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1、AContrastiveStudybetweenEnglishandChineseColorwords【Abstract】AlthoughtherearenotalargeamountofcolorwordsbothinEnglishandChineselanguage,colorwordsaretightlyboundintocultureandemotionsandhavestrongculturalconnotations.Asaresult,therearebothsimilaritiesanddifferenc
2、esintheusageandtranslationofcolorwordsbetweenEnglishandChinese.ThisessaygivesusacontrastivestudybetweenEnglishandChinesecolorwords.【KeyWords】ColorwordsCultureEnglishChineseTranslation【Content】Asweallknow,oneofthemostimportantpartsofacountry’scultureisitslanguage,
3、andoneofthemostactiveelementsofacountry’slanguageiswords.Wordsreflectthechangesinsociallifeandsocialtheoryinasensitiveway.Theirexistence,changesanddevelopmentincludeplentifulandcomplicatedinformation,suchasgeographicenvironment,history,politics,economics,customsa
4、ndreligionandsoon.ThemainlyclassificationofcolorwordsinEnglishandChinesearealmostthesame.InChinese,wehave“chi,cheng,huang,lv,qing,lan,zi”.AndinEnglish,thereare“red,white,black,green,yellow,blue,purple,grey,brown”.Thesewordshavebothsimilaritiesanddifferences7accor
5、dingtodifferentculturalbackgrounds.HereisthecomparisonofsixbasiccolorwordsinthetranslationofEnglishandChinese.Redisthe“universalcolor”.Wecanfindredineverycultureandeverylanguage.Itisthecolorofbloodandfire.InEnglishandChinese,sometimesredmeansthesame.Forexample,“h
6、ongqi”inChinesecanbetranslatedinto“redflag”,“hongchang”“theRedSquare”.Whiletherearealsodifferences.InChineseredisusedonhappydaysandatalloflife’sfestivals.WhenSpringFestivalcomes,peoplealwaysdecoratetheirdoorwayswithredcouplets.Theredcoupletsareon“redpaperandbeara
7、uspiciouspraysforthecomingyear.Theysymbolizelimitlessblessing.Alsothereareredlanterns,redpapercutsandredfirecrackersandcandles.Redalsorepresentsmanyemotionswithitsdeepconnectionswithlife.Whenwesay“somebodyturnsred”,wedonotmeanthattheirbodyhasbecomered.Weindicatet
8、hatheorsheisembarrassedorflustered.InChinesewehavetheterm“hongguangmanmian”.Herethecolorredmeanssomebodyisfullofvigorandenergy,whilewecannevertranslatetheterm“
