英汉数字习语文化比较与翻译

Cultural Comparison of the English Chinese Numerical Idioms and Their Translation

数字习语鲜明地体现了民族文化的传统和特色,了解数词的文化内涵是翻译好数字习语的重要基础。比较英汉数词文化,对数词习语提出四种主要译法。

Numerical idioms represent the traditions and characteristics of their national cultures. It is of great importance to get an adequate knowledge of the cultural background of the numerical idioms. This paper compares English and Chinese numeral cultures, and presents four ways of translating numerical idioms.