英漢習語對比及其翻譯

1、英漢習語對比及其翻譯英漢習語對比及其翻譯【Abstract】Idiomsaretheessenceofalanguagewhichhavestrongnationalcolsdistinctiveculturalconnotations.SoitisdifficultfbothEnglishChinesereaderstoundersttheidiomtranslationthoughlyexactly.Thisthesisfirsta

2、nalyzesthesimilarityofEnglishChineseidiomsfromtheaspectofrheticalmeanssuchasalliterationrhymerepetitionantithesissoon.ThenitprobesintothecausesofthedifferencesinEnglishChineseidiomsfromtheaspectsofdifferentlivingcircumst

3、ancesdifferentcognitionsofthingsdifferentreligionsbeliefsdifferenthisticalallusionsmythsetc.AfterthatittalksaboutthethreetypicalproblemsinEnglishChineseidiomtranslationsuchasinterpretingtheEnglishidiomstooliterallycopyin

4、gChinesecustomarysayingsmechanicallylackinginnecessaryexplanatynotes.Finallyitsummarizesfiveidiomtranslationmethodsincludingliteraltranslationwithexplanationliteraltranslationwithassociationtransfmationofmeaningsapplicat

5、ionofChinesecoupletequalconsiderationofbothimagesmeanings.Allthesignificanceofthisthesisistoconveytheidioms’culturalinfmationasmuchaspossiblewhichisveryusefulfthelanguagelearning.philosophicaleternal.AccdingtoOxfdAdvanta

6、gedLearner’sEnglishChineseDictionaryanidiomis“aphrasesentencewhosemeaningisnotclearfromthemeaningofitsindividualwdswhichmustbelearntasawholeunit”.“Inthebroadsenseidiomsmayinclude:setphrasesproverbssayingsepigramsslangexp

7、ressionscolloquialismsquotationstwopartallegicalsayingsofwhichthefirstpartalwaysstatedisdeivewhilethesecondpartsometimesunstatedcarriesthemessage(chieflyinChinese).WhileinChineseidiomsarecalledas‘熟語’including:短語，成語(usual

8、lyconsistingoffourwds)俗語，諺語，格言，箴言，名言(quotationrecdedutterance)，警句，雋語，俚語，粗話，行話，歇后語(includingpun)習語etc.”[1]HoweverthethesiswilldiscussEnglishChineseidiomsinanarrowsenseonlysetphrasesproverbswillbeunderdiscussion.Englishidi

9、omsChineseidiomsaregemsofthetwolanguagesaswellasthecrystallizationofthetwonationalcultures.Mostofidiomsareofvividimageswhichareappropriatelyusedtoparetootherthingsconsequentlytheyoftencontaindistinctivenationallocalcols.