英语毕业论文Reflections on the Impossibility of Translation of Chinese Character Riddles.docVIP

Reflections on the Impossibility of Translation of Chinese Character Riddles Acknowledgements I would like to express my sincere thanks to all the people helping me in finishing this thesis. Firstly, I would like to thank my supervisor, Ms. Ge Liping, who gives me the most patient and instructive help. Before writing this thesis, I often talked with her about the puzzle in organizing the structure and every time I could receive her patient guidance. During the process of writing, she gave me a lot of information in how to express my ideas more concisely and clearly. When it came to amending it, she provided me much advice in correcting the thesis including grammar, structure and thought, etc. Her selfless guidance affects me greatly and encourages me to do better. Secondly, I would like to thank my classmates. When talking about our own problems in writing the thesis, we could always learn a lot from each other. These discussions can supply me unexpected inspiration. Thirdly, I would like to thank my parents, not only because they always told me to be careful about this thesis and to try my best to finish it perfectly, but also because their profound make me more clear about myself, and drives me to become mature. Finally, thanks again to all the above people. Abstract Both Chinese and English have a history of thousands of years. As they belong to two different languages, in the long evolution process, the Chinese and English have formed their own rules and characteristics of the inherent in the aspects of pronunciation rules of word structure, making sentences, and the form of rhetoric. And the differences between the two languages created the differences between cultures, which caused the impossibility of translation for us. In our country, there is a long history of character riddles, which is widely spread and of various kinds. Chinese character riddles is not only a language game, but also a specific language and culture phenomenon of Chinese nation. T