英语翻译中的文化因素的影响.ppt

The Influence of Cultural Factors in English-Chinese Translation -By Cook, Leo, Radar, Sam, Buddha E C 1)God god! 老天啊！ 2)God knows! 天知道！ 3)God bless you! 老天保佑！ C E 4)谋事在人成事在天。 Man propose, and god disposes. 5)鬼脸 funny faces 6)鬼鬼祟祟 sneaking 7)望子成龙 to hope that ones son will become a dragon. (F) to hope that ones son will become somebody. (T) 8)亚洲四小龙 four Asian dragons (F) four Asian tiger (T) Social Customs Each country has their own culture , and the culture influence the native person and foreign person . As a foreign reader , we can not understand the foreign work exactly , because the writer was influenced by their native culture deeply , and when they write their work , the writer will add the native culture naturally , however , the foreign readers can not know the background because they got information from their native culture . Different Historical Background Theory Different people have developed a great many classical allusions, idioms and expressions under different historical background. Classical allusions and idioms convey complicated messages by means of simple signs. Examples “三个臭皮匠，顶一个诸葛亮。” Three cobblers surpass Zhugeliang. F Three cobblers with their wits combined equal Chukeh Liang the master mind. T John can be relied on. He eats no fish and plays the game. 约翰为人可靠，他一向不吃鱼而且经常玩游戏。 F 约翰为人可靠，他忠诚，公平对待，为人正直， 光明正大 。 T Thinking Mode Differences of thinking mode - Differences of Expression - -Problems on English-Chinese Translation The two main thinking differences between English and Chinese 1. 汉语倾向于用身体可以感受到的动作描述事物的表象。 英语习惯于透过现象直接描述事物的本质。 Example: A. 你念过书吗？ 译：Have you been educated? B. Help me up. Let me see if I can bear weight. 译：扶我一把，看我还能不能站起来。 2.汉语主观性强，英语客观性强 Example A. 这孩子懂事了。 译：The boy has grown up. B. 小孩听话，守规矩。 Behave yourself C. 红豆 love pea D. 红运 good luck The two causes for the thinking differences 1.Propesitions play a more important role in English Example： We are off. 我们走了 I am on a diet 我在节食 My sons nose is from me.儿子的鼻子像我。 2.Nouns , verbs and adjectives often exist in their abstract meaning in English. Example: 杀手锏 winning card 轻松自在 feel at home 现在的经济情况比去年好 The economy is in better shape now than it was last year. Conclusion Cultural difference causes difficulties in communication and understanding, even worse, mistake. To avoid the harmful influence of the difference between cultures, the following actions are advised: first, for English and Chinese language, wed better observe all the aspects of its origin, development and transformation in order to get a better and more precise understanding of the language and the culture so that the fluent communication shall be made.; and second, w