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Theso-calledliteraltranslation,meansonthebasisofthestandardizationofthetranslation,onthepremiseofnotcausingwrongassociationormisunderstanding,keepthemetaphorofEnglishproverb,themethodsoftheimageandnationalincolor.Someoftheidiomsandproverbsarethesametotheformofexpressionandmeaning.Whentranslatethosekindofsentence,wecanusethesimilarChinesetotranslate.Notonlycanmakethereadereasytoacceptit,butalsoeasytounderstand.Forrecommendingtheseuniqueexpressionmethods,exoticflowersandrareherbsofforeigncountriestoChina,itonlytakestheliteraltranslationmethodtofinishthetask.ButsomeonemaintainthetranslationofEnglishtoChineseoftheidioms"
oftenmustfreetranslation"
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abandonbyforeignlanguageidiomimagesalreadyexistingandlastimageknowingverywellclanortakeadvantageofexplain"
andsayforexample:
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Amongtheblindtheone-eyedmanisking."
thisproverbisinconformitywithtranslation,"
Themonkeydominatesaking.Therearenotigersinthemountain"
however,iftakefreetranslationasthecore,certainlywilllose"
exoticatmosphere"
and"
gracefulbearing"
ofalotoforiginalproverbs.Theangleiscometoreadfromnowon,literaltranslationshouldtakeprecedenceoverfreetranslation.LikefollowingEnglishproverbsthatcomeoverwithliteraltranslation,andplaythefunctionofabundanceofChinese.
Bloodisthickerthanwater.(血浓于水。
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Knowledgeispower.(知识就是力量。
Hewholaughsbestlaughslast.(谁笑到最后,谁笑得最好。
AllroadsleadtoRome.(条条道路通罗马。
Theso-calledliteraltranslation,certainlymeansnottotranslatewordforwordaccordingtothewordingsignificances,or"
hardlytranslates"
or"
diestranslates"
irrevocably.Becausetherearedifferencesbetweenthetwolanguagesandtheproverbcharacteristics,whenweusetheliteraltranslation,someidiomsmusttransformthetypesofthesentence,thetransformationoftheorderofwordsorthelexicalcategory;
someidiomsmustaddorreducewords,aswellasrhymeandsoon.Suchas:
Findearthwheregrowsnoweed,andyoumayfindaheartwheremoerrorgrows.(地无不长野草,人无不犯错误。
)Earlytobedandearlytorisemakesamanhealthywealthyandwise.(睡得早,起得早,聪明、富裕、身体好。
Thetranslations,whichareusedliteraltranslation,basicallyretainedtheimageandtheanalogyoftheoriginaltexts,retainedtheuniqueexpressiontechniquesoftheoriginaltexts,forfeelingclearandunique,ithasachievedthegoalofrichtranslationlanguagewellthroughthetranslation.Therefore,whenwetranslateEnglishproverbs,weusuallyusetheliteraltranslationlaw.
2.Freetranslation
Literaltranslationisamainmethodofinterpreter'
sEnglishproverb,butnottheonlyone.IfitisverydifficulttobeunderstandthemeaningofsomeEnglishmetaphorproverbsspendorexpressionwaywithliteraltranslationbyChinesereaders,theresultisverybad,orbecausesomeanecdotesorlegendthattheproverbinvolvesunknownbyChinese,thenmustlastfootnoteornotetoexplainliteraltranslation,sothesituationshouldnotuseliteraltranslation,butthemethodoffreetranslation.3Theadvantageoffreetranslationliesinbeingsuccinctanddistinct,benefitthestyleofwriting,preventfromsomecasescausedbyliteraltranslationandmessily,taketotallyineffectivemeasures,evenhurtpurposeinword,causethedisadvantageofmisunderstandingetc.
Forexample,Don’tputyourfingerinthepie(不要多管闲事)IfwetranslatethissentenceintoChineseas“不要把你手指放进馅饼”,Chinesereaderswon’tunderstanditatall..Don’tputyourfingerinthepie,itreflectstheindividualismwalkphilosophywhichwaspursuedbyEnglishandAmericansociety,itwarmspeopledon'
tmeddleinmattersthatdon'
tconcernyou,andcareaboutone'
sownmattersisbestpolicy.AnditdifferentfromChinesewalksphilosophyandChinesepursuecollectivism.3.MechanicalapplicationofthesynonymousChineseproverbs
ThoughtherearewidelydifferencesbetweenthetwolanguagesofEnglishandChinese,yettherearemanycommunicatingproverbs,theyandallaccordwithinthecontentinform,i.e.modeofthinkingandresulttoacertainconcreteproblem,andconcreteexpressionform,oftenhavethetendencytohappentocoincidewith,andtheonethatplayedthesametuneondifferentmusicalinstrumentsiswonderful.Inthiscase,translatingtheChineseproverbthatmightaswellapplythesynonymmechanicallyinChineseofEnglishproverb.Suchas,
Strikewhiletheironishot.(趁热打铁。
Whenwineisintruthisout.(酒后吐真言。
Habitisasecondnature.(习惯成自然。
Practicemakesperfect.(熟能生巧。
Forgiveothersbutnotyourself.(责己严,则人宽。
Wallshaveears.(隔墙有耳。
Englishproverbsaremultitudinous,thereisonlyoccupyasmallparteventuallywhichcorrespondswithChineseproverbs,whentranslation,weshouldnotchasecorrespondingviewsofthestriptoseektwolanguages,thatisnotonlyafutileeffort,moreovercanappearfarfetched,nondescript.Whentherearenotonlythesamesignificancesandhidesrighteousnessinthetwolanguages,moreoversameorthemoreorlessthesameimageandtheanalogy,orthesamewaysofexpressionreasons,EnglishproverbtoChinesetranslationcanadoptapplymechanicallythesynonymyChineseproverb.
4.Literaltranslationandfreetranslation
Sometimesinordertoexpresstheoriginalmeaningmoreprecise,moreeffectively,remedyitinsomecases,theweaknessnotveryobviousyetofmeaningafterliteraltranslation,wecanadopttheliteraltranslationandfreetranslationmethodtotranslateEnglishproverbs.Afterliteraltranslation,translatemeaningout,itisinthehopeofachievingtheresultofthecrucialtouch.Suchas,
Everybirdlikesitsownnest.(鸟爱自己的巢,人爱自己的家。
Letsleepingdogslie.(睡狗莫愁,麻烦莫招。
Insummary,thetranslationofEnglishproverbsmustmanifestitsbrightnationalcharacteristic,theprofoundthoughtandexcellentartisticthesethreemajorcharacteristics,moreoverpayattentiontoitsculturalconnotation,therefore,intranslation,wemustdeliberaterepeatedly,thewordsmustbeconcise,thesentencesmustbesuccinct,andpayattentiontothesound,forachievingtoreadsmoothly,byadvantageousforthememory.SotranslatingEnglishproverbswellcanhaveaverybighelptoenhanceourEnglishaccomplishmentandtheexpressionabilitywithoutdoubt.
B.Pointsoftranslation
1.Theliteraltranslationofproverbsprohibited.
Generallyspeaking,theproverbtobesupposedconciseandtobeeasytounderstand,thiscausesusmakinganinterpretliterallymistakeeasilywhenwetranslateproverbs.Infactproverbisrichofcontent,theconstitutioniscomplex,hasprofoundimplications,andoftendeliberatescarefully.Suchas,
“Finefeathersmakefinebirds.”Itisalwaysunderstoodas“Buddhawantsthegoldplating,thehumanwantstheclothing.”Butitsdeeplymeaningis“Itissaidofanoverdressedpersonwhodoesnotreallyuptohisorherclothes.”
Anotherexample,“Honeyisnotfortheass’smouth.”Indictionary,theproverbmeansfor“Tigerisn’tsuitableforchoicefood”,butitsmeaningitselfis“Persuasionwillnotpersuadefools.\Thegentlewordswillnotdiverttheangeroftheunreasonable.”
Somuchformistakesoftheseexamplesabove,arecausedbyinterpretationliterally.
2.Thetranslationofproverbstokeeptheoriginaltextstyle
Weshouldpayattentiontothetranslationofsameidioms,butthatdon’thaveanychange.Whereasaccordingtothetext,andhaveasuitabletreat.suchas”谋事在人,成事在天”alwaystranslatedinto:
”Manproposes,Goddisposes.”butinsomesentence,itcan’tchange.
Forexample:
rackone’sbraincudgelone’sbrain.indifferentChinese.uponthetext.itcantranslatedinto:
绞尽脑汁,挖空心思,苦思冥想,费劲心机,煞费苦心,搜索枯肠,殚思极虑andsoon.
方案一公布,大家就七嘴八舌的议论开了.Publicationofthedraftplantouchedoffalivelydiscussionwitheverybodyeagertoputinaword..Inthelastsentence,itcan’taddto“withsevenmouthsandtongues”.theforeignercouldn’tunderstand.
It’snotmeaningthatallproverbscanbetranslatedclearly,sometimes,fewoldproverbsfromtheBibleoroldfamouswritescanbetranslatedliterally,theywillmatchtheappearanceoforiginaltexts.Forexample,“Asoftanswerturnedawaywrath.”isfromtheBible,wecantranslateitas“不妨可以释怒”.“Tooswiftarrivesastardyastooslow.”isfromRomeoandJulietofShakespeare,wecantranslateitas“欲速则不达”.
3.Thetranslationofproverbstonoticethenational
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