False Friends假对应演示教学.pptVIP

False Friends in Translation ? Look out! 当心！（不是“向外看”） ? What a shame! 多可惜！真遗憾！（不是“多可 耻”） ? You don‘t say! 是吗！（不是“你别说”） ? You can say that again! 说得好！（不是“你可 以再说一遍”） ? You can‘t be too careful in your work. 你工作越 仔细越好。（不是“你工作不能太仔细”） ? All his friends did not turn up. 他的朋友 没全到。（不是“他的朋友全没到”） False friends in Expression False Friends in Translation False Friends in Negation Construction 1. Can not ...too/over....再怎么样也不为过，越...越... I can not thank you too much .我无论怎么感谢你都是不够的 A green hard can not be too careful in buying stocks.新手在玩股票时越谨慎越好 LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO False Friends Definition False Friends which originates from French word “ faux am is ”are pairs of?words?or?phrases?in two?languages?or?dialects?(or letters in two alphabets) ?that look?or?sound?similar, but differ significantly in meaning. An example is the?English?embarrassed?and the?Spanish embarazada, which means?pregnant. Causes Shared etymology (similar to cognate words) If Language A borrowed a word from Language B, or both borrowed the word from a third language or inherited it from a common ancestor, and later the word shifted in meaning or acquired additional meanings in at least one of these languages, a?native speaker?of one language will face a false friend when learning the other. Causes Homonyms (when two words are identical both in spelling and in sound, but different in meaning) E.g dead president-美钞（上印有总统头像）（并非“死了的总统”） Servive station(加油站)（而不是服务站 White man (忠实可靠的人)（不是皮肤白的人） China policy(对华政策)（而不是中国政策） Black art(妖术)（而不是黑色艺术） Green hand（新手）（而不是绿手） Greek gift(害人的礼物)（而不是希腊的礼物） Causes Semantic change(widening of meaning/Narrowing of meaning) In bilingual situations, due to different cultures, false friends often result in a?semantic?change—a real new meaning that is then commonly used in a language. E.g. Corn was originally the dominant type of grain in a region (indeed corn and grain are themselves?cognates