中西文化差异之 禁忌语.doc

Different cultures ,different euphemisms Name:朱晓翠 class：翻译07-3 numberAbstract?? In intercultural communication, the different ways of expressing influence greatly to people’s life. It is very important for us to know the the ways of communication well. Sometimes we can say something directly, but sometimes we should not. This article just deals with the similarities and differences in the cause and the use of euphemism in both eastern and western countries ,the interaction of euphemism and culture . From comparison and contrast , we can learn both eastern and western cultures better. Key words definition and categories cultural differences comparison interaction I.Introduction With the development of the world, cross-cultural communication grows to be a necessity in everyone’s life. As we know, the definition of culture is that “it is the system of shared beliefs, values, customs, behaviors, and artifacts that the members of society use to cope with their world and with one another, and that are transmitted from generation to generation through learning. People of different cultural backgrounds usually bring forth conflicts in cross-cultural communication and cooperation. It is often caused by cultural discrepancy. Intercultural communication plays a more and more important role in today’s world of globalization. The different expression patterns of Chinese and Western always make misunderstandings in communication. Verbal expression plays a very important role in our daily life, thus we should make good use of the proper ways of communication. We should learn the cultures better, and then we can know about the expression patterns better. If we can really make sure when to express directly or indirectly, we will be a good communicator in our life. II. The definition and categories of euphemism ⑴ definition : The word euphemism originated from the Hellene. The beginning of the word eu- means good, and the body of the word phemism