英语习用语及其翻译中的歧义性.docVIP

英语习用语及其翻译中的歧义性 　　摘要: 该论文将习用语翻译中出现的问题归纳为三类。一类是不求甚解,就习用语的表面意义直译;二是生搬硬套,用意义不合的汉语成语替换;三是忽略了习用语的文化内涵,使译文失去了原文的韵味。论文最后指出只要深入地掌握英语的文化背景知识,才能做好习用语的翻译。 　　Abstract: The paper explores the problems occurring in the existing translation works. They are classified into three categories as following: 1. Misunderstanding or guessing the meaning literally; 2. Substituting with Chinese counterparts incorrectly; 3. Losing of original flavor. In the end, the paper outlines that more we become knowledgeable about English cultural background, better we can master the translation of English idioms. 　　关键词: 习语;翻译;歧义性;关联;韵味 　　Key words: idiom; translation; ambiguity; association; flavor 　　中图分类号:G642文献标识码:A文章编号:1006-4311(2010)17-0165-02 　　 　　0foreword 　　English is heavily idiomatic, English idiom is widely used both in writing and speaking. “Idiom”, the word, is originated from Greek; it means “a special kind of expressing way of human language”, or “ a kind of art of human language”. Its forms can be a few words, a phrase, a clause or a short sentence. Basic on the study of several definitions briefed in different dictionaries and books,the definition of idiom is sorted out as: English idiom is a set of phrases or one sentence, whose meaning is not obvious through knowledge of the individual meaning of the constituent words, but must be learnt as a whole. It is a special phenomenon, which appeared during the long history of language development. In a broad sense, it includes proverb, allusions, allegorical saying, maxim, colloquialism and fixed collocation. The English idioms, from which we know, the culture-specific item, would like to challenge the translator’s proficiency. 　　Same as human being, Chinese and English people create a lot of idioms that share the meanings; because of the different location, customs, history or logic thinking, there are more English and Chinese idioms cannot be counterparts each other although they present the same meanings literally. Thus,many probl