浅析英汉习语翻译中文化差异.docVIP

浅析英汉习语翻译中文化差异 　　摘 要：语言是文化的载体，也是文化交际的最主要工具。习语作为语言的精华，是一种语言在使用过程中形成的独特的固定的表达方式,英汉习语承载着不同的民族文化特色和文化信息。因此，在习语翻译过程中要注意其文化差异，理解习语所包含的文化内涵，从而达到准确运用习语的目的。 　　关键词：英汉习语；翻译；文化差异 　　 　　Language is the carrier of culture, and also is an instrument for communication. Each language is linked with its culture. English and Chinese are two completely different languages. The coverage of culture is extremely widespread, and language, as a part of culture, reflects the nation’s colorful cultural phenomena. Idioms form an essential part of the vocabulary of a language, which carry a large number of cultural information and reflect the cultural differences between English and Chinese. In order to understand the others and express ourselves rightly in real language communication, we should not only have bilingual ability, but also must have a double cultural knowledge. 　　1 Definition 　　An idiom is an expression whose meaning dose not seem to follow logically from the combination of its parts and the “rules of language”. The word idiom comes from Greek and means own or peculiar. (王颖,2007:15) So an idiom is a mode of expression peculiar to a language which cannot be explained grammatically. 　　2.The main manifestations of cultural differences 　　Culture is a complex whole that includes knowledge, belief, art, law, moral, customs and the ability and habit from which a social member would acquire.--The classical definition of culture, is difinited in 1817 by Edward Tylor, a British anthropologist in his book Primitive Culture. 　　2.1 Differences in living environments and Geographical differences 　　Britain lays on an island. Navigation is the top in the long history, so a large number of English idioms are originated from navigation industry. 　　2.2Differences in customs and habits 　　Many idioms comes from our daily life. Food is the first necessity of the people. Different nations have different foods in their daily life. English people plant wheat in England and feed on bread, milk,