Cultural Comparison of the English and Chinese Numeral Idioms and Their Translation 英汉数字文化习语对比研究及其翻译 (2).doc

密级 ___________________ 本科毕业论文 英汉数字文化习语对比研究及其翻译 学 院 名 称：外国语学院 专 业 名 称：英 语 学 生 姓 名： 指 导 教 师： 二〇一二年五月  BACHELOR’S DEGREE THESIS OF LANZHOU CITY UNIVERSITY Cultural Comparison of the English and Chinese Numeral Idioms and Their Translation College : School of Foreign Languages Subject : English Name : Directed by : May 2011 郑 重 声 明 本人呈交的学位论文，是在导师的指导下，独立进行研究工作所取得的成果，所有数据、图片资料真实可靠。尽我所知，除文中已经注明引用的内容外，本学位论文的研究成果不包含他人享有著作权的内容。对本论文所涉及的研究工作做出贡献的其他个人和集体，均已在文中以明确的方式标明。本学位论文的知识产权归属于培养单位。 本人签名：______________ 日期：_______________ Contents Abstract i 摘 要 ii 1. Introduction 1 1.1 Background of the Study 1 1.2 Objective of the Study 1 2. Literature Review 1 2.1 Studies Abroad 1 2.2 Studies at Home 2 3. Theoretical Framework 3 4. The Process of the Study 4 4.1 Definition of Idioms 4 4.2 Cultural Differences of English Chinese Numerical Idioms 5 4.2.1 From Psychology 5 4.2.2 From Religion 6 4.2.3 From Mythology 8 4.3 Comparison of English and Chinese Numerical Idioms 9 4.3.1 Numerical Idioms Identical in both Form and Meaning 10 4.3.2 Numerical Idioms Different in Form but Identical in Meaning 10 4.3.3 Numerical Idioms Identical in Form but Different in Meaning 13 4.4 Translation Approaches to Numerical Idioms 13 4.4.1 Literal Translation 14 4.4.2 Literal Translation plus Paraphrase 15 4.4.3 Paraphrase 16 5. Conclusion 17 5.1 Conclusion and Implication 17 5.2 Limitation 18 References iii Acknowledgements v Abstract Numbers play a vital role in the development of human society. Therefore, numerous idioms related to numbers have emerged. These idioms make human language vivid, concise in form and rich in meaning. Some numbers are heavily imprinted with religious, psychological and mythic colors. Based upon a large number of convincing examples, the thesis explores and analyzes th