英汉互译中的文化脱节.txt

.19 3 20069 changzhou institute of l ht industry technoloy (213164) : 桢 : the cultural disconnection in translation between english and chinese wang wei (changzhou institute of light industry technology changzhou jiangsu 213164) abstract ;translation is a bridge as well as a link between different languages to exchange man s various thoughts, therefore, translation is not only the way to exchange languagesbut also the in- tercultural interaction .because of the cultural differences and different backgrounds between chinese and the westthere are unavoidably some overlaps ,absences and even conflicts between two langua- gesit is necessary to know something about them and avoid the likely cultural disconnection when doing translation between english and chinese ckey words:translation culture disconnection ( ) 顢 磬 c1965) :60 hippie“ 亭壬 : the dragon boat festival : :when a child is just one year old, he will be told to choose one thing among many others, the adults will predict what his interest is or what he will be in the future by what the child chooses. (wittgenstein) : (the meaning of a word is its use in the language) :baby kissers 衣:liberalism 塱塱 () liberalismİ壬 ;磬 硰 he is eating vinegarhe is drinking vinegar he is quite jealoushe is full of jeal- ousy /he is in his jealousy. 鲻壬塣 busboy confi- dence man,personal remark,childs play :take your fingers out make ones hair stand on end free living( :)o small talk(: )a white night(: ),china rose(:) :money tree cash cow :triangle debts 漰 hain debts to pass the buck the words and their stories“ (by her- bert sutcliffe and harold berman, voice of a- merica, washington, d. c. 1978) :the phrase seems to have come to life in the gambling houses of west. therea silver dollar was put in front of a player to show that he would be the next dealer to pass out the cards. a dollar, silver or paper, was called a 57 “buck“ president gerald ford dramatized the phrase af- ter taking richard nixons place in the white house. ford announced in a special television broadcast that he had decided to pardon nixon for any crimes he may have committed as presi- dent. ford said such a decision had to be made by him alone, that he could not let others do it for him. “the buck stops here,“ said ford.: :“ah, each fin- ger today is a thumb, i think“( /)all the thumbs “to talk turkey“to logroll“,“over a barrel 300 : there isn t 300 liang of silver buried here 壬a guilty person gives himself away by conspicuously pro- testing his innocence lose ones lady as well as his men“ try to make gains only to suffer dual losses instead“ 滷 to keep ones head above water 棬all at sea;in the same boat :the twins both failed in the exam, so they were in the same boat( );spend mon- ey like water 58 :a small leak will sink a great ship/life is compared to voyage/hoist your sail when the wind is fair/ : ; :as we sow, so shall we reap/ no gains without pains/ always taking out the mealtub, and never put- ting in, soon comes to the bottom/ the color of earth as white as a sheet. 仯 :after rain comes the sunshine “sweet comes after bitterness“; fair - weather fairweather friend fai:weather aircraft () : 硱緭 the town of fish and rice 硱land flowing with milk and honey : :after her adding highly colored details to this affair, the nature of the whole matter has been completely altered. 塢 ; 棬 : : there i