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Abstract:Chinese people are proud of Chinese word long from ancient times till now, which is the symbol of auspiciousness and authority. But in Western people’s eyes, the English word dragon is the symbol of devil and bugbear. So long and dragon are quite different. But in English-Chinese or Chinese-English translations, the two words are often translated into each other. The translations ignore 本论文由英语论文网www.51lunwen.org整理提供the differences between Chinese and Western culture, and cause cultural misunderstanding. So how to translate Chinese word long into English becomes a serious problem. It is a good way to translate them from the differences between long and dragon, from the relation between characteristics of Chinese language and English language.

Key Words:Cultural differences; dragon; long; Loong; translation

摘　要:从古至今，中国人都对汉字龙感到自豪，因为龙是吉祥和权威的象征。而在西方人的眼中，英语单词dragon意味着罪恶和怪物，是邪恶的象征。因此龙和dragon在很大的程度上是不同的。但是在英译汉或汉译英中，我们会经常把这两个词互译。这种翻译忽视了中西方文化的差异，从而造成了严重的文化误解。显而易见，这种翻译是有问题的。因此如何把汉字龙翻译成英语就成为一个很严肃的问题。从龙和dragon的差异、汉语和英语这两种语言特点的差异来确定龙的英译不失为一种好的方法.

Introduction

It is well-known that there are many differences between Chinese and Western culture. Nowadays cultural communication between different countries is very frequent, so accurate translation becomes in great need as occasions require. But great differences exist in different languages. People in every nation always understand other nations’ culture with their own views without considering whether they are right or wrong in origin, as is a very common phenomenon. Hence the misunderstandings between dif本论文由英语论文网www.51lunwen.org整理提供ferent nations come into being. It is more and more important that cultural understanding serves as the communicational way between different nations. And people also have begun to notice the misunderstandings caused by translations. Especially culture-loaded words, which stand for every nation’s culture and spirit, are translated carelessly. Then misunderstandings spread and expand. Taking Chinese word long for example, long is a traditional culture-loaded word. Long is always translated into English word dragon in many translations. But the English word dragon is a kind of bugbear, which can breathe out fire according to western legend. Because of the translation from long to dragon, great misunderstanding exists between Chinese people’s and western people’s minds.
 
Ⅰ.The Differences between Chinese Word Long and English Word Dragon

There are many differences between Chinese culture and western culture. Therefore, there are many differences between Chinese word long and English word dragon.

A. Long in China
In ancient china, there are many origins about long, such as lizard, crocodile and dinosaur and so on. Long is regarded as tot本论文由英语论文网www.51lunwen.org整理提供em in ancient times. Chinese people in ancient times admired long though it is just an imaginary animal in the legend. 
In China, long is attached to a plenty of commendatory cultural meanings. Since the ancient times, long has been regarded by Chinese people as the incarnation of their ancestor. Consequently they like to think themselves as the offspring of long. Hence long has been regarded as the symbol of China and Chinese people, and China is called dong fang ju long---a huge oriental country. In China, the traditional symbols of royalty are long and feng. The word long stands for the Chinese king or emperor and feng for the queen. Therefore man本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。