英语翻译基础 Unit 4 culture and interpersonal relationships.ppt

Unit 4 Cultural Values and Interpersonal Relationships In short, they exist in our whole society An interpersonal relationship is normally viewed as a connection between two or more individuals. The type of interpersonal relationships differ according to the different roles people play in a society. Establish a good interpersonal relationship. Although different places you will find different interpersonal relationships, they have one principle, you should obey certain rules to keep a good relationship with other people and therefore enjoy the benefit in turn. Main Contents Background Information Textual Structure Detailed Text Analysis Case Study Translation Florence R. Kluckhohn: an American anthropologist In the 1940s, she and her husband Clyde Kluckhohn and Frederick Strodtbeck, with the Harvard Values Project, began an exploration of the fundamental values held by different cultures. To compare different cultures, they posed five basic questions underlying all cultures. Also known as value orientations, the five basic questions are: What is the character of innate human nature? (Human nature orientation) What is the relationship of people to nature? (Person-nature orientation) What is the temporal focus of life? (Time orientation) What is the modality of human activity? (Activity orientation) What is the modality of a person’s relationship to others in the group? (Relations orientation) Bali Bali is an island and a province of Indonesia, the nations smallest province. The province covers a few smaller neighboring islands as well as the island of Bali itself. It is located at the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands（小巽他群岛 ）, between Java（爪哇岛） to the west and Lombok（龙目岛） to the east. One of the countrys 34 provinces, Bali has its capital at Deposer towards the south of the island. The island is home to most of Indonesias Hindu minority. Most of Balis population adhered to Balinese Hinduism while most of the remainder followed Islam. Ba