本科毕业论文-英汉颜色词的文化内涵及翻译

本科毕业论文设计题目CULTURALCONNOTATIVEDIFFERENCESANDTRANSLATIONINCHINESEANDENGLISHCOLOURTERMS英汉颜色词的文化内涵及翻译学院国际教育合作学院专业英语姓名指导教师2014年5月27日CULTURALCONNOTATIVEDIFFERENCESANDTRANSLATIONINCHINESEANDENGLISHCOLOURTERMS英汉颜色词的文化内涵及翻译ABSTRACTLANGUAGEISTHECARRIEROFCULTURETRANSLATIONISONEOFTHEMOSTIMPORTANTWAYSTOKNOWANUNFAMILIARCULTUREFORNORMALPEOPLEFOREVERYTRANSLATOR,THEGOALOFTRANSLATIONISTOLETREADERSGETALLMEANINGSOFORIGINALTEXT,INSTEADOFTRANSLATINGWORDBYWORDTHUS,KNOWINGTHECULTURALCONNOTATIONOFWORDSISESSENTIALFOREVERYTRANSLATORITISWELLKNOWTHATTHEREAREALARGENUMBEROFCOLOURWORDSINBOTHCHINESEANDENGLISHTHECOLOURTERMSHAVEANIMPORTANTPLACEINTWOLANGUAGESBUTACCORDINGTODIFFERENTNATURALANDSOCIALBACKGROUND,SOCIALPOLITICALLIFE,RELIGIOUSBELIEFSANDTRADITIONALCUSTOMS,THESAMECOLORWORDSMAYHAVEDIFFERENTCULTURALCONNOTATIONINTWOLANGUAGESTHEPAPERPRESENTSTHEDIFFERENTCULTURALCONNOTATIONINCHINESEANDENGLISHCOLOURTERMSANDTHEREASONWHYCULTUREINFLUENCETHETRANSLATIONOFCOLOURTERMSITALSOPRESENTSSOMEMETHODSOFTRANSLATINGCOLOURTERMSTOHELPTRANSLATORAVOIDMISTAKESKEYWORDSCOLOURTERMSCOLOURCONNOTATIONCULTUREDIFFERENCETRANSLATIONSTRATEGY摘要语言是文化的载体。译文更是普通人了解陌生文化的重要途径。对每一位译者而言，翻译并不是简单地词对词的直译，而是让读者全面地了解原文的意思。所以，了解语言背后的文化内涵对每一位译者都至关重要。众所周知，在汉英两种文化中都有着大量的颜色词。颜色词作为在日常生活中常用的重要表达方式，在两种语言中都有着重要位置。但是因为两种文化中自然和社会背景，政治活动，宗教文化和传统习俗的不同，同一个颜色词也有着不同的含义。本论文展现了英汉颜色词所蕴含的不同含义，以及文化如何影响颜色词的翻译。并且展示了颜色词的一些翻译方法，以帮助译者避免一些翻译错误。关键词颜色词文化内涵文化差异翻译策略CONTENTS1INTRODUCTION12HOWCULTUREINFLUENCESCOLOURTERMS221WHATISCULTURE222THEFACTORSCAUSINGCULTURALDIFFERENCESINCHINESEANDENGLISHCOLOURTERMS3221DIFFERENTNATURALANDSOCIALBACKGROUND3222POLITICALLIFE3223RELIGIONBELIEFS4224TRADITIONALCUSTOMS53THEDIFFERENTCULTURALCONNOTATIONOFBASICCOLOURTERMSBETWEENCHINESEANDENGLISH631红ANDRED632白ANDWHITE733黑ANDBLACK84COMPARISONOFCOLOURWORDSBETWEENCHINESEANDENGLISH941COLOURWORDSHAVINGSAMEMEANINGBUTDIFFERENTCOLOURTERMS942THESAMECOLOURWITHSAMEMEANING943NOCORRESPONDINGMEANINGINEACHOTHERSCULTURE105TRANSLATIONSTRATEGIESOFCOLOURTERMS1051THEGOALOFTRANSLATION1052LITERALTRANSLATION10521WORDFORWORDTRANSLATION10522LITERALTRANSLATIONADDINGEXPLANATORYNOTE1153FREETRANSLATION12531OMISSIONOFCOLOURWORDS12532ADDITIONOFCOLOURWORDS12533TRANSFORMATIONOFCOLOURWORDS136CONCLUSION137ACKNOWLEDGMENT158BIBLIOGRAPHY161INTRODUCTIONWITHTHEDEVELOPMENTOFINFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY,THECOUNTRIESONEARTHISBECOMINGANUNITYNOWADAYS,WEHAVETOFACETHEPROBLEMOFCOMMUNICATINGWHICHOWESTODIFFERENTLANGUAGEHOWEVER,NOBODYCANSAYTHATILEARNEVERYTHINGOFONELANGUAGE,EVENAFTERHELEARNINGTHEWHOLEWORDS,PHRASESANDGRAMMARTHATISBECAUSELANGUAGEISTHECARRIEROFCULTUREEVENIFSOMEONEKNOWNSEVERYTHINGABOUTONELANGUAGE,HEWOULDNOTCOMPLETELYUNDERSTANDNATIVESPEAKERSMEANINGBEHINDWORDSINOTHERWORDS,LANGUAGEISSUPERFICIAL,CULTUREISINTHEDEEPFORNORMALPEOPLE,TRANSLATIONISONEOFTHEMOSTIMPORTANTWAYSTOKNOWANUNFAMILIARCULTURETHUS,TRANSLATORHASIMPORTANTRESPONSIBILITYTOMAKEREADERSUNDERSTANDTHEFULLMEANINGOFORIGINALTEXT,ORHISTRANSLATIONISAFAILUREIFTRANSLATORWANTSTOACHIEVETHATGOAL,THEFIRSTTHINGHESHOULDDOISTHATTHETRANSLATORMUSTREALLYUNDERSTANDTHEORIGINALTEXT,ESPECIALLYTHECULTURALCONNOTATIONBEHINDTHETEXTCOLOURTERMSISATYPICALREPRESENTATIVEWELIVEINACOLORFULWORLDITISSAIDTHATTHEREAREMORETHANFOURHUNDREDWORDSTODESCRIBEDIFFERENTCOLOURALLOVERTHEWORLDASANACTIVEWAYOFEXPRESSION,THECOLOURWORDSAREUSEDALOTDURINGNORMALLIFEINBOTHCHINESEANDENGLISHANDASHUMAN,THECHINESEANDTHEENGLISHHASSAMEFEELINGTODIFFERENTCOLOURBUTDUETODIFFERENTNATIONALPSYCHOLOGY,RELIGIONBELIEFSANDTRADITIONALCUSTOMS,ONESAMECOLOURWORDMAYHAVECOMPLETELYDIFFERENTCULTURALCONNOTATIONITISESSENTIALFORTRANSLATORTOKNOWTHEDIFFERENCEOFCULTURALCONNOTATIONBEHINDCOLOURWORDSINCHINESEANDENGLISHTHISPAPERAIMSTOACHIEVETHREEGOALSTOEXPLAINTHECULTUREINFLUENCEONCOLOURTERMSTRANSLATIONTOCOMPARECULTURALCONNOTATIONBETWEENCHINESEANDENGLISHTOSUMUPTECHNIQUESUSEDINTHETRANSLATIONONCOLOURTERMSTHISPAPERANALYSISTHATTHECULTUREINFLUENCEONCOLOURTERMSTRANSLATIONANDCOMPARISONOFCOLOURTERMSINCHINESEANDENGLISHINCHAPTER2ANDCHAPTER3RESPECTIVELYINCHAPTER4THETRANSLATIONSTRATEGIESOFCOLOURTERMSAREPRESENTEDCHAPTER5DEMONSTRATESTHECONCLUSION2HOWCULTUREINFLUENCESCOLOURTERMSWELIVEINACOLORFULWORLDTHEREAREMANYKINDSOFCOLOURINNATUREANDWITHTHEDEVELOPMENTOFTECHNOLOGY,WECREATEMANYCOLOURWHICHDOESNOTEXISTINNATUREBYUSINGCHEMICALMETHODSASARESULT,WEALSOCREATEALARGENUMBEROFCOLOURTERMSTODESCRIBETHESECOLOURTHEREISNODOUBTTHATASTHESAMEHUMAN,CHINESEANDENGLISHHASTHESAMEFEELINGOFSAMECOLOURTHENWHYACOLOURWORDMEANSDIFFERENTMEANINGINCHINESEANDENGLISHTHATISBECAUSEOFCULTUREASAMERICANANTHROPOLOGICALLINGUISTICSBENJAMINLEEWHORFANDHISFAMOUSHYPOTHESISSUGGESTTHATLANGUAGEISANINDISPENSABLECARRIEROFCULTURECULTUREFINDSABETTERREPRESENTATIONTHROUGHLANGUAGEUSEOURLANGUAGEHELPSMOULDOURWAYOFTHINKINGAND,CONSEQUENTLY,DIFFERENTLANGUAGESMAYPROBABLYEXPRESSSPEAKERSUNIQUEWAYSOFUNDERSTANDINGTHEWORLDBENJAMINLEE,1936OWETODIFFERENTCULTURALBACKGROUND,ASAMECOLOURWORD,LIKE“RED”,“红”INCHINESE,HASCOMPLETELYDIFFERENTMEANINGASWEALLKNOWTHAT,THECOLOURTERMS,EXCEPTTHEWORDWHICHISUSEDTODESCRIBECOLOUR,AREUSEDASADEVICEOFMETAPHORORSIMILEINDAILYLIFETHATMEANSTHATTHECULTURALCONNOTATIONBEHINDCOLOURWORDISMOREIMP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