OnTranslationStrategiesofIdiomsfromthePerspectiveofCulturalSchemaTheory分析和总结分析和总结.pdfVIP

On Translation Strategies of Idiomsfrom the Perspective of Cultural Schema Theory 【Abstract 】Idioms ， which contain abundant cultural contents and profound truths ， are known as one of the features of Chinese. And schemata refer to the knowledge and experience in human brain. The differences of cultural schemata will bring about difficulties and challenges to translation. Through an analysis of the translation strategies in Jenner ’s Journey to the West ， this paper is aimed to find out in different cultural schemata what translation strategies the translator will adopt to activate or adjust the cultural schemata in readers ’ brain so as to help them solve the problems of cultural factors during their reading. 【Key words】Journey to the West ； cultural schemata ； translation strategies Languages is a very important component of culture ， and also the carrier of culture. Each language carries the centuries-old histories and deep-rooted cultures of one nation. On account of the divergent cultural backgrounds ， people from different countries form their own distinctive cultural schemata. And the divergent of cultural schemata will lead to difficulties in the translation of idioms. As one of the Chinese classics， there exist tremendous idioms in Journey to the West ， which on the one hand enrich the linguistic features of the literary work ， and on the other hand add cultural atmosphere to the work. Therefore ， the researches on idioms in Journey to the West is beneficial to our understanding of the inherent meaning of the work ， and the appropriate translation of idioms can help readers overcome difficulties caused by cultural diversity. 1. Cultural Schema Theory In 1932， British psychologist Barlett put forth that schema is “an active organization of past reactions operation in any well-adapted or experiences which must