《英美文化与翻译》英汉颜色词的文化内涵与翻译.ppt

Assignment: With these statements we enter Simon’s world, where he is Humpty-Dumpty and we are Alices who must wait upon him to tell us what words mean. Hint: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 耳闻西蒙之论，我们走近了他的那个世界 在这里，他倒像是个目空一切、自鸣得意的“文字专家”，我们却成了顽冥不灵、大字不识的“女流之辈”,什么词表示什么意思非得他说了算不可。 河南省虞城县位于山东、安徽、河南三省交界之处。从秦朝建县以来，曾出现过许多传奇人物：中国第一辆马车的发明家相士；古代造字的苍颉；替父从军的花木兰…… Yucheng County in Henan Provinve is situated in a place where the 3 provinces of Anhui, Shandong and Henan meet. Since the Qin Dynasty, it has been the birthplace of many legends, among whom are Xiang Tu, the inventor of China’s first horse-drawn carriage, Cang Jie, the inventor of the ancient Chinese characters and Hua Mulan who joined the army by disguising herself as a young man in her father’s place … 英汉颜色词的文化内涵与翻译 颜色词的基本含义： 红色：热烈奔放，象征喜庆和奋进 绿色：生命之色，显示青春的活力和蓬勃的生机 白色： 纯净素雅，蕴含着圣洁无瑕，朴素自然 蓝色：恬淡宁静，有意蕴深远、心旷神怡之感 Red The maxim was that when a married couple saw red lawyers saw green. red 红色 pink 粉红色 crimson 深红色 scarlet 猩红色 rubicund 血红色 红颜薄命 beautiful woman suffered unhappy fates 红眼病 pink eyes (medical) ;green-eyed 红男绿女 Gaily dressed young men and women 红娘 Go- between；matchmaker 红糖 brown sugar 红茶 black tea 红榜 honor roll 红利 dividend green Alice’s girl friends were green with envy when they saw her new dress. Be a cuckold 戴绿帽子 yellow 黄色： pornographic(色情的）、filthy(淫猥的）、vulgar(庸俗的、下流的）、obscene( 淫秽的，猥亵的） blue jokes blue revolution blue films blue soft make a blue joke 黄道吉日 Good luck 黄毛丫头 A silly little girl 黄页 Yellow Pages yellow boy 金币 white the white coffee 牛奶咖啡 a white lie 无害而善意的谎言 white elephant 昂贵而无用的东西 white goods 大件的家电 白开水 plain boiled water 白蚁 termite 白菜 Chinese cabbage 白切肉 plain sliced pork 白痴 idiot 白搭 no use 白费 all in vain 白手起家 build up from nothing 青山有幸埋忠骨，白铁无辜铸奸臣。 black black tidings 噩耗；不幸的消息 the black Friday 凶险不祥的日子 black in the face 脸色铁青 to look black at sb. 怒目而视 黑心 evil mind 黑手 evil backstage manipulator 黑幕 inside story of a plot 黑线 a sinister line Mr. Brown is a very white man. H