对英语植物术语内涵的探讨与翻译.doc

对英语植物术语内涵的探讨与翻译 摘要：英语植物词语是英语语言很重要的-?部分。很多英语植物词语具有浓厚的文化涵 义，这些文化涵义具有不同的文化渊源。给翻译带來很大的挑战性。本文讨论了英语植物 词语的文化涵义的六种文化渊源，UP：地理环境，神话,宗教，文学作殆，社会习俗及相 似性。在此基础上，通过比较英语中植物词语的喻义在汉语中的表达形式，从文化翻译目的 论的角度探讨了五种翻译方法：直译，直译加注，直译喻义相结合，省略植物意象的意译和 改换植物意象的套译。 关键词：文化涵义，英语植物术语，翻译 CONTENTS TOC \o 1-5 \h \z HYPERLINK to describe the same meaning, as is shown in the expression 后春笋” because bamboo is suitable to the land climate and thus is a very popular in China. And there is another example, because the English geographical environment is very fit for the growth of blackberries, England plants a great many blackberries and people like to eat them very much, hence the production of the expression as plentiful as blackberries^, which stands for the meaning of a great many or countless^. But blackberries do not grow in China because they have not adapted to the environment of China. Chinese people use the fur of cattle to express the same meaning because in China farmers account for the most of the population, and in the past they liked to use catlle to plough, so cattle and the fur of cattle are very familiar to them. So Chinese people use the image of “fur to express the meaning of too much to be counted, as the expression “多如牛毛^ describes. From the above one can see that the cultural connotations of the English floral terms have some connection with the geographical environment. 12 Cultural Connotations of English Floral Terms Originated from Myth Both Britain and china have a long history. In the long Social development, the two cultures have their own unique myth stories and legends. Many English plants have associative meanings which are originated from the ancient Greek myth. Set the word “apple for example. In English there is an expression an apple of discord^ which means the source or the cause of strife^. This cultural meaning can be dated back to the ancient Greek myth. According to the old legend, Peleus and the sea-goddess Thetis held a wedding and all gods were invited? But the god