从文化角度看习语翻译论文.docVIP

　　从文化角度看习语翻译论文 【摘 要】习语是语言文化的结晶，缺少了习语，语言将会变得索然无味。习语在语言中的应用比比皆是，在写作或演说中适当地使用习语将会使篇章增色，加强语言的力量使语言更形象。奈达曾说过，习语是比任何非习语更具冲击力的表达，它带有一种语言和文化的识别特征。习语被广泛应用于各类写作和演说中，如在文学作品中.freels, having universal appeal, are s language in speech and uch to variety strength and vividness of the language. Idioms usually carry more impact than none-idiomatic expressions because of their close identification s are ost all kinds of speeches and s Lincoln once quoted an idiom derived from the Bible: “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” in one of his famous speech, calling on people to fight against slavery and Civil any idioms bear figures and strong cultural flavors. If they are translated appropriately, not only can the original spirit and meanings be faithfully conveyed, clearly understood and accepted by the target language readers, but also the Chinese and English vocabularies can be enriched to provide a broader cultural vision. The issues of rendering idioms of one language into another are als and culture translation, and the issue of idiom translation is explored from a cultural perspective. 2. Definitions and forms of idiom 2.1 The definitions of idiom The ” possesses several meanings. It may be defined as “the language of a people or a country”, as in “the Chinese idiom”; or “a dialect” as in “Cantonese idiom”. It may also be defined, according to Oxford Advanced Learner’s English-Chinese Dictionary, as “phrase or sentence eaning is not clear from the meaning of its individual ust be learnt as a ost suits the purpose of this paper. The Chinese “equivalent” for“ idiom” is“习语”, it also refers to a kind of a set phrase or sentence fixed by long usage. From the above definitions (or:习语): Firstly, established and refined by long practical use, an idiom has a relatively high degree of stability of the lexical ponents. An idiom allo under normal circumstances. In general, any change in the ponents s meaningless. A speaker or ally do any of the follo unless he or she is conscious