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It is well-known that translation involves language as wellas culture. As good translators, they should familiarize themselves withforeign culture as well as the culture of their own countries. As foreignlanguage learners, the key for them to understand the text deeply is whetherthey can understand the foreign language well under the cultural context. As weknow, there are quite a few vehicles that contain many cultural meanings inChinese language and English language. So the correct translation that we havementioned above is inevitably involved in translating vehicle under thecultural context. In this paper, the author cites many examples of vehicletranslation and then sums up several skills about how to translate vehicle indifferent cultural contexts. It is also expected that this thesis cancontribute to foreign language learners for learning the translation ofvehicle. 内容来自论文无忧网 www.paper51.com Keywords: culture; language; translation;vehicle 内容来自www.paper51.com 摘 要 http://www.paper51.com 众所周知,翻译涉及到语言与文化两个方面。因此，对于出色的翻译者来说,他们必须要像熟悉本国的文化一样熟悉外国的文化，而作为外语学习者,能够深入理解课文的关键就在于他们是否能够结合文化语境来理解语言。由于英汉语言中包含大量的富有文化寓意的喻体，因此上文所说的正确的翻译就不可避免的涉及到了在不同的文化语境下对喻体的翻译。在该论文中，作者列举了许多有关文化语境下喻体翻译的例子，并总结概括出几种喻体翻译的技巧与方法。同时，作者希望这篇文章能够对外语学习者在学习喻体的翻译时有所帮助。 copyright paper51.com 关键词： 文化；语言；翻译；喻体 paper51.com Contents 内容来自论文无忧网 www.paper51.com 独创性声明................................................................................................................................. i paper51.com Acknowledgements....................................................................................................................... ii http://www.paper51.com Abstract....................................................................................................................................... iii copyright paper51.com 摘 要......................................................................................................................................... iv paper51.com
Contents....................................................................................................................................... v http://www.paper51.com 1. Introduction.............................................................................................................................. 1 copyright paper51.com
1.1 Culture and Language........................................................................................................ 2 内容来自www.paper51.com
1.2 Culture and Translation...................................................................................................... 2 copyright paper51.com 2. To Understand Vehicle in Cultural Context................................................................................. 3 内容来自www.paper51.com 2.1 Chinese Vehicle in English.................................................................................................. 4 http://www.paper51.com 2.1.1 To Use Figures as Vehicle........................................................................................... 4 内容来自论文无忧网 www.paper51.com 2.1.2 To Use Animals as Vehicle........................................................................................... 5 内容来自论文无忧网 www.paper51.com
2.1.3 To Use Plants as Vehicle............................................................................................. 6 paper51.com
2.2 English Vehicle in Chinese.................................................................................................. 7 http://www.paper51.com 2.2.1 To Use Figures as Vehicle........................................................................................... 8 内容来自论文无忧网 www.paper51.com 2.2.2 To Use Animal as Vehicle............................................................................................ 8 内容来自论文无忧网 www.paper51.com 2.2.3 To Use Plants as Vehicle........................................................................................... 10 paper51.com
3. Methods of Vehicle Translation................................................................................................ 11 http://www.paper51.com 3.1 Literal Translation............................................................................................................ 11 内容来自论文无忧网 www.paper51.com 3.2 Application...................................................................................................................... 12 copyright paper51.com
3.3 Free Translation............................................................................................................... 12 内容来自论文无忧网 www.paper51.com 3.4 Addition.......................................................................................................................... 13 http://www.paper51.com 4. Conclusion............................................................................................................................. 13 paper51.com References................................................................................................................................. 15 paper51.com
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On theTranslation of Vehicle: a Cultural Perspective 内容来自论文无忧网 www.paper51.com 1. Introduction http://www.paper51.com English language has virtually become the most important toolof international communication. With the development of Chinese economy, it isbecoming more crucial for Chinese people to participate in the internationalcommunication. As a result, translation of Chinese-English and English-Chinesebecomes crucial, too. And there has had many views about translation. In thispaper, the author focuses on the translation of vehicle. paper51.com As we all know, people are in the habit of using comparisonto achieve the goal of making language more vivid and imaginable, such asviewing “pig” as a symbol of people who eat too much but indolently;considering “bull” as an emblem of a man who has great strength; regarding“fox” as an indication of a person who possesses the qualities of crafty, foxyand leery. As a general rule, comparison is so concrete and imaginable that itcan be apprehended and accepted more easily by readers. However, manycomparisons are not so easy to understand for both Chinese and English people. Forinstance, in China,“dragon” is a symbol of emperor, stately and solemn. However, it is viewed asan incarnation of evil in English. Another example is “lion”. English peopleusually use it to describe a ferocious and brave man. Nevertheless, in China, peoplewould rather use “tiger” when they want to express the same meaning. What ismore, “cat” is a kind of docile and tractable animal in the mind of Chinesepeople. On the contrary, English people use “cat” as vehicle to picture aspiteful or unpleasant woman. Certainly, it is no doubt that Chinese languageand English language have differences in many instances. To be more specific,they have differences in culture. What is the cause that calls forth thediversities of vehicle? How to translate these vehicles from both Englishlanguage and Chinese language? Before these are considered, the correlationbetween culture and language should be viewed firstly. copyright paper51.com |