浅析中西方隐私观念差异英语.docVIP

On the Difference Between Chinese and Western Notion of Privacy 浅析中西方隐私观念的差异 Abstract Nowadays, with the development of globalization, international trade and cultural communication have become more and more frequent. The conflicts, contradictions, misunderstandings, and communication failures are common occurrence resulting from different notions of privacy between the Westerners and Chinese. Due to the different backgrounds of Western and Chinese culture, Westerners and Chinese hold different values of privacy, resulting in different understandings of the meaning and scope of privacy. This paper focuses on comparison of the different notions of privacy between the West and China, makes a study on the root of the different notions between the West and China. In analyzing the differences more clearly, there is a comparison made in this paper to clarify the different notions, different understandings of private affairs, different cultures, different regulation mechanism of privacy, and different historical origins of privacy between the West and China. It is believed that correct understanding of these differences will be helpful for smooth cross-cultural communication. KEY WORDS: China, the West, notion of privacy, culture, difference, origin  摘 要 现如今，随着国际化的发展，国际贸易及国际间的文化交流变得越来越频繁。因为中西方的隐私观念不同而造成的冲突，矛盾，误解，甚至是交流失败更是屡见不鲜。由于中西方背景的差异，中国人和西方人持有不同的价值观念，因而对于隐私的含义，范畴的理解及维护的意识也不相同。本文着力于分析和比较中西方不同的隐私观念，对其形成的根源进行研究。为了使得中西方不同的隐私挂念分析的更加清晰，本文包括了中西方不同的隐私观念，中西方对个人事务的不同理解，中西方不同的文化，中西方不同的隐私调节机制，中西方不同隐私观念的起源。对这些不同的正确认识对跨文化交际的顺利进行是非常有帮助的。 关键词:中国；西方；隐私观；文化；差异； 根源 Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. Differences between Western and Chinese notion of privacy 2 2.1 Definition of privacy 2 2.2 Different privacy notions between Western and Chinese 3 2.2 .1 Western notion of privacy 3 2.2.2 Chinese notion of privacy 3 2.3 Different understandings of private affairs 4 2.3.1 Politeness 4 2.3.2 Income 4 2.3.3 Space 5 2.3.4 Age 5 2.4 Culture and privacy 5 2.4.1 Western individualism 5 2.4.