中外动物习语的比较文学研究.docVIP

A Contractive Study of English and Chinese Idioms Containing Animal Names 中外动物习语的比较文学研究 唐怿春 (四川建筑职业技术学院, 四川 成都 610081 ) 摘要:语言是文化的载体,习语又是语言的精华,具有强烈的文化特色.中英文中大量习语都用动物作喻体.本文对这类动物习语的文化内涵作一比较,对一些常见的动物在习语中的解释给出了说明.并从翻译技巧的角度,对如何处理动物习语翻译中的文化特色进行探讨.这对中英两大语言之间的沟通,对两大民族文化的融合具有重要意义. 关键词:关键词:习语 区别 文化 比较的 Abstract: Idioms are a rich treasure-house in both Chinese and English languages. Chinese and English idioms are colorful and vividly reflect their particular ethnic culture. Their cultural implication meanings are less the same than different. In this paper, from a cultural point of view and under the guidance of the theories of some scientific disciplines, such as culture of language, science of intercultural interaction, lexicology, it aims at analyzing Chinese and English idioms, whose major object is to compare that the words in Chinese and English idioms are the same on the surface but different in meaning, and that different Chinese and English idioms expressions show the same or similar meaning, reveal the ethnic cultural characteristic that the idioms embody, and set conflicting relevance between the language culture differences. So it can make people understand cultural connotations of Chine and English idioms more accurately and more deeply for better intercultural interaction. Key Words: idioms different culture comparative A Contractive Study of English and Chinese Idioms Containing Animal Names 1. Introductions It is known that, in the English and Chinese languages (E/C), idioms are widely used. They are passed from generation to generation without changing, even some idioms are grammatically wrong. Idioms are the essences of languages, reflecting the native cultures. Many people can’t properly understand the meaning of a phrase or sentence without a new word in it just because they know little about cultural differences between E/C idioms. In this paper, the author will discuss their cultural discrepancies in living environment, custom, religion bel