谚语翻译失误刍议

Discussion on Errors and Failures in Proverb Translation

纵观谚语翻译,人们不难发现许多失误与偏颇,如文化误读,语用失误,文辞拙劣等等。谚语不同于寻常口语,对其翻译应该要有自己的特色。

It is not difficult to find various errors or failures in translated proverbs, such as cultural misreading, pragmatic failure, poor wording, etc. Proverbs are different in many ways from oral language; therefore, strategies and practice of proverb translation should have their own characteristics.