On Cultual Differences in English and Chinese Proverbs and Translation Strategy.docVIP

Thesis title：On Cultural Differences in English and Chinese Proverbs and Translation Strategy Name：孙岩 Student ID： Tutor name ：杜老师 Thesis writing date ：2013.1.23 Abstract On Cultural Differences in English and Chinese Proverbs and Translation Strategy Having left their deep and unique stamps on the language, proverbs can best express the historical process, cultural tradition and customs of the people. The present article, adopting a contrastive approach, attempts to put forward the distinctive characteristics of both English and Chinese proverbs, namely, metaphorical language integrate meaning, fixed collocation and euphonious sound. It tries to make an analysis of their cultural discrepancies in terms of geography, custom and religious belief. And then it draws conclusions of specific strategy to deal with cultural similarities and cultural differences in translation. Key words: English and Chinese proverbs, characteristics, cultural differences, translation strategy. ? Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………1 ?I． Production and characteristics of proverbs………………2 ?1.1?Metaphorical language…………2 ?1.2?Integrate meaning………………………5 ?II. Cultural difference in English and Chinese proverbs ……6 ?2.1 Differences in geographical environment………6 ?2.2?Differences in custom………8 ?III. Translation strategy of proverbs ……………………9 3.1? Literal? translation ……………………………….. 3.2? Free Translation ………………………………… Conclusion…………………………………………………………9 ?致??? ??谢………………………………………………………11 ?Reference………………………………………………………12 ? Introduction As we know, in the English and Chinese language proverbs are widely used. They are passed from generation to generation without changing, even some proverbs are grammatically wrong. In both English and Chinese proverbs are very rich-full. How these proverbs produced? This is the first problem which is discussed in this paper. Proverbs are product of people