The author analyzes ethnotoponyms, the local place names of Kyrgyz people living in the Murgab region of Tajikistan＇s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous region. The author conducted field research in the region in 2010-2015...The author analyzes ethnotoponyms, the local place names of Kyrgyz people living in the Murgab region of Tajikistan＇s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous region. The author conducted field research in the region in 2010-2015. The article also builds on data from the works of pre-Soviet Russian and western travelers, who studied the region at middle 19th early 20th centuries. The author concludes that local place names given by Kyrgyz people to the mountains, rivers, lakes, and valleys reflect the unique features of natural landscapes of Eastern Pamir as well as Kyrgyz nomads＇ empirical observations of natural phenomena and processes, livelihoods and nomadic values.展开更多
Chinese classic poems are a part of Chinese cultural heritage.The place names contain lots of Chinese cultural charac-teristics.Some have special connotations and how to translate these connotations in the poems is an...Chinese classic poems are a part of Chinese cultural heritage.The place names contain lots of Chinese cultural charac-teristics.Some have special connotations and how to translate these connotations in the poems is another difficulty of poem translation. We should put both keeping the cultural characteristics and the understanding capacity of the target readers into consideration.Guided by Functional Equivalence,this thesis intends to discuss the translation of place names in Chinese poems,aims to broadcast Chinese culture.展开更多
文摘The author analyzes ethnotoponyms, the local place names of Kyrgyz people living in the Murgab region of Tajikistan＇s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous region. The author conducted field research in the region in 2010-2015. The article also builds on data from the works of pre-Soviet Russian and western travelers, who studied the region at middle 19th early 20th centuries. The author concludes that local place names given by Kyrgyz people to the mountains, rivers, lakes, and valleys reflect the unique features of natural landscapes of Eastern Pamir as well as Kyrgyz nomads＇ empirical observations of natural phenomena and processes, livelihoods and nomadic values.
文摘Chinese classic poems are a part of Chinese cultural heritage.The place names contain lots of Chinese cultural charac-teristics.Some have special connotations and how to translate these connotations in the poems is another difficulty of poem translation. We should put both keeping the cultural characteristics and the understanding capacity of the target readers into consideration.Guided by Functional Equivalence,this thesis intends to discuss the translation of place names in Chinese poems,aims to broadcast Chinese culture.
