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Color Words Translation 1）Denotative meaning of color words in English and Chinese A. basic color words red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple 红 橙 黄 绿 蓝 紫 B. color words of objects silver, ivory, rosy, indigo, jade, ruby, bronze 银白 象牙色 玫瑰红 靛蓝 翡翠绿 宝石红 黄褐 Color Words of Objects Indigo 蓼蓝的叶子中含有尿蓝母，在碱性发酵液中、进而在空气中氧化缩合为蓝色的沉淀——蓝淀（靛蓝染料），因此，古代常使用蓼蓝制造蓝靛。在明代之前，民间多用方便水解的菘蓝制造蓝靛，后来发明了酒糟发酵法之后，蓼蓝的应用更加广泛。现代的苗、瑶、侗、布依等少数民族仍然在大量使用蓼蓝加工扎染、蜡染民族工艺品。 荀子“劝学”篇云：青，取之于蓝，而青于蓝。蓝是成语“青出于蓝”的典故由来， “蓝”在当时并不是颜色的名称，而是“菘蓝”、“蓼蓝”这一类种植物。 Color Words of Objects Grey hair 白发 White coffee 加奶咖啡 Black tea 红茶 to beat somebody black and blue 打得某人青一块紫一块 2) Cultural connotation of color words in English and Chinese yellow—cowardly He has a yellow streak in him. 他有点儿胆小。 黄色－royal; pornographic 黄袍；黄色书籍 green—not yet ripe; inexperienced; flourishing; pale a green hand; greenhorn; green-eyed Do you see any green in my eye? 你以为我是好欺骗的吗？ 绿色—天然、环保 绿色食品 red—danger; violence; symbol of revolution; symbol of communism 红色－happiness; honor; good luck, revolution 红榜；红运；红眼病 How to translate color words? A. 把英语颜色词译成与之相应的汉语颜色词 如果英语颜色词与汉语颜色词在词义上相同，就可采用这种直译的方法。 1. The sun was dropping behind the farthest mountain, and the valleys were purple with something deeper than aster. 夕阳已渐渐沉没在远山的背后，壑谷间一片紫蔼，颜色比紫菀还浓。 2. Her arms and legs were thickly smeared with lotion dried to a chalky white. 她四肢上涂得厚厚的乳液已干成粉白色。 B.改换英语颜色词 如果一种颜色在两种语言中分别被不同的颜色词所指称，而直译会导致读者不正确的联想或是不为译入语的读者所接受，这时可改换颜色词，使之符合译入语的表达习惯。 1. The floor was covered with ochre-colored sawdust, trampled here and there into mud. 地上全是黄褐色的木屑，到处都给踩成泥糊糊的了。 2. The sun shining on her glossy hair, gave it a metallic luster, and it was difficult to say what was the color, dark bronze or black. 阳光照在她光泽的头发上，给它涂上一层金属似的光彩。很难说出它究竟是什么颜色，是深褐色，还是黑色。 3. His face became blue with cold. 他的脸冻得发青。 4. She dressed in a very short creamy skirt that day. 那天她穿着一条很短的米色裙子。 C. 原文中没有颜色词，增加颜色词 有时译文可根据具体语境添增色彩词