英漢動(dòng)物成語的比較與翻譯技巧

英語論文編號:YY421  論文字?jǐn)?shù):5650.頁數(shù):17

CONTENTS
1. Introduction: The concept of English and Chinese idioms 1
 2. The comparision of imaginative meanings between English and Chinese idioms 2
2.1 Dog, the typical animal in understanding of animal idioms between chinese and western culture. 2
 2.2 Horse, favorited by both chinese and westerner......................................................3
 2.3 Sheep, regarded as the weak and small animals in the eyes of both chinese and western cultures. 4
3. Translation skills of English and Chinese animal idioms 5
3.1 The literal translation method 5
3.2 The change of image method 7
 3.3. The free translation method 9
4. Conclusion ....13
Bibliography 14

Abstract: The study of language is the most effective means of learning different    culture of various regions, and idioms are quintessence of the language as it has been chastened hundreds of years. This paper mainly focuses on “English and Chinese animal idioms”, which is the funniest part of the quintessence, to make clear the differences of history and culture between China and other western countries through comparison and study, and to illustrate some translation skills of animal idioms. The whole paper gets to the point from three aspects: The first part explains the concept of the animal idioms of both English and Chinese; the second part grasps the inner significance of cultural differences between China and other western countries, by comparing the different associated meanings of “dog”, “horse” and “sheep” in Chinese and English; the last part of the paper brings up three effective skills in translating animal idioms, literal translation, change of image, and free translation.
Key Words: animal idioms; cultural difference; translation skills; change of images
 
摘要：語言研究是學(xué)習(xí)不同地域文化最有效的方法，而成語則是千百年語言磨練的精華。本文主要著眼于這精華中最有趣的一部分——英漢動(dòng)物成語，通過比較、學(xué)習(xí)來透析中西方歷史和文化的差異并且總結(jié)出動(dòng)物成語的一些翻譯技巧。全文分三方面來闡述：第一部分，簡略地解釋了英漢成語概念；第二部分，通過對“狗”“馬”和“羊”在英漢成語中不同的形象聯(lián)想意義的比較，洞悉中西方的文化差異；第三部分，提出了英漢動(dòng)物成語中三種有效的翻譯技巧——直譯、想象轉(zhuǎn)換的意譯。
關(guān)鍵詞： 動(dòng)物成語, 文化差異, 翻譯技巧, 形象轉(zhuǎn)換