英语习语汉译过程中的文化不可译性 毕业论文.doc

Abstract Along with the development and maturity of theories on translation, a growing interest among translators has emerged to explore the untranslatability in translation. Translators gradually begin to explore the translation limitations from the aspects of the language itself and different cultural origins. The translation of idioms has also been one of the research interests in studies of translation. Some color idioms from Oxford Dictionary of Current Idiomatic English are collected and analyzed in detail to explore the untranslatability and the reasons that cause untranslatability based on Catford’s translation theory. The present study analyzes the cultural untranslatability and the reasons that cause cultural untranslatability in English to Chinese color idioms translation. It is hoped that this study will benefit translators who study and translate English idioms and give inspirations to them. Key Words: color idiom；’s translation theory；untranslatability； Contents Abstract i 摘要 ii 1. Introduction 1 1.1 Aim and objectives 1 1.2 Research method and data collection 1 1.3 Organization of the dissertation 1 2. Literature Review 3 2.1 Previous research on English idioms 3 2.1.1 Previous research on English idioms in foreign countries 3 2.1.2 Previous research on English idioms in China 3 2.2 Previous research on translation 3 2.2.1 Previous research on translation in foreign countries 3 2.2.2 Previous research on translation in China 4 2.3 Basic theory 4 2.4 Previous research on cultural untranslatability 5 2.4.1 Previous research on untranslatability 5 2.4.2 Previous research on cultural untranslatability 6 3. Definition of Idiom and Untranslatability 7 3.1 The definition of English idioms 7 3.1.1 The definition from English dictionary 7 3.1.2 The definition from experts and scholars 7 3.2 The definition of untranslatability 7 4. An Example Study on the Untranslatability of English-Chinese Color Idioms