Cultural Differences of Color Words in English and Chinese Language 英语专业毕业论文.doc

毕 业 论 文 题 目 Cultural Differences of Color Words In English and Chinese Languages 姓 名： 二级学院： 外语学院 专 业： 商务英语 年 级： 2009级 学 号： 指导教师： 2011年 11 月 16 日Cultural Differences of Color Words in English and Chinese Language 摘 要：语言是文化的基础，。Abstract: Language is the base of culture. There is close relation between language and culture. So the understanding of a culture requires the understanding of the corresponding language and vice versa. Color terms are an important part of human language. Due to different cultural and historical backgrounds as well as different customs of each nation the color words in Chinese and English language have different meaning and usage, which presents the cultural differences on the basis of language. So this paper compares and analyzes the cultural differences in terms of different associative meanings and usages of the color words in Chinese and English through a large number of specific examples Key words: color words, cultural differences, Chinese, English Consent Introduction 1 1 Basic Color words 1 1.1 English Basic Color Words 1 1.2 Chinese Basic Color words 1 2 Different Meaning and Usage of Color Words in Chinese and English 2 2.1 Differences in Meaning 2 2.2 Black 2 2.3 Yellow 2 2.4 White 3 2.5 Red 3 2.6 Blue 3 3 Cultural Differences in Translation of Color Words 4 3.1 Literal Translation 4 3.2 Cultural Equivalence Translation 4 3.3 Combination of Literal and Free Translation 4 Conclusion 5 Acknowledgements 6 Bibliography 7 Introduction Language is not only one part of culture, but also a mirror of it. The language of a nation reflects abundant cultural modality with different cultural backgrounds. As one part of the cultural phrases, the color words have rich cultural connotation. And a great many words indicating various color or colors in both Chinese and English have great differences in their usages and associative meanings. The mea