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IdiomTranslationundertheChineseandEnglishCulturesClassXXXNumberXXXNameXXXAbstract:Nida,afamoustranslator,says,"Fortrulysuccessfultranslation,itismuchmoreimportanttofamiliarizetwoculturesthanmastertwolanguages,becausewordsareassignedmeaningsinitsparticularcultures."(Backgroundinformation)Thisistosay,translationiscloselyrelatedwithnotonlylanguagesbutalsocultures.StudiesoftheculturaldistinctioninidiomtranslationarestillrelativelyweakinthefieldoftranslationinChina.ExclusiveresearchonthetranslationofChineseandEnglishidiomsisstillincomplete.Inthelasttwentyyears,idiomtranslationhasmostlyemphasizedthelevelofinter-lingualcommunication,butculturaldifferenceswererarelyinvolvedinit.(Identifyproblem)ThisthesisanalysestheculturaldifferencesinChineseandEnglishidioms,thenstudiesEnglish-Chinese\Chinese-Englishidiomtranslationmethods(Researchsubject)fromtheangleofculture(Method)andpointsoutsomewarningsconcerningidiomtranslation:payattentiontocontextandchoosetherightversioninlinewiththestyleandmeaningoftheoriginalpassage(Results);cultureisawholewayoflife,whennewcultureemerges,newidiomsalsoappear,thereforeidiomtranslationshoulddevelopwiththetime.(Conclusion)KeyWords:idioms;culture;translation论英汉文化背景下的习语翻译摘要:著名翻译学家奈达指出:“对于真正成功的翻译而言，熟悉两种文化甚至比掌握两种语言更为重要，因为词语只有在其作用的文化背景下才有意义。”也就是说，翻译不仅与语言有关也和文化有关。习语翻译中对文化差异的研究在中国的翻译领域中仍然较弱，专门对中英习语翻译的研究还不很完善。近20年来，习语翻译大多强调语际的交流，而很少涉及文化差异。本文通过分析中英习语的文化差异，进而从文化角度研究中英习语翻译方法，并指出中英习语翻译要注意的问题:联系上下文，选择与原文风格，意思相符的翻译；文化是一种生活方式，文化在变化，出现新的习语，习语翻译要与时俱进。关键词：习语；文化；翻译1.IntroductionIdiomsuniversallyexistineverylanguage.AnIdiomisawordoranexpressionthatcannotbeliterallytranslatedfromthesourcelanguageintothetargetlanguagebecauseitsidiomaticmeaningcannotbeunderstoodbyliterallydefiningitscomponentparts.(Background)Inabroadsense,idiomscontainsetphrases,proverbs,colloquialisms,slangs,maxims,allusions,etc.(YinLi,2007:9)InChinese,theyalsoincludeenigmaticfolksimiles.Newmark,aBritishtranslationtheorist,inhisworkATextbookofTranslation,said,"Idefineasculturethewayoflifeandhismanifestationthatarepeculiartoacommunitythatusesapeculiarlanguageasitsmeansofexpression."(Previousresearch)EnglishIdiomsderivesfromEnglishculturesanddailylife.Inrealcontext,idiomsexplainthemselves:ninetimesoutoftentheycarrytheirownexplanations.Ifweareunawareofthese,wewillfindourselvesinastateofconfusionsincewewillassignliteralmeaningtothem.TheChineseIdioms,especiallythefour-characteridioms,havetheirownuniqueoriginswhicharecloselycorrelativetotheChinesehistoryandcultures.Inviewofthedifficultiesinunderstandingidioms,weshouldpaydueattentionandeffortstounderstandtheirculturesandcustoms.ThisthesisisdesignedtodigintotheculturaldifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishandthenelaboratesonthetranslationtheoriesappliedtoidioms.(Subject+Method)2.AComparisonBetweenEnglishandChineseIdioms2.1TheCulturalDifferencesBetweenEnglishandChineseIdioms2.1.1GeographicalConditionsTheformationofcultureiscloselyrelatedwithnaturalgeographicalconditions.Aspecificgeographicalenvironmentproducesaspecificculture,whichalsoleadstoaparticularexpression.GreatBritaincoversislandsincludingtheNorthernone-sixthoftheislandof4.SomeWarningsConcerningIdiomTranslation……………….……………….……………….5.ConclusionOneofthemajorcharacteristicsidentifyingusashumanisourabilitytouselanguage.Languageplaysaveryimportantroleinpeople’sdailylife;itenablespeoplecommunicatewitheachotherandunderstandothers'feelings.Languagehascloserelationswithculture.Itisimpossibletoseparatelanguagefromculture.Astheessenceoflanguage,idiomsalsohavecloserelationswithculture.Thecontentsofthemrangefromsociety,history,psychologytocustomsandothervarioussocialphenomena.So,intheprocessoftranslation,translatorsshouldpaymoreattentiontotheculturalfactors,indoingthis,hecandiguptheimplicitmeanings.(Conclusionofresearch)Onlytheculturalfactorsareconcerned,translatorscanhaveasatisfactorytranslation.Besides,peopleshouldgetacquaintanceswiththeculturalbackgroundwhenusingidiomstoavoidembarrassmentincommunication.(Suggestions)References[*]作者.书名（英语的斜体）.（出版地：）出版社，年份：参考内容页码[*]作者.文章名（英语的斜体）.刊物名称.（出版地：）出版社，年份[1]LiMei.Mothertongueandtranslation.Shanhai:ShanhaiForeignLanguageEducationPress,2008[2]LiQingming.AComparisonoftheCulturesbetweentheChineseandEnglishLanguage.Xi'an:Northwest[3]NidaEugene.ThetheoryandPracticeofTranslation.Leiden:E.J.Brill,1982[4]NidaEugene.Language,Culture,andTranslating.Shanhai:ShanhaiForeignLanguageEducationPress,1993[5]SusanBassnett,AndreLefevere.Translation,History,Culture.Shanghai:ShanhaiForeignLanguageEducationPress,1987[6]LuoShiping.AResearchonEnglishIdioms.Shanhai:ShanhaiForeignLanguageEducationPress,2006[7]LiYuping.EnglishIdiomsandtheirCulturalOrigin.Tianjin:Nankai[8]YinLi.English-ChineseIdiomsandFolkCulture.Beijing:Bejingunive