An Analysis of Value Differences in English and Chinese Idioms from the Perspective of Intercultural Communication

Idioms are the essence and gems of human wisdom and an important carrier of national culture. As a special form of language, they play an important role in intercultural communication. Due to the uniqueness of each culture, English and Chinese idioms are different in many aspects, values included. The present paper attempts to analyze the different values in English and Chinese idioms from three aspects: dependence vs independence, past-time orientation vs future-time orientation, and harmony vs competition. And the authors hope that it will be of some practical significance in people's intercultural communication.

The Differences of Cultural Connotations between English and Chinese Idioms

The paper analyses the cultural differences in English and Chinese idioms from three aspects and tries to figures out the underlying reasons of those differences.It is necessary for us to understand and learn about the cultural differences between English and Chinese idioms and a good mastery of those differences can help us get rid of the communicative barriers and understanding barriers.

Cultural Differences between English and Chinese on Idioms Origins

Different people from different cultures may have different understandings of the same sentence because they know little about the target cultures. While the ultimate aim of English teaching as a foreign language is to cultivate students' competence to apply English correctly, fluently, and appropriately in cross-cultural communication. Idioms, a part of language, are the essence of culture in every country. Using language in such communication, we often come across some idioms with distinctive cultural characteristics, so it is a very important and complicated thing for us to understand and use these idioms correctly. Therefore, in this paper, we will discuss the idioms reflecting the differences of Chinese and Western cultures in various levels with many lively, important, and interesting examples of idioms.

A Contrastive Study of Chinese and English Animal-metaphor Idioms —A Sociolinguistic Perspective

Human beings and animals have been being bound together inextricably, so it is not surprising that there is many a wordand expression about animals in languages, including Chinese and English. Idiom, as one of the important and refined componentparts of language, is also of such kind. This paper attempts to make a contrastive study of similarities and differences between Chi-nese and English animal-metaphor idioms. It also investigates into the causes for similarities and differences between Chinese andEnglish animal-metaphor idioms from a sociolinguistic perspective.

Ambiguity in Translation of English and Chinese Idioms

Language is the reaction of history. Idioms are the carrier of culture and the essence of language. English idioms are the reflection of English social and cultural situation. Because of the different cultural context, when we translate English idioms we will produce ambiguities in Chinese ways. So this paper centers on the differences between English and Chinese. Then, I will point to some ambiguity errors. I want to draw some conclusion by analyzing several typical examples.

On Chinese and English Idioms Including “Heart” or “心” from an Intercultural Perspective

Through a contrastive analysis of Chinese and English idioms including "heart" or"心", the thesis tries to illustrate therelationship between language and culture from an intercultural perspective. And in this thesis, the author analyze various connota-tions of "heart" and "心" in order to explain that idioms are good carriers for cultures and historical backgrounds. So it is very im-portant for second language learners to acquire some idioms and cultural knowledge in English.

The Analysis of Comparison Between English and Chinese Animal Idioms

Idioms are essence of a language and a kind of special and fixed phrases or short sentences in the long period of language use.Because animals have been considered as people’s best friends for hundreds of years,people adopt different species of animals as metaphors to express all their emotions.However,due to the different national characteristics between English and Chinese,such as geographical conditions and tradition so in most cases easterners and westerners have different attitudes and understanding towards same animals,of course,some animal idioms have the same meaning.

Chinese-English Translation of Advertisements

This paper is on the Chinese-English advertisement translation. It gives people an orderly discussion with examples in three parts:the problems in current advertisement translation, the causes of these problems, essential steps of making the Chinese-English translation of advertisement onto an appropriate way. This paper also suggests the principles of Chinese-English advertisement translation:natural, precise and understandable.

On the Translation of English-Chinese Idioms

The idiomatic phrase is equal to the phrase that people use frequently language in the world that had long and splendid history all contains large quantities of idiom. They form regular phrases and short sentences through long use and refinement in the development of language. The idiomatic phrases contain varied cultural information, embody a lot of cultural feature, and cultural background. The idiomatic phrases display distinct image and figure of speech, and they also have bright national characteristic and regional (local) color. The paper includes four parts. The first chapter is to introduce the generalization of idioms and translation, and the second part is to list four different definitions of idiom according to some translational experts, next step leads in classification and sources of idiom. The third chapter introduces some common strategies of idiomatic translation such as literal translation, literal translation plus notes, free translation, and the combination of literal and free translation. At last sum up the paper.

On the Translation of Chinese Four-character Idioms Loaded with Color Words

Chinese four-character idioms loaded with color words are the typical symbol of the Chinese culture and their transition is important to Chinese-English dictionaries.The quality of the dictionary and users' understanding are affected by the correctness and appropriateness of their translation.This paper mainly focuses on the translation of four-character Chinese idioms with color words in New Century Chinese-English Dictionary.The research shows that there are three strategies for Chinese fourcharacter idioms loaded with color words in the dictionaries:literal translation,free translation and the integration of literal translation and annotative translation.

On Impact of Cultural Differences upon the English-Chinese Advertising Translation

This thesis aims to exhibit deep-rooted origins of cultural differences and their influences on advertising translation. The definition of the advertising and the importance of the advertising translation will be introduced. And then, five aspects of cultural differences and their influences upon English-Chinese advertising translation are fully discussed with the help of relevant examples of English and Chinese advertisements. There are different values, different patterns of thinking, social norms of the society, different cultural connotations of the same word and different national aesthetic psychology.

A Study on the Idioms Translation from the Perspective of Ocenic and Continential Difference between England and China

Geography influences the culture of one nation deeply.Due to the oceanic and continental differences-Britain locates herself in the islands of the north temperate zone while China is located in the Eurasia,the cultures of the two countries are differ ent sharply.The idioms,as the crystallization of languages and sedimentation,come from people's daily life and are shaped by the oceanic 、continental difference largely.This article will analyze the translations between the English-Chinese idioms in the per spective of oceanic and continental culture.

A Study of the Translation of Chinese Idioms from Selected Works of Mao Zedong

Based on the bilingual corpus of Selected Works of Mao Zedong from Shaoxing University,this paper intended to study the English Translation of Chinese Idioms of the anthology.By comparing the translation of the idioms in different contexts,this paper analyzes the factors influencing Chinese-to-English translation,discusses the methods and strategies for translating Chinese idioms into English,and summarizes innovative conclusions.In addition to improving English proficiency,the process can enhance the learning quality of Chinese and English,translation capability,English-Chinese comparative research ability,and benefit the spreading of time-honored Chinese culture.

社会语言符号学视角下的汉语成语翻译

汉语成语是一种极具中华文化特点的语言形式,其特色鲜明、结构对仗、蕴含典故、音韵和谐。英译时既要保留其外在形式又要体现其内涵信息,因而成为翻译中的一个难点问题。基于社会语言符号学视角,探讨了汉语成语的翻译策略,即根据不同情况采取直译、意译、套译、加注、增译和省略等翻译方法,使译者能够从语言、文化、心理和社会的大背景下,多角度阐述文本含义,从而以更宽的视角解决文化障碍所带来的问题,更好地促进文化交流与繁荣。

Study on C-E Translation of Advertisements Based on Relevance Theory

The main errors in translating Chinese advertisements into English are pragmatic failures in which target-language readers fail to find the optimal relevance between the target text and source text.The translation strategies proposed under the guidance of Relevance Theory can effectively help translators find out optimal relevance in the process of translating Chinese advertisements into English to avoid pragmatic failures.

从认知隐喻视角看汉语成语的翻译——以《阿Q正传》英译本为例

汉语成语被誉为语言的精华,它形式简练却寓意深刻,生动鲜明并彰显文采,但这也成为了汉语成语翻译的一大难点。本文从认知隐喻视角出发,对《阿Q正传》两个英译本中的汉语成语进行了研究,认为《阿Q正传》中的成语大体可分为非隐喻性成语和隐喻性成语。运用SDL Trados Studio2019软件建立《阿Q正传》两个译本的双语平行语料库并进行分析,发现二位译者在面对非隐喻性成语时,都使用直译的翻译策略,但在词汇的选择和语法形式的选用上有所不同;在面对隐喻性成语时,大都采用意译的翻译策略,但在具体意译的运用上又有所差别,可分为部分意译以及直译加意译。

英汉习语翻译的映射模式及其认知阐释

英汉习语翻译是源习语向目标习语映射的思维过程。基于认知语言学的心理空间理论,构建了英汉习语翻译的六种映射模式,探讨了英汉习语翻译的映射过程,并揭示其认知根源。研究发现:(1)从本质上讲,英汉习语翻译是由源习语向目标习语动态映射的认知加工过程,该过程能否顺利完成,受译者的具身体验、认知来源、思维方式、社会文化模型、百科知识等因素制约;(2)源习语向目标习语翻译映射的思维过程主要有六种模式:等价映射、变价映射、附加映射、错位映射、填补映射和还原映射翻译模式。(3)英汉习语翻译的映射模式根源于人类的具身体验。