最新习语的文化内涵与翻译
习语的文化内涵与翻
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习语的文化内涵与翻译
赵万哲
(河南省南理工学院外语系, 473006)
摘要：本文探讨了习语的文化内涵及相应的翻译技巧。指出习语的翻译要处理好语言和文化的矛盾，在充分认识理解习语的形象，喻义，修辞的基础上，体现出民族特色，达到最佳文化交流的效果。
关键词：习语翻译文化内涵
习语,也称习惯用语 (the idiomatic phrases)，它是语言中经过长期使用而提炼出来的固定的词组，短语和短句。习语中蕴含着丰富的文化信息，包含不同语言的民族心理意识，文化形成过程，历史习俗传统，宗教文化以及地域风貌特性等一系列互变因素，即习语具有强烈的文化特征。因此，习语的翻译要同时处理语言和文化的矛盾，不仅要译出原语习语的形象，喻义，修辞，还要译出其民族特色和地域色彩，这样才能达到最佳程度的文化交流。
1．在翻译中使用归化法处理文化和语言的相通性
无论是在古代还是在现当代，不同国家民族的生活和思想观念都有相似之处。有时一种语言和另一种语言中类似的成语和词组在表达技巧和语言结构上几乎完全一致，反映了不同国家和民族的文化与语言之间的相通性。就英汉两种语言而言，表达方法不谋而合之处就很多，例如，“as light as a feather”轻如鸿毛，“an eye for an eye , a tooth for a tooth ”以眼还眼，以牙还牙，“to sit on pinsand needles”如坐
针毡，“burn one’s boats”破釜沉舟，“to kill two birds with one stone ”一石双鸟，“All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full ”百川归海而海不盈，等等，我们都可以用归化法，根据其字面意思找到在另一语言中相似或相近的对等习语，比如中文中的“雨后春笋”因英国不产笋，故可借用英语短语like mushroom ，“隔墙有耳”可译为 walls have ears ，“杀鸡取卵” kill the goose that lays the golden eggs ，“红运” good luck，“爱屋及乌”love me , love my dog ，“旁敲侧击 beating around the bush等。
2．在翻译中使用异化法处理习语内涵的文化差异性
语言反映文化，承载着丰厚的文化内涵，并受文化的制约，一旦语言进入交际，便存在对文化内涵的理解和表达问题。习语的涵义是指词语所蕴含的民族文化涵义，文化的渊源不同，该习语承载的文化涵义也有所不同，在特定的语境中将产生特殊的含义，因此这些习语的翻译实际上就是把原语的“形”和“神”在译语中原汁原味地体现出来，即传达原习语的真正文化意境，翻译中的异化法就是把一种文化及语言中的信息以近乎保持其本来面目的方式贡献给另一种文化及语言，不仅为后者带来了全新的成分，而且有利于两种异质文化和语言的相互交流和渗透，促进它们之间的融合。
(1) 民族心理差异的影响使习语翻译中的异化法成为必然。
不同的民族文化必然导致形成不同的民族心理，这种民族心理的差异给跨文化交际和语言翻译造成了极大的障碍，因此在翻译时要考虑文化背景，维妙维肖地传递真实的信息。如，
John canbe relied on。 He eats no fish and plays the game.
有人将此句译为“约翰为人可靠.他不吃鱼，还玩游戏”。从字面上看,译具与原文形式对应,词义贴切,但由于译者缺乏文化意识,仅译出句子的表层语义。原来在英国历史上新旧宗教派别之间斗争十分激烈，旧教规定在斋日止许吃鱼，以表示皈仪新教，忠于新教。所以“to eat no fish”译为“忠心耿耿”，“to play the game ”原是游戏比赛术语，表示按规则进行比赛，转义为“光明正大”，“为人正直”，因此正确译文为：
约翰为人可靠。他既忠诚又正直。（张培基）
又如，“paint the lily”画蛇添足，多此一举，在西方人的心目中“lily”（百合花）是“清白”与“贞洁”的象征，因此给百合花再粉饰抹彩当然看作是徒劳无益，多此一举。“a black sheep”害群之马，在西方牧羊人眼里，全身张着纯白羊毛的白羊能卖出好价钱，而毛色混杂特别是黑羊难卖好价，因而牧羊人不喜欢黑羊，由此a black sheep便引申为a disgrace to the famoly or community（对家庭或团体带来耻辱的成员），现常用来喻指“家庭中的不孝之子，集体中的败类。
（2）用异化法翻译带有异域感情的习语
文化的差异导致人们对同一种动植物赋予不同的情感和喻义。中国人把老虎看作是“百兽之王“，而英美人则把狮子看作是“百兽之王”。动植物比喻词语是一定文化背景下的产物，他有所反映的翻译语言依赖于对英汉文化的理解。在中国传统文化中，蝙蝠被认为是幸福的象征，因为“红蝠”喻“洪福”谐音，与其相关的词汇有“五福齐
天”洪福齐天“等，而在西方的传说中，蝙蝠是一种丑陋，邪恶的动物，含bat有的成语as blind as bat和as good as bat等，在翻译这两个词语时，既要了解蝙蝠所具有的贬义，还要知道蝙蝠喜欢在夜间空中飞翔，故这两个习语分别是“有眼无珠”，和“健步如飞”。” a feather in your cap”,此习语流行于美洲第安人中的一种风俗：每杀死一个敌人就在头饰或帽子上加插一根羽毛，以此来显示战绩与荣誉，因此我们把它译成：“值得荣耀的事，荣誉”，体现了原语的本来风貌。同样在汉译英中，我们也使用异化法突出文化差异带来的渗透性。比如说，”望子成龙“我们就不能简单的译成hope the son to become a dragon。在西方神话中龙是一种形似巨大的蜥蜴，长着翅膀，身上有鳞，拖着一条长长的蛇尾巴的凶残怪物，故在西方人的眼里，龙是凶恶的象征，因此该句应译为hope the son to become something，这样才能真实的传达其含义。
3. 在翻译中不可忽视传播异族文化，加强文化交流
不同文化的交流和趋同必然首先反映在语言的融合趋势上，通过译介新词术语术语，介绍和传播异族文化；通过这些新词术语的长期而广泛的流行与使用，逐渐融入本族语言的词汇中，从而成为本族主流文化的一部分。
从上个世纪末到现在的百余年里，中西文化交流更加频繁，通过语言翻译的渠道，大量西方文化的信息渗透到中国文化和汉语中，大大丰富了中华文化的内容和汉语的表现力，并且也直接影响了人们观念的更新和生活方式的改变，推动着社会文明的发展。人们所熟知
的有crocodile tears “鳄鱼的眼泪”，to meet one’s waterloo “遭遇滑铁炉”，watergate “水门事件”，Uncle Tom “逆来顺受的人”，white pollution “白色污染”，on-line shopping “网上购物”，fast food“快餐”，information superhighway“信息高速公路”，green food“绿色食品”，Vitamin 维他命”，card show“卡秀”as American as an apple “典型的美国货”等等。
从目前中西文化影响的力量对比来看，西方文化特别是英语文化对中华文化的影响明显大于中华文化对西方文化的影响，文化的影响力在相当程度上取决于物质文明的程度，但中华文化源远流长，具有极其旺盛的生命力，中华文化同样不可避免的对西方文化产生影响，反映中华民族文化的词语也不可避免的出现在英语词汇中，Chinese delicacy中华美食，Chinese chaofan中国炒饭，Taoism道教，to lose face丢脸，A small boat turns easily船小好掉头，Her beauty was such as to overthrow cities and ruin states.倾国倾城，Chinese kungfu中国功夫，kowtow叩头等已作为正式词汇而成为西方文化的组成部分。
中西文化处于不断的相互影响，渗透和趋同过程中，入世后中西文化之间的交流，渗透和趋同的广度和深度还会进一步扩展和延伸，而翻译作为跨文化交际的桥梁，是传播外来知识的重要渠道，尤其是习语的翻译更是蕴含着独特的民族内涵，因此有效地提高译文的质量，促进跨文化的交流任重而道远。
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英语作文常用谚语、俗语
英语作文常用谚语、俗语 1、A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。 2、A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解，自欺欺人。 3、All rivers run into sea. 海纳百川。 4、All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。 5、All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。 6、A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。 7、Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。 8、A faithful friend is hard to find. 知音难觅。 9、A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。 10、A friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友难，失朋友易。 11、A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。 12、A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始者善终。 13、A good book is a good friend. 好书如挚友。 14、A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。 15、A mother's love never changes. 母爱永恒。 16、An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一苹果，不用请医生。 17、A single flower does not make a spring. 一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。 18、A year's plan starts with spring. 一年之计在于春。 19、A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 20、Better late than never. 不怕慢，单怕站。 21、By reading we enrich the mind.读书使人充实， 22、Care and diligence bring luck. 谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。 23、Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. 自信是走向成功的第一步。 24、Custom is a second nature. 习惯是后天养成的。 25、Custom makes all things easy. 有个好习惯，事事皆不难。 26、Doing is better than saying. 与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。 27、Do nothing by halves. 凡事不可半途而废。 28、Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事，今日毕。 29、Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 不要自找麻烦。 30、Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 早睡早起身体好。 31、Easier said than done. 说得容易，做得难。 32、Easy come, easy go. 来也匆匆，去也匆匆。 33、Eat to live, but not live to eat. 人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。 34、Every man has his faults. 金无足赤，人无完人。 35、Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 自己的命运自己掌握。 36、Every minute counts. 分秒必争。 37、Each coin has two sides. 38、Fact speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。 39、Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。 40、God helps those who help themselves. 自助者天助。 41、Health is better than wealth. 健康胜过财富。 42、Honesty is the best policy. 做人诚信为本。 43、Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. 抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。 44、It is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。 45、Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量 46、Like mother, like daughter. 有其母必有其女。 47、No pain，no gain.（不劳无获。） 48、You never know till you have tried. 不尝试，不知晓。。 49、An idle youth, a needy age.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 50、Diligence is the mother of success.勤奋是成功之母。 51、Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 早睡早起，使人健康、富裕和聪颖。 52、Experience is the best teacher.经验是最好的教师。
中国谚语翻译总汇(已)
中国谚语翻译总汇 1．见机行事。Act according to circumstances. 2．兵不厌诈。All is fair in war. 3．留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。As long as the green hills last, there'll always be wood to burn. - 4．种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。As you sow, so shall you reap. 5．不问就听不到假话。Ask no questions and be told no lies. 6．情人眼里出西施。Beauty lies in lover's eye 7．血浓于水。Blood is thicker than water. 8．海内存知己，天涯若比邻。A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near 9．简洁是智慧的灵魂。Brevity is the soul of wit. 10．公事公办。Business is business. 11．车到山前必有路。The cart will find its way round the hill ，when it gets there. 12．巧妇难为无米之炊。he cleverest housewife cannot cook a meal without rice. 13．笨鸟先飞。Clumsy birds have to start flying early. 14．精诚所至，金石为开。Complete sincerity can affect even metal and stone. 15．置之死地而后生。Confront a person with the danger of death and he will fight to live. 16．滴水穿石。Constant dripping wears away the stone. 17．习惯成自然。Custom is a second nature. 18．以其人之道，还治其人之身。Deal with a man as he deals with you. 19．血债要用血来还。Debts of blood must be paid in blood. 20．隔行如隔山。Different trades are separated as by mountains. 21．一回生，二回熟。Different the first time, easy the second. 22．早动手，早收获。Early sow, early mow. 23．者千虑，必有一失。Even the wise are not free from error. 24．吃一堑，长一智。Every failure one meets with adds to one's experience. 25．国家兴亡，匹夫有责。Every man has a share of responsibility for the fate of his country. 26．每一个人都有美中不足的地方。Every man has the defects of his own virtues. 27．人各有所好。Every man to his taste 28．行行出状元。Every profession produces its own leading authority. 29．仁者见仁，智者见智。Everyone thinks in his way. 30．切莫错过良机。Everything has its time and that time must be watched. 31．凡事总有一个开头。Everything must have a beginning. 32．身教胜于言教。Example is better than precept. 33．经验是智慧之母Experience is the mother of wisdom. 34．经验是愚者之师。Experience is the teacher of fools. 35．乐极生悲。Extreme joy begets sorrow. 36．以眼还眼，以牙还牙。An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. 37．心有余而力不足（贪多嚼不烂）。The eye is bigger than the belly. 38．吃一堑，长一智。A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 39．人怕出名猪怕壮。Fame portends trouble for men just as fattening does for pigs. 40．少说为佳。Few words are best. 41．寡不敌众。A few are no match for the many. 42．水火无情。Fire and water have no mercy.
中国俗语的英文翻译)
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots 无中生有make/create something out of nothing 无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There\\\'s no smoke without fire. 徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends 新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean 虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind. 蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off 心想事成May all your wish come true 心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding 先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched. 先下手为强catch the ball before the bound 像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan 现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example 息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters 喜忧参半mingled hope and fear 循序渐进step by step 一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest 严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others 鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey 有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well." 有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks. 有识之士people of vision 有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain 有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination. 与时俱进advance with times 以人为本people oriented; people foremost 因材施教teach students according to their aptitude 欲穷千里目，更上一层楼"to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight."
英语成语、谚语大全
1.爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog. 2.百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing. 3.比上不足比下有余 worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst. 4.笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start. 5.不眠之夜 white night 6.不以物喜不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses 7.不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best 8.不打不成交 No discord, no concord. 9.拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul 10.辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new 11.大事化小小事化了 try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all 12.大开眼界 open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener 13.国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace 14.过犹不及 going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little 15.功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits. 16.好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more 17.好事不出门恶事传千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. 18.和气生财 Harmony brings wealth. 19.活到老学到老 One is never too old to learn. 20.既往不咎 let bygones be bygones
谚语、俗语英文翻译
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智Facts speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩 Money can’t buy time. 寸金难买寸光阴 Failure is the mother of success. 失败乃成功之母。 The visitor arrives, it is as if returning home.宾至如归。 A good beginning is half the battle.良好的开端成功的一半。To teach is to learn.教学相长。 Like father,like son.有其父，必有其子。 Pride goes before a fall.骄兵必败。 Fish in trouble water.混水摸鱼。 Business is business.公事公办。 The style is the man.文入其人。 More haste,less speed.欲速则不达。 Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。 Misfortunes never come alone. 祸不单行。 Hedges have eyes,walls have ears.隔篱有眼，隔墙有耳。Man proposes,God disposes.谋事在人，成事在天。Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.情人眼里出西施。Time and tide wait for no man.时不待我/岁月无情。 A young idlder,an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
(完整版)中国谚语之英文版
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