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关键词:The Cultural DifferencesEnglish-Chinese Translation文化差异翻译策略英汉翻译
摘要:This thesis focuses on the cultural differences a translator may encounter in translation, traces each of the two cultures back to its history and other fields to analyze the causes and background, and explores some strategies.
All roads lead to Rome 条条大道通罗马
to offer fuel in snowy weather 雪中送炭
Chinese proverbs without commonly known equivalents in English are too numerous to be listed here. For the problems of rendering Chinese proverbs and sayings into English, the best method is to give a literal translation—without due attention to tone and style, then add a tag phrase or comment that brings out the wit or humor. The tag phrase is often most effective if there is one ready made in English. For example:
盲人骑瞎马:A blind man on a blind horse — rushing headlong to disaster.
一日被蛇咬,十年怕草绳: Once bitten,twice shy— When you have bad experience, you dont want to have the same experience again.
In both examples, the first part is a literal translation, which could mean several things to Englishmen. The second part is the one that supplies the “punch line”, the moral of the saying. By using literal translation, readers can understand its implied meaning, not only keeping the original image, but achieving the interesting flavor.
4.2 The Method of Free Translation
As a matter fact, a great deal of idioms in the source language cannot retain its original implication in the target language because of cultural factors. For example, it is well known “梁山伯与祝英台” in China. If it is translated word for word, the English readers must be puzzled and confused. Yet they will surely be enlightened if it is translated as “Chinese Romeo and Juliet”. In a word, translators have to take the cultural differences into consideration and try to employ some familiar images and concepts, which convey the pragmatic purposes and the implicit meaning, to replace the original images. Just as Professor He Ziran that quoted an typical example and that is “When in Rome,do as the Romans do”. If the idiom is translated literally, some Chinese readers wonder why it is Rome rather than other place. In fact, it has the implication as “observe the customs of the place” and it can be translated as “到什么山,唱什么歌”,which is more understandable and vivid. Yet which is the better one of the two versions should depend on the context and style.
We all know that the word “dragon” differs completely from Chinese to English. Thus the idiom“望子成龙”is better translated into “to expect ones son to become an outstanding personage” rather than keeping the original image and concept. Similarly, the English apply the idiom “a cat on hot bricks” to describe the state of being painful and desperate, which is entirely identical to the Chinese proverb “热锅上的蚂蚁”. It is distinct that the original image is transferred and it is easier to understand for the target readers.
For some other examples:
(1) Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.
译文:山中无老虎,猴子称霸王。
The “one-eyed man” in the source language is replaced with “猴子”in the target language, which is more understandable and reasonable than the literal translation “盲人之中单眼汉为王”for the general readers.
(2)When Joan graduated from high school, she looked at the world through rose-colored glasses.
译文:琼中学毕业的时候,她把一切事情看得太简单、太容易了。
If it is translated into “玫瑰色的眼镜”, which is likely to get the readers confused and think that “带有色眼镜”。
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