20121011修改版 英汉谚语对比 马树蕊中文102.ppt

Part 1Explain the meaning of proverb and idiom Explain the meaning of proverb and idiom 1、Proverbs： A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience. Proverbs are the daughter of daily experience. 2、Idiom： Specific character of this country’s language; Succession of words whose meaning is not obvious through knowledge of the individual meanings of the constituent words but must be learned as a whole. example： Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌 touch and go 一触即发 Part 2English and Chinese proverbs sources English and Chinese proverbs sources Proverbs from folk and books, proverb from book calledpopular proverb(俗谚), learned proverb(雅谚). Chinese proverbs sources: Most Chinese Proverbs are from books ——《左传》《周易》 《尚书》《诗经》《论语》…… Example 《周易》 人以类聚 物以群分 《尚书》 天作孽，犹可违； 自作孽，不可逭 English proverbs sources: Most English Proverbs are produce from Greek and Roman mythology ,and many writers——Shakespeare, Buffon,A.Edison,O.Wilde and so on. Example More hair than wit . 头发比智慧多 More matter，less art. 多讲实际，少弄玄虚 Part 3Comparative English and Chinese proverbs——Proverbs about weatherProverbs about moneyProverbs about time Proverbs about weather When the wind is in the east, it’s neither good for man nor beast. 风起东方，人畜不安。 When the wind is in the west,the weather’s at the best. 风起西方，气候最佳。 Geographic environment different makes East wind same as 东风 West windsame as 春风 so we can understand why Percy Bysshe Shelley （雪莱）wrote Ode to the west wind（《西风颂》） Proverbs about money English proverb： Time is money. 时间就是金钱。 means：money Chinese proverb: 一寸光阴一寸金。 means：valuable Proverbs about time Life is a shuttle. 人生苦短。 this proverb comes from： “My days pass by without hope,pass faster than a weaver’s shuttle.” Part 4Conclusion about the differentConclusion about translation in provebs Conclusion about the different the differences between English and Chinese proverbs from the point of origin, geographical environment, customs,? religious bel