论习语及习语的汉英翻译.doc

毕业论文 题目：小论习语及习语的汉英翻译 Title: On Idioms and Their Translation from Chinese into English 2008年 05月20 日Acknowledgements Firstly, I will pay my appreciation to my family. It is who have given me so many supports and suggestions I could finally finish this paper. Their love always gives me enough confidence in myself and in my writing course. I also want to thank my dear teachers who taught me lots of things throughout all fields so that I can finish my thesis. These teachers are really the most important part in my thesis writing. Thanks to my grammar teacher, she taught me a lot during the courses so that I can have enough knowledge to finish my paper. Thanks to our writing course teacher Mr. Cai. Finally, I will give my deepest appreciation to my supervisor, Mrs. Liu. She always helps me to revise my thesis and gives me valuable suggestions, she plays a very important part in my thesis writing. Thanks all of them so much! Abstract Idioms are just like incomparably resplendent bight pearls emitting dazzling rays in the palace of literature. Throughout the ages, they animate the works of countless men of literature and writing. Idioms have fixed patterns and abundant connotations. Their vivid images explicitly convey incisive meanings. Chinese idioms are part of the essence of Chinese culture with a history of thousands of years. In this thesis, the English translation of Chinese idioms will be discussed on the foundation of simply introducing the definitions, origins, features, and classifications of idioms, and a series of principles and methods of idiom translation will be put forward, mainly involving the translation of the Chinese idioms which have similar and dissimilar implications in English. the dissertation attempts a probe and thesis discussed on 9 aspects, which include the overall features of English idioms and Pragmatic Context, speech acts, conversational implicative, the role of discourse and pragmatic featur