从韦努蒂归化与异化法看中英文习语翻译-精选文档.docVIP

从韦努蒂归化与异化法看中英文习语翻译 【】 English and Chinese idioms have long been extensively studied by scholars as well as other people who are interested in or actively make use of them. Onthe other hand, during the past decades, along with the prosperous development of translation, various translation theories and methods have been formed and put into use. More and more people are now keenly aware that idioms, most of which are derived from our daily lives and actual experiences, are quite flexible and demotic, at the same time carrying abundant cultural specifics. But a large number of people hold such a point of view that formed theories are to some extent so theoretic and stereotyped that they cannot be connected to practical translations, especially that of English and Chinese idioms. With this understanding, the paper centers upon Lawrence Venuti s Domestication and Foreignization theories and attempts to provide an analysis and classifications of different idioms and their concrete applications according to the theories. Furthermore, a sum-up of the actual cases when and how domestication and foreignization are preferred in idiom of theordertranslation is carried out and constitute the pivot whole theme. In all, the paper aims to study and analyze idioms from a relatively combinative perspective, joint together their actual usages and theory guidance, in to indicate the compatible role they play to each other. of the order Contents in Chinese in English Introduction Background Definition of idioms Idiom translation and cultural specifics Related strategies in idiom translation A brief review of some translation strategies Venuti s domestication and foreignization strategy Reason why Venuti s strategy is of special significance Introduction to domestication and examples Introduction to foreignization and examples Summary of Venuti s translation strategy Further study of Venuti s strategies in idiom translation Classifications of methods used in idiom translation Foreignizat