语言与文化论文12.doc

Cultural differences and Translation of English and Chinese Idioms Abstract: This article first analyzes the cultural differences between Chinese and English Idioms main reason that English culture in the living environment, customs, religious beliefs and understanding of objective things, the differences, resulting in expression of different English idioms. Then based on culture, according to the principles of translation, Proposed several possible ways of English idioms translation. 摘要：分析英汉习语文化差异的主要原因，即英汉文化在生存环境、风俗习惯、宗教信仰以及对客观事物的认识上的差异，造成了英汉习语表达上的不同。然后以文化为依据，根据翻译原则，提出英汉习语汉译的几种可行方法。 Keywords: idiom; cultural differences; translation. 关键字：习语；文化差异；翻译。 1.Introduction In the view of most people, Idioms belongs to the category of language, but as we know that language has very close connection with translation and culture. As Professor Wang Zuoliang, a master of translation, pointed out, translation involves language as well as culture.[1] Translation is not merely a task of replacing one language with another, but also needs to have a good command of the two different cultures represented by the two different languages. When we concentrate on translation studies, we should attach great importance to both language and culture. Over the past two decades, translation studies have assumed a sound momentum of advancement, and culture, as an indispensable factor in translation, becomes increasingly important. Through thorough analysis, we can find that there are two tendencies in today’s development of translation studies: firstly, translation studies have been more and more integrated with communication theories; secondly, the focus of translation has been shifted from linguistic transfer to cultural transfer. Based on these two tendencies, many scholars engaged in translation studies agree with the idea that translation is an act of intercultural communication. Since translation involves two languages and two cultures, and in different cultu