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文理英语专业论文模板1

编号

2013030204

研究类型

理论研究

分类号

学士学位论文（设计）

Bachelor’sThesis

论文题目

TranslationofEnglishProverbs

fromaCulturalPerspective

作者姓名

刘敏

学号

2008113010204

所在院系

文理学院外语系

学科专业名称

英语

导师及职称

丰国欣教授

论文答辩时间

2013年4月28日

学士学位论文（设计）诚信承诺书

中文题目：

从文化视角析英语谚语的翻译

外文题目：

TranslationofEnglishProverbsfromaCulturalPerspective

学生姓名

刘敏

学生学号

2008113010204

院系专业

外语系英语专业

学生班级

0803

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Contents

1.Introduction1

2.TheEnglishProverbs1

2.1TheDefinitionofProverbs1

2.2TheSourceofEnglishProverbs2

2.3TheFeaturesofEnglishProverbs3

2.4TheFunctionsofEnglishProverbs3

3.EnglishProverbsandCulture4

3.1CulturalDifferencesinEnglishProverbs4

3.2CulturalConnotationinEnglishProverbsTranslation5

Bibliography7

注：

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2.“Contents”TimesNewRoman三号粗体居中。

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TranslationofEnglishProverbsfromaCulturalPerspective

LIUMin（Tutor:

FENGGuoxin）

（DepartmentofForeignLanguages,CollegeofArtsandScience,HubeiNormalUniversity,Huangshi,China,435002）

Abstract:

TheEnglishproverbsaretheshortwell-knownsayingsthatarehandeddownamongtheEnglishspeakingpeople.Becauseofculturaldifferences,itbringsdifficultiesinEnglishproverbsunderstandingandtranslating.ThispaperattemptstoexploretherelationshipbetweentheEnglishproverbtranslationandculturebyconsideringculturetobethefocusofattention,and“thefigureofspeech”tobetheclueandculturalcontexttobethebasis.What’smore,ittriestorevealculturalconnotationandvalueintheproverbs,aimingattranslatingtheproverbsinamoreproperway.

Keywords:

Englishproverbs;culturalperspective;translation;differences;connotation

从文化视角析英语谚语的翻译

刘敏（指导教师:

丰国欣）

（湖北师范学院文理学院外语系中国黄石435002）

摘要：

英语谚语是在英美民间广为流传的表达人们智慧的简短格言。

由于存在文化差异，这给英语谚语的理解和翻译带来困难。

本文以文化为切入口，以修辞手法“比喻”为线索，以文化语境为依据，探讨英语谚语翻译与文化之间的关系，并进一步揭示谚语中的文化内涵和价值，旨在使翻译更得体。

关键词：

英语谚语；文化视角；翻译；差异；内涵

中图分类号:

H315

TranslationofEnglishProverbsfromaCulturalPerspective

1.Introduction

HowtotranslatetheEnglishproverbsefficiently?

Manytranslatorsareharassedbythisissuethroughout,especiallytheEnglishlearners.Themajorityofscholarsdiscussitintheaspectsofetymology,contrastsbetweenEnglishandChinese,rhetoric,andthetransfertheoryandsoon.Theseresearcheshaveimportantimplementalandinstructivesignificanceswithregardtoraisethetranslationlevel.Fromtheabove,itisnotdifficulttoseethattheytouchupontheculturalinterferencealittle.Becauseofthecloserelationshipbetweenlanguageandcultureandtheeffectsbroughtbymotherlanguage,ChinesestudentscombineChinesetraditionalthinkinghabits,valuesandsoonunavoidablyintotheproverbstranslation.Therefore,theinferencestakeshapeandthetranslatedworksChinglish.Thiswriterholdsthatculturalbarrieristhekeyofaffectingefficientproverbstranslationbecauselanguageandculturearewellblendedasmilkandwater.Inordertolearnalanguage,onemuststudytheculturethelanguagereflectsandknowthedifferencesbetweenthenationalcultureandtheforeignones.Andthemanifestationshowedinlanguage.（刘华,2003:

9）ThispaperwillanalyzeitfromtheEnglishproverbs’definition,source,featuresandfunctionsanddiscussthetranslationofEnglishproverbsfromaculturalperspective.What’smore,itpointsouttheimportanceofdealingwiththeculturaldifferencesandconnotations.

2.TheEnglishProverbs

2.1TheDefinitionofProverbs

AccordingtothedefinitionofTheModernChineseDictionary,proverbsarethefixedsentencesthatarespreadamongpeopleandreflecttheprofoundmeaningsbysimpleandpopularexpressions.AndMaGuofansayssomethingaboutthedifferencesbetweenproverbsandidiomsinIdiomsasfollows:

⑴Idiomsaremainlywritten,whileproverbsaremainlyoral.⑵Thestructuresofidiomsareeasiertobecomesetthanthethoseofproverbs.⑶Idiomsareusedaswordsinthepracticalspeech,whilethemajorityofproverbsareindependentsentencesorbecomeindependentofsentences.⑷Idiomsusuallyexpressgeneralideas,whileproverbsmainlygivejudgmentsandinference.（陈文伯,2004：

2）

DengYanchangandLiuRunqing’sLanguageAndCulturesays:

“Proverbsareshortsayingsoffolkwisdom—ofwell-knownfactsortruths—expressedsuccinctlyandinawaythatmakesthemeasytoremember.Becausethesayingsaresopithy,theyhaveuniversalappeal.”（邓炎昌，刘润清，1989：

42）

“Proverbsmayprovideinterestinglittleglimpsesorcluestoapeople’sgeography,history,socialorganization,socialviews,andattitudes.Peoplewholivealongseacoastsandwhoselivelihoodisdependentontheseawillhaveproverbsaboutsailing,aboutbravingtheweather,aboutfishandfishing.Nomadicpeople,suchastheArabs,willhavesayingsaboutthedessertorpasture—land,aboutsheepandhorsesorcamels,aboutwolvesandjackals.Incultureswhereoldageisreversed,therewillbeproverbsaboutthewisdomoftheelders.Andinsocietieswherewomen’sstatusislow,therewillbeanumberofsayingsdemandingthem.”（邓炎昌，刘润清，1989：

42）

Inmyopinion,proverbisthepopularshort,pithysayingsthatexpressaprofoundpercept.Itisthecrystallizationofpeople’swisdom,andishandeddownfromgenerationtogeneration.

2.2TheSourceofEnglishProverbs

TheEnglishproverbsoriginatefromtwoforms:

oneisoralandtheotheriswritten.Theformeronealwayscomesfromfolkcommunication.Peoplearethecreatorsandusersoftheproverbs.Theyusethemtorecordtheirexperienceandrationalknowledgeinindustrialandagriculturalproductionandlife.Forexample,nothingtobegotwithoutpainsbutpoverty.（译文：

只有贫穷可以不劳而获。

）ThelateronegenerallycomesfromBible,theGreekandRomanmythology,Shakespeare’sworksandsoon.Forexample,lifeisashuttle.（译文:

人生如梭。

）Itiscondensedfrom“Mydayspassbywithouthope,passfasterthanaweaver’sshuttle.译文：

我的时日无望地流逝，流逝得比织梭更快。

）”,whichisfromBible·theOldTestment·BookofJoshua.Theproverb“Allcatslovefishbutfeartowettheirpaws.（猫都爱鱼，却怕湿脚。

）isfromOthello.TheEnglishspeakingcountriesmainlybelieveinChristianity.Therefore,mostoftheEnglishproverbscomefromBible.Itplaysanimportantroleintheorigin,enrichmentanddevelopmentoftheEnglishproverbs.

2.3TheFeaturesofEnglishProverbs

Notlikespeech,itisinformal.Notlikejoke,itismeaningful.Notlikeallegory,itisconcise.Sometimesithasrhythmandantithesis.Soitiseasytobememorizedandunderstood.

AsmentionedintheChineseandEnglishProverbsandCulture,ithasseveralfeatures:

⑴proverbisthelanguage’svocabularyunitandisonekindoftheidiomaticphrases.⑵proverb’slanguagecharacteristics:

itisthefixedsentencethathasrelativelycompletesemanteme.Ithasmetreandrhymescheme.Thechoicesofwordsarepopular.Thefiguresofspeecharevivid.Anditisconciseandtothepoint.⑶proverb’scontentcharacteristics:

itisthevaluableresultsofpeople’slivingexperienceandtheglisteningofpeople’swisdom,whichcoversspecialculturaldetailedcontent.⑷proverb’ssocialfunctions:

itenlightenslife,guidespeople’behavior,teachesexperiences,givesmorallessons,doespropagandaandagitationandsoon.⑸proverb’source:

generallyspeaking,itcomesfrompeople’slivingexperience.Itsmainsourceisfolkorallanguage.Andsomecomefromwrittendocuments,suchasreligiousclassicsandliterature.（王得春，杨素英，黄月圆，2003：

11）

AsBaoHuinansaysintheCulturesituationandLanguageTranslation,therearethreemainfeaturesoftheproverb.First,ithasconcisewordsandtidysentencestructure.Forexample,nomill,nomeal.（译文：

不劳动者不得食。

）Second,ithasharmonioussoundandcanbereadfluentlyandsmoothly.Forinstance,manproposes,Goddisposes.（译文：

谋事在人，成事在天。

）Third,ithasvividmetaphorsanddeep-goingimplications.Forexample,timeismoney.（译文：

一寸光阴一寸金。

）（包惠南，2001：

160）

2.4TheFunctionsofEnglishProverbs

Everynationhastheirownwaytoexpresstheirfeelingsespeciallywhentheyareworking,suchastheworksongtosynchronizemovementsandalleviatefatigue,withonepersonleadingandtheothersrespondinginchorusandbrief,simpleandvibrantfolksongsungduringworkinthefieldsorinmountainareas,popularinruralormountainareasinsouthChina.Soistheproverb.Itsummarizespeople’sexperienceandlessonslearnedindailylife.Butitismorevividandacceptablethanpreachingtosomebody.Ifweuseproverbsinourconversationorwritingproperly,itwillmaketheconversationorwritingmorebeautiful.Anditwillmaketheconversationgoonsmoothlyandmaketheatmospheremorefriendlyandactive.Itisjustliketheepigramthattellsageneraltruthorgiveslessonstous.Nomatteryouareknowledgeableornot,youcanmanagetouseit.

InChina,wehaveourownidioms.Theyareconciseandmeaningfulphrasesorshortsentencesthathavelongbeeninpublicusage.AndmostChineseidiomshaveahistoricaloriginandconsistoffourChinesecharacters.Likewise,someoftheEnglishproverbshavetheirhistoricaloriginandaretheconclusionsthataremadeaftertellingastory.ButtheEnglishproverbsarealwayssentencesorphrasesandhavenolimitationaboutthenumberofthewords.What’smore,differentculturehasentrusteddifferentmeaningstoitslanguages.Aslanguageisthecarrieroftheculture,theEnglishproverbsaretheresultsoftheEnglishspeak