浅谈英汉翻译过程中的非对应现象及翻译策略
毕业论文关键词：非对应;颜色词;文化差异;翻译策略
Abstract Since the middle of twentieth century, especially after 1970s and 1980s, there have been two obvious tendencies in translation studies. One was the theory of translation that was deeply affected by communication theory, the other was the conversion from the emphasis on language to culture. Due to the difference in cultural background, cognitive thinking and language habits, the translation of color words cannot achieve completely equivalence in the practice of translation. This article mainly discusses the non-correspondence phenomenon in English and Chinese translation from the point of view of color words by using of qualitative analysis approach. Therefore, a tentative sub-categorization of the non-correspondence of color words was carried out. And some translation strategies will be summarized to improve helping English language teaching, translation practice and inter-cultural communication.
Key words : non-correspondence; color words; cultural difference; translation strategy
The Non-correspondence Phenomenon and Strategies in Chinese and English Translation
Contents
摘 要 i
Abstract ii
I. Introduction 1
II. Literature Review 2
2.1 Non-correspondence 2
2.2 Color Words 3
2.3 Idioms 3
III. Non-correspondence in Chinese and English Traslation——Take Color Words and Idioms for Instance 4
3.1 General Differences in Chinese and English 4
3.2 The Importance of Words and Color Words 4
3.2.1 The Importance of Words 4
3.2.2 The Importance of Color words 4
3.3 The Importance of Translation 5
3.4 Problems of Translation in Chinese and English 6
3.4.1 Contextual Tones 6
3.4.2 Differences in Cultural Background 6
3.5 Non-correspondence in Color Words and Idioms 7
3.5.1 Non-correspondence in Color Words 7
3.5.2 Non-correspondence in Idioms 10
IV. Translation Strategies of Non-correspondence Phenomenon 12
4.1 Literal Translation 12
4.2 Free Translation 12
4.3 Fill Words 13
4.4 Replacement 13
4.5 Zero Translation 14
V. Conclusion 14
Bibliography 16
Acknowledgments 17
I. Introduction
Chinese and English are the most abundant vocabulary language in the world with full-bodied unique Chinese and Western cultural atmosphere. For the translation studies, it should be carried out through vocabulary connotation.
The cultural connotation of vocabulary is very rich between English and Chinese, while there is a big difference between the two languages because they belong to different families of languages. There are plenty of words that cannot be found the corresponding words in the two languages. Even though some of them can, there are still many differences on and cultural meaning. Finding out these of non-correspondence phenomenon, we can reduce the blocks in translation and improve the quality of translation, which contribute to the research of comparison in Chinese and English.