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The translation of idioms strategy

【 pick to 】 English and Chinese have a large number of idioms. Among them, the animal idioms is unique and expressive, and it contains a lot of cultural connotation. We do in translation, want to try to accurately convey the original meaning, trying to keep the charm of the original. The most common translation strategies such as literal translation, and set eqivalence translation can use. This thesis mainly discussed in english-chinese translation animal idioms of several basic strategy, and analyses the advantages and disadvantages of several strategy. A good translator should be chosen according to the concrete situation flexible appropriate translation strategies.

【 key words 】 translation strategy animal idioms translation factors

1 idioms and its significance 

1.1 the definition of idioms
HuZhuangLin said: "English idioms in the semantics and syntax is limited on the kind of a special word." LinChengZhang professor was defined as the English idioms: "English idioms is a fixed set of words or is single words, and even a sentence, has a special and not the structure from the meaning of that out." This paper, speak the animal idioms including idioms and proverbs, idioms and two-part allegorical sayings, and they are the British people created precious cultural wealth.
1.2 the meaning of the animal idioms
Because of its rich animal idioms of image, the unique functions and its expression force in the English language plays an important role, readers can in mind form a vivid specific image. Idioms "like a cat on the hot bricks" is a good example. According to this description readers can imagine the scene at the time, translation into Chinese is "was on pins and needles".
2 the main factors of translation
2.1 common obstacles
Since English idioms reflect its unique culture, the translator should try to keep the original flavor, https://www.51lunwen.org/translation/2012/0224/1126505209.html keep its rich cultural features and cultural connotation. But the translator often meet some obstacles, such as meaning or not is the semantic vacancy. Produce these obstacles in English are the main reasons why people the difference in many aspects, such as the economic, cultural, and geographic bad border, life custom, etc.
2.2 meaning correctly
Not meaning is to point to in Chinese and English, a word which has the same literally but its contain meaning is a little different or completely different. With "dog" as an example, in most of the English idioms in "dog" usually contains BaoYi, for instance, a lucky dog lucky dog, a top dog the winner, every dog has its day, all men are in. British people to love dogs and famous, they will even good friends name for GouMing name. However, in Chinese, the dog usually contains a derogatory sense, such as the following expression: they, dog, the dog's mouth emits no ivory.
2.3 semantic vacancy
In English, some animal image has a unique cultural significance, but Chinese but no corresponding extended meaning or image meaning. For example: in the bible and Greek myth of the animals, such as nightingal (the nightingale) that is detective mean; Swan (Swan) outstanding poet or singer.
Three basic translation strategy
The Chinese and British people a lot in common on translation is very helpful. Master some basic strategy of the translation animal idioms as literal translation, the author calls and set of translation, can better translation.
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