《英美文化与翻译》英汉颜色词的文化内涵与翻译.ppt

Assignment:,With these statements we enter Simons world, where he is Humpty-Dumpty and we are Alices who must wait upon him to tell us what words mean. Hint: ,耳闻西蒙之论，我们走近了他的那个世界- 在这里，他倒像是个目空一切、自鸣得意的“文字专家”，我们却成了顽冥不灵、大字不识的“女流之辈”,什么词表示什么意思非得他说了算不可。,河南省虞城县位于山东、安徽、河南三省交界之处。从秦朝建县以来，曾出现过许多传奇人物：中国第一辆马车的发明家相士；古代造字的苍颉；替父从军的花木兰,Yucheng County in Henan Provinve is situated in a place where the 3 provinces of Anhui, Shandong and Henan meet. Since the Qin Dynasty, it has been the birthplace of many legends, among whom are Xiang Tu, the inventor of Chinas first horse-drawn carriage, Cang Jie, the inventor of the ancient Chinese characters and Hua Mulan who joined the army by disguising herself as a young man in her fathers place ,英汉颜色词的文化内涵与翻译,颜色词的基本含义： 红色：热烈奔放，象征喜庆和奋进 绿色：生命之色，显示青春的活力和蓬勃的生机 白色： 纯净素雅，蕴含着圣洁无瑕，朴素自然 蓝色：恬淡宁静，有意蕴深远、心旷神怡之感,Red,The maxim was that when a married couple saw red lawyers saw green.,俗话说：夫妻吵得面红耳赤之时，便是律师招财进宝之日。(become angry),The company has plunged $ 37 million into the red and it will bankrupt.,公司负债已达3700万美元，面临破产。(be in the red： be in debt),red 红色 pink 粉红色 crimson 深红色 scarlet 猩红色 rubicund 血红色,florid 脸色红润 cardinal 鲜红色 ruddy 微红色 blush 羞红 vermilion 朱砂红,红颜薄命 beautiful woman suffered unhappy fates 红眼病 pink eyes (medical) ;green-eyed 红男绿女 Gaily dressed young men and women 红娘 Go- between；matchmaker,红糖 brown sugar 红茶 black tea 红榜 honor roll 红利 dividend,green,Alices girl friends were green with envy when they saw her new dress.,爱丽丝的朋友们看到他的新装时，心中充满了妒忌.（green-eyed: jealous),In America, political elections the candidates that win are usually the ones who have green power backing them.,在美国政治竞选中获胜的候选人通常都是些有财团支持的人物。,Be a cuckold 戴绿帽子,Did the law not know that a mans name was to him the apple of his eye, that it was far harder to be regarded as cuckold than as seducer?,法律难道不了解一个人的名誉是他最宝贵的东西，被认为是戴绿帽子的人比以为勾引者要难堪得多？,yellow,黄色： pornographic(色情的）、filthy(淫猥的）、vulgar(庸俗的、下流的）、obscene( 淫秽的，猥亵的） blue jokes blue revolution blue films blue soft make a blue joke,黄道吉日 Good luck 黄毛丫头 A silly little girl 黄页 Yellow Pages yellow boy 金币,white,the white coffee 牛奶咖啡 a white lie 无害而善意的谎言 white elephant 昂贵而无用的东西 white goods 大件的家电,白开水 plain boiled water 白蚁 termite 白菜 Chinese cabbage 白切肉 plain sliced pork,白痴 idiot 白搭 no use 白费 all in vain 白手起家 build up from nothing,青山有幸埋忠骨，白铁无辜铸奸臣。,Honored the green hill is to provide eternal resting-place for the loyal soul; Innocent is the iron to cast the image of the traitorous ministers.,black,black tidings 噩耗；不幸的消息 the black Friday 凶险不祥的日子 black in the face 脸色铁青 to look black at sb. 怒目而视,黑心 evil mind 黑手 evil backstage manipulator 黑幕 inside story of a plot 黑线 a sinister line,Mr. Brown is a very white man. He was looking rather green the other day. He has been feeling blue lately. When I saw him he was in a brown study. I hope he will soon be in the pink again.,布朗先生是个非常忠厚老实的人。那天，他脸上颇有病容。近来他闷闷不乐，我看到他时他在沉思之中。希望他早日恢复健康。,颜色与历史,黄，地之色也-说文解字 帝王之色，象征威严和职高权力（黄袍加身） 紫色：王位和王权 to raise to the purple 升为红衣主教 to be born in the purple 生于帝王之家 to marry into the purple 与皇室或贵族联姻,example,黄：皇室 绿：亲王、郡王 蓝、紫、青：官宦 黑、灰、白：民舍 座中泣下谁最多 ，江洲司马青衫湿。,颜色与职业,white-collar workers 受过专门教育或技术训练的脑力劳动者 blue-collar workers 普通的体力劳动者 grey-collar workers 服务性行业的职工 pink-collar workers 职业妇女群体 golden-collar personnel 既有专业技能又懂经营管理的复合人才,颜色与政治,红色：革命、无产阶级和社会主义 白色：反革命、资产阶级和资本主义 黑色：死亡、腐朽、没落,Black Hand 从事犯罪活动的意大利移民秘密组织 Green Bere