从“胳膊拧不过大腿”和「長いものに巻かれろ」看中日“时务观”

On View of Current Affairs between "Arm Twist but the Thigh" and "Drown into the Long Body"

"胳膊拧不过大腿"这句谚语在汉语语境下广为流传,在汉日谚语对译时通常采用意译的方法,将它与「長いものに巻かれろ」对应起来。值得注意的是,它们仅仅在某一意义领域相同,而在故事原型和具体运用上存在很大的差异。从根本上来讲,这是中日不同民族文化的反映。这两句谚语体现的截然不同的"时务观"是差异产生的主要原因。

The proverb of ＂arm twist but the thigh＂ is widely used in Chinese context, and it is usually correspon- ded with ＂drown into the long body＂ for translation between Chinese and Japanese. It is notable that they are just the same in a certain sense field, but there is a big difference in the story of the prototype and the specific applica- tion. Fundamentally, this is a reflection of the different cultures of China and Japan. Specifically, the distinction ＂view of current affairs＂ which the two proverbs reflecte is also the main reason for this difference.