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1、TheCulturalDifferencesandTranslationofEnglishandChineseProverbsAbstract:EnglishandChineseproverbsareseasoningsofthelanguagewithpicturesqueimagesandculturalcharacteristics.Becauseofthedifferencesofnaturalgeographyenvironments,religiousbeliefs,habitsan
2、dcustoms,fablesandmyths,andculturesandarts,EnglishandChineseproverbsreflectthedistinctiveculturalfeaturesandinformation.ThispaperanalysestheculturaldifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseproverbsbasedoncontrastivelinguisticsanddiscussesthetranslationstra
3、tegiesofEnglishandChineseproverbsaccordingtonationalculturalcommonnessandindividualityfromtheorytopractice.Keywords:proverb;culturaldifference;translationstrategy1.IntroductionProverbsareshortsayingsoffolkwisdom—ofwell-knownfactsortruths—expressedsuc
4、cinctlyandinawaythatmakesthemeasytoremember.Thesefactsandtruthsoftenexpoundtheprofoundtruthsfromthesimplemattersindailylife.Theysumupdailyexperienceofpeopleandtellpeoplehowtoconductthemselvesinsociety.AsFrancisBaconlongagoobserved:“Thegenius,wit,ands
5、piritofanationarediscoveredinitsproverbs”.EnglishandChineseproverbsarewidelylovedandusedbypeopleandregardedasthecreamoftheEnglishandChineselanguagesandthegorgeoustreasuresofEnglishandChineseculturaltreasure-house.Theydeservetobecalledthenation’sspiri
6、tualvaluesandculturalheritage.But,withthedifferencesofgeography,history,religiousbeliefs,habitsandcustoms,EnglishandChineseproverbscarryondifferentnationalculturalfeaturesandinformation.Thereisanexample:“IsSusanbeautiful?”askedMrs.Taft.“Sheisanything
7、butbeautiful.”RepliedMr.Taft.“HowcouldoursillyJohnfallinlovewithsuchagirl?”Mrs.Taftwassurprised.“Whynot?‘Beautyliesinthelover’seyes’.Asthissayinggoes.”Mr.Taftansweredwithagentlesmile．Let’sseethetranslation:“蘇姍漂亮嗎?”塔夫脫太太問道。“一點(diǎn)也不漂亮。”塔夫脫先生答道。塔夫脫太太感到驚訝：“
8、我們的傻約翰怎么會去愛上這樣一個女孩子呢?”塔夫脫先生溫和地笑道：“有啥大驚小怪的？俗話說得好：情人眼里出西施?！盬henyoureadthetranslationoftheabovedialogue,whatisyourreactiontothesentence“情人眼里出西施”?Isitincorrespondencewiththeproverb“Beautyliesinlover’seyes?”“西施”wasabeautyinancientChina,andhowcoulditappear
