海外英语(中旬刊)
海外英語(中旬刊)
해외영어(중순간)
OVERSEAS ENGLISH
2011年
7期
208-209
,共2页
culture%translation%idioms%translation strategies
The development or the spread of any kind of language depends on a certain cultural background.As a part of Chinese culture,idioms are full of Chinese custom,Chinese culture and Chinese thinking style of Chinese people.How do we translate them into English when we encounter such special Chinese expressions,which always appear in the Chinese daily life? It is hard to fix one or two strategies when we translate.During the process of translating Chinese idioms,we may adopt some main translation strategies such as literal translation,free translation,addition and borrowing.
