通过中西方谚语了解中西方文化.ppt

小组成员名单：陈思 谢秀杰 马婷 王艳玲 安玲 刘畅 张杭 邱炳峰 通过中西方谚语了解中西方 文化差异 To see the difference of Chinese And Western Culture through Brief Introduction of Chinese and Western Idioms Translation Ⅰ. Translation of Chinese idioms and English idioms in the angle of cross-culture. A brief introduction of Chinese idioms and English idioms The situation that cultural globalization has led to the convergence（融合） of the Chinese idioms and the English idioms. Ⅱ. Analysis about the culture differences which have affected the Chinese idioms’ translation. A Custom difference is a basic factor that could affect the translation. B .The difference of the historical background can affect the ways of Chinese idioms translation. C. Different living environment could change the ways of translation. D. Different spiritual life is a huge gap of the opinion exchange between these two culture backgrounds. A Brief Introduction of Chinese Idioms and English Idioms Speaking of the Chinese idioms and English idioms, people will usually think of the differences between them, especially on the aspect of translating education. For instance, when translating Chinese idioms “雨后春笋”and “挥金如土” into English, they become ″mushroom after the rain″ and ″spend money like water″. These two languages use different metaphor to explain the same meaning. This will easily drive people’s attention to cultural differences. This actually ignored the common point that these two idioms have. If we transform our thinking ways and reconsider them, we could see that both of these two idioms are using natural phenomena which are according to different environments. Same as “挥金如土” and ″spend money like water″, the translation is depend on the geography differences that England is an island country therefore China is an inland state. We could not deny that culture difference is an instinct obstacle of translation, as we focus on making a distinction between cultures, we some times should