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1、Literature Review on the Translation of English Colour WordsLanguage is a kind of tool for people to communicate with each other and is also a very important part of the culture. Different languages are restricted by various national culture, reflecting their own cultural content. Colour is closely
2、related to our daily life with abundant culture connotation, which is a crucial object for language, culture and translation. “Colour word” indicates the word which is used to stand for a kind of colour. This definition is well known throughout the word, but “colour words do not necessarily mean the
3、 same thing as colourful terms. Colourful English may appear as idioms or in figurative expressions, while colour words are words which simply show different colours. Like the onomatopoeic word, a colour word has little merit in itself. Only when it suggests the image of the original, or fortifies t
4、he sense in the version, it has value in translation.”. (Xiao Junshi, P173, 1982) Obviously, as a part of words, colour terms are used in writing to transmit information. In physics, it stands for the colour reflected by objects. Color words are used frequently in the translation of English and Chin
5、ese. We use some basic words to convey the meaning of the color words. Because of the differences of customs, culture, history, geography, etc, the personality becomes obvious.Color is a objective phenomena, so peoples awareness on color has something in common. People from different culture have th
6、eir own way to communicate, to think and to behave. The words to express the colors are allocated different features and cultural connotation, which show great cultural differences.My thesis will focus on the practice of the translation of English color words. In order to promote the development of
7、the multi-cultural society and cross-cultural communication, it is significant to understand and grasp colour terms and their functions in the cultural transfer. This thesis, targeting at improving translation proficiency and promoting cross-cultural communication, makes a careful analysis of colour
8、 terms, including the definition, the history in English and Chinese, the translation difficulties and the translation techniques.The study on the translation of English color words has a long history. Many scholars have made deep research on the color words and generally form their own theories whi
9、ch have been accepted by the translation field. These research includes the research on the basic color words, color words and color concepts, the translation and the pragmatic meaning of color words, the social and cultural connotation of color words, etc. These books or articles have given very de
10、tailed explanation on the color words. It is also mentioned in many books about translation. However, from all these books, most scholars emphize on the way of translating them. Given to most of the books on the translation of English colour words, the scholars have found out some common ways to tra
11、nslate these words.The first is literal translation. We use this way when we can find the equivalent words in both the Chinese and the English. White house, 白宫, red figure, 赤字.The second way is transliteration. That means when you want to translate, you have to understand the usage and its cultural
12、connotation and know clearly the real meaning, symbolic meaning and deeper meaning. Meanwhile, you have to ignore the original meaning of the color words and translate the words according to the text.You look blue today. Whats wrong with you?你今天看起来闷闷不乐,你怎么了! (blue 在英语中有忧郁的,沮丧的意思)The third way is to
13、add or odd the words. To better translate the original text, sometimes we have to add or odd the color words to make the translation perfect.The smoke made him cough. He coughed harshly ,his face lit like a tomato.烟使他呛起来。他难受地咳着,脸胀得像番茄一样红The forth way is explanation.Different color words have their o
14、wn special meaning .Only if you explain them properly, can the reader truly grasp them. Everybody says she is the White Boned Demon an evil spirit who often took the guise of a charming woman in the novel Pilgrimage to the West.人人都说她是个白骨精.These are the four ways which we often use to translate the c
15、olor words. When we translate, we can use the ways accordingly to make the best translation. Through the forming of colour terms in China, colour terms originate from peoples daily lives. A lot of plants names are used as colour terms, especially after the improving of painting, dying and ceramics.
16、“Blue comes from a kind of plant called blue, and red comes from the plant called madder”. (Luo geng, P8, 2004) Many Chinese colour terms come from the name of plants or minerals. Although there is no theory about the forming of colour terms in Chinese history, it is possible to learn a lot of histo
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