There are lots of idioms concerning animals.These animal idioms have very different culture connotations according to the different features of different kinds of animals.This essay,by consulting the predecessors'...There are lots of idioms concerning animals.These animal idioms have very different culture connotations according to the different features of different kinds of animals.This essay,by consulting the predecessors' achievements and comparing the similarities and differences of cultural connotations of animal images in Chinese and English idioms,approached to deal with translation principles and methods applied to the translation of animal idioms.展开更多
Idiom,the cream of the language,is a fixed group of words or a single word,or even a sentence with a special mean ing that cannot be guessed from the literal meaning of its components.In the long history,animals and h...Idiom,the cream of the language,is a fixed group of words or a single word,or even a sentence with a special mean ing that cannot be guessed from the literal meaning of its components.In the long history,animals and human beings coexist on the earth,interact on each other and depend on each other.While animals are closely linked to the life of human beings in the whole history,gradually,people are inclined to associate some animals with certain qualities or characteristics with human beings also with the same features,then,a number of animal idioms get into human's language.In this thesis,the author will accomplish the purpose by finding out the duality of human evolution,more animal idioms and analyze the reasons for the different figura tive images such as living environment,religions and customs.展开更多
Animals are widely used in English and Chinese expressions as metaphorical figures to convey metaphorical mean ings. The same metaphorical figures may show different metaphorical meanings whereas the same metaphorical...Animals are widely used in English and Chinese expressions as metaphorical figures to convey metaphorical mean ings. The same metaphorical figures may show different metaphorical meanings whereas the same metaphorical meanings coul involve different metaphorical figures in both languages. By the comparison of metaphors and the meanings in English and Ch nese, this study aims at the demonstration of cultural differences conveyed in culture, custom, geography and aesthetic concep tion of diversified nations.展开更多
文摘There are lots of idioms concerning animals.These animal idioms have very different culture connotations according to the different features of different kinds of animals.This essay,by consulting the predecessors' achievements and comparing the similarities and differences of cultural connotations of animal images in Chinese and English idioms,approached to deal with translation principles and methods applied to the translation of animal idioms.
文摘Idiom,the cream of the language,is a fixed group of words or a single word,or even a sentence with a special mean ing that cannot be guessed from the literal meaning of its components.In the long history,animals and human beings coexist on the earth,interact on each other and depend on each other.While animals are closely linked to the life of human beings in the whole history,gradually,people are inclined to associate some animals with certain qualities or characteristics with human beings also with the same features,then,a number of animal idioms get into human's language.In this thesis,the author will accomplish the purpose by finding out the duality of human evolution,more animal idioms and analyze the reasons for the different figura tive images such as living environment,religions and customs.
文摘Animals are widely used in English and Chinese expressions as metaphorical figures to convey metaphorical mean ings. The same metaphorical figures may show different metaphorical meanings whereas the same metaphorical meanings coul involve different metaphorical figures in both languages. By the comparison of metaphors and the meanings in English and Ch nese, this study aims at the demonstration of cultural differences conveyed in culture, custom, geography and aesthetic concep tion of diversified nations.
