浅析影响翻译社会文化因素.docVIP

浅析影响翻译社会文化因素 　　摘 要 众所周知，翻译是一种跨文化交际活动。好的翻译作品能够反映出文化特色和文化价值，进而促进文化的交流与理解，这是翻译最重要的职责。反过来，有很多因素会对翻译造成影响。它们相互作用，在翻译的不同阶段发挥着不同的作用。作为译者和翻译学者，我们应动态而全面地观察并研究这一现象。本篇论文着重从社会文化因素的角度来进行分析。本文从结构上总共分为三个部分。第一部分为引言，对论文的研究背景及意义进行了介绍。第二部分重点分析社会文化因素对翻译的影响。第三部分为结论部分，总结了本论文研究的意义及对未来研究的建议。 　　关键词 翻译 译者 社会因素 文化因素 　　中图分类号：H315.9 文献标识码：A 　　1 Introduction 　　With the expansion of globalization and the rapid development of interculture communication， translation becomes increasingly necessary. This paper does researches into the social and cultural factors influencing the translation， and obtain that a good translation should combined with the social and cultural factors， for they have a dominant influence on translation. Translators should keep these factors into consideration in the translating process， in order to obtain successful translations. 　　2 Social and Cultural Factors Influencing the Translation 　　Culture is defined by Edward Tylor in 1871 as following： “Culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge， beliefs， arts， morals， law， custom and any other capacities and habits acquired by man as a member of society.” Every country has its own culture and all the translations are done in cultural context， so the essence of translation is cultural communication. That is to say， translation is a conversion of meanings which depend on different cultural factors. Thus， having a good knowledge of cultural differences makes translations better. 　　2.1 Eastern and Western cultural differences 　　First， geographical differences. Culture can not survive without its existing background， and it has strong features of geography. English-speaking countries are mostly by the sea， so fishing and sailing industry occupy a dominant percentage in their economy， while Chinese tradition is regional culture off the seashore， taking agriculture as the main body in economy. Thus， in English there are many proverbs relative to sea， but in Chinese we use words relevant to agriculture to express the