从颜色词看中英化差异.docVIP

从颜色词看中英文化差异中文摘要人类对于颜色的感觉有一定的共性，不同文化背景的人们对形象色彩的感知及审美体验大体上是相通的。但颜色词除了表示大自然绚丽色彩外，在某种程度上也会体现不同的价值观和审美观，此时颜色词已不单纯是表示颜色的指称意义了，往往蕴含着不同的联想意义。本文从英汉两民族在民族心理、历史传统、宗教信仰、生活习惯、情感色彩等方面来分析颜色词在不同文化中所存在的差异性，然后就文化差异对语言的影响做了比较详细的探讨，指出其共性与差异性，并对差异性进行了重点阐述。最后初步探讨了在跨文化交际中如何处理这些文化差异的方式以及在翻译过程中采用适当的翻译方法等，以便尽量避免在跨文化交际中产生沟通障碍，真正达到交际的目的。关键词: 颜色词；文化差异 ；跨文化交际 ；联想意义On Cultural Differences between English and Chinese from Color Words AbstractMan has a common feeling about colors, because color words can not only express the natural gorgeous colors, but also reflect the view of value and the aesthetic standard of a people. To this point, color words have more than their literal meanings. They also have rich associative meanings. This article firstly analyzes the cultural differences of color words from the national psychology, historical tradition, religious beliefs, habits and customs, emotion of the color. And then it probes into their influences on the language with detailed discussion, pointing out the similarities and differences which exist in the language performance. Because the cultural difference has brought barriers on translation and international communication, finally the paper discusses the problem of how to deal with the cultural differences in human communication and proposes some processing ways as well as some translation methods in the translation process. Through analyzing and understanding some differences between two nations, we are trying to avoid the communication barrier in the international communication so that we can achieve the goal of successful communication.Key words: color word; cultural difference; international communication; associative meaning一.引言“英国文化人类学家爱德华.泰勒,在其1871年出版的原始文化一书中,首次把文化作为一个中心概念提了出来,并且将它的涵义系统地表述为:文化是一种复杂体,它包括知识、信仰、艺术、道德、法律、风俗以及其余社会上习得的能力与习惯。”[1] “语言作为文化的一个部分,任何人类社会都离不开文化,而文化具有鲜明的民族性,亦即文化个性。不同的文化之间自然会呈现不同的文化形态，这种文化形态差异反映到语言层面上,则表现为语言差异。” [2] 正因如此,产生于社会文化中的颜色词,由于其生成土壤的不同、所蕴涵的意义、承载的信息也不一样,从而形成了文化差异。因文化差异又是跨文化交际和翻译中的障碍,所以了解其文化差异及学会在跨文化交际中如何处理这些