutgovernment'sapproval,“黑车”meanstheillegaltaxiwithahighercharge.Inthefuneral,Chinesewilltieablackbandaroundonearmtoshowthesadfeeling.Ifpeoplegetangry,weseetheexpression“他黑着个脸”.Sometimes“黑”symbolizesthejustice,becauseinancientChina,wehadafamousrighteousofficercalled“包拯”,whohadblackcomplexion.

 Inwesterncountry,“ablacksweet”“blackwater”meandirty.“Blackmoney”indicatestheinco