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习语的翻译--Part I 课文学习--第九页
（ Translation of Idioms ） |
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| (4) Some idioms existing both in SL ＆ TL with different literal indications or collocations ， but they are sharing the same sense ， thus they can be translated with each other ． In English ， people always warn others by saying ：“ Beware of Greeks bearing gifts ”． This expression actually comes from Virgil's Aeneid (first Century B.C.) ，“ I fear the Greeks ， even when bringing gifts ，” a warning given to the Trojans when a large wooden horse(filled with Greek soldiers)was delivered to the gates of their city ． It connotes that it is wise to be suspicious of offers or friendly gestures made by enemies or opponents ． And this understanding will remind Chinese people of one popular warning ：“黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安好心”， which conveys the same sentiments as the English one ， therefore they can be the best translation for the each other ． Please compare the following expressions of same sentiment in both English and Chinese: · Nothing is impossible to a willing mind 世上无难事，只怕有心人。 · He who keeps company with the wolf will 1earn to howl ． 近朱者赤，近墨者黑 · With time and patience the leaf of the mulberry becomes satin ． 只要工夫深，铁杵磨成针。 · A hundred years cannot repair a moment's loss of honor 一失足成千古恨。 · Beauty i s in the eyes of the beholder ． 情人眼里出西施。 · A bread — and — butter day ． 很平常的一天。 · The more one tries to hide ， the more one is expected 欲盖弥彰。 · Two of a trade never agree 同行是冤家。 · Two heads are better than one ． 三个臭皮匠 , 顶个诸葛亮。 · Man proposes ， god disposes 谋事在人，成事在天。 From the above analysis of the idiom translation between English and Chinese especially the great impact of the different cultural backgrounds on its idioms and translations ， we can make the following conclusion ： Word ／ literal reference can ' t be used to take the place of its cultural sense ． but cultural sense comes from words of reference ， and the word reference has changed when word appears in a context or in a passage of another language ．。 Thus it is necessary and meaningful for the translators to get acquainted with the cultural backgrounds and its connotation ， especially the attending cultural senses of words or expressions of SL and those of TL ． As Wang Zuo1iang ， a famous Chinese scholar of translation theory and practice ， once said ，“ The difference between two different cultures are the greatest difficulty in translation ， what he(the translator)handles are individual words or expressions and what he faces are two great cultures.” Language and culture are interwoven and they are closely linked ， too ． The intercultural communication means nothing if the translator does not understand or takes no notice of cultural backgrounds and the conversion of cultural senses ． |
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