颜色东西方差异中英文.docx

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颜色东西方差异中英文

颜色东西方差异（中英文）

颜色东西方差异（中英文）

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下划线斜字体不在ppt上展示！

Part1:

Beforewestartourpresentationtoday,firstlet'trysomeinteresting

translation.

“Youlookbluetoday.What'swrongwithyou?

”

"你今天看起来闷闷不乐，你怎么了"

Means“你今天看起来闷闷不乐，你怎么了”。

blue表面上是蓝色的意思，但这里却

作“忧郁的”解。

Thenlet'moveontoanothercase:

“Thesmokemadehimcough.Hecoughedharshly,hisfacelitlikea

tomato.”

“烟使他呛起来。

他难受地咳着，脸胀得像番茄一样红”

Whichmeans"烟使他呛起来。

他难受地咳着，脸胀得像番茄一样红”

如果按字面翻译的话，最后一句的意思应为“他的脸像番茄一样”，但是要使翻译达到信达雅的效果的话，应该译为“脸胀得像番茄一样红”。

在英文表达中这个颜色词”红”是用tomato这个实物指代的。

可见，颜色词在中英文中的含义用法有诸多的不同，而这正是我们今天presentation

的主题：

Part2:

TheCulturalDifferencesofColorWordsinChineseandEnglish（单独作一页

PPT,也可以在这里加上小组成员，分工等）

Fromthescientificdefinition,colorisavisualphenomenonlaunched,reflectedorcausedthroughcertainlightwavebytheobject;itisonekindofvisualessentialfeaturesofhumaneye.Whileonthebasiccolorwords,

thereisnotsomuchdiffereneeinEnglishandinChinese,inChinese,thereare赤（chi）、橙（cheng）、黄（huang）、绿（lv）、青（qing）、蓝（lan）、紫（zi）、黑、

白，andinEnglishtherearered,orange,yellow,green,cyan,blueandpurple,blackandwhite,colorwordsineachnation'sIanguageffdirfromone

antherintheworld.可见在对视觉上对颜色的描述，中英文是不存在什么差异的

Butnowthecolorwordsnotonlyexpressthecolor,butalsoimplytheculturalfactorsofeachcountry,differentculturescanreflectonecountry'shistory,aesthetictasteandnationalpsychology.Itisthebrightandcolorfulnaturewhichprovidestheplaceforlifeandthefoundationfordeveloping.Therefore,itisofgreatimportaneetostudycolorwordstofindouthowtheyreflectculturaldifferencesinboththeoriginalandtargetIanguageandwhytheycaninfluenceourdailylife.

然而在象征意义和文化含义上，中英文对颜色的理解就十分明显了，并且了解这种差异对于我们学习英语来说是非常有必要的

Inspecific.ThemaincolorsofEnglishandChinesearesameorsimilar，

butsomecolorwordsinoneIanguagecanrefertomoreonecolorinotherIanguage.SotheEnglishandChinesecolorwordsarenotalwayscorrespondingword.Takethecolorsofred,black,white,yellow,greenandblueforexamplesasshowedbelow.

RED

BothinChinaandEnglishspeakingcountries,redalwaysbeconnectedwithjoyousandcelebrateevents.Forexample,red-letterdays"inEnglish

meansmemorialday,oftenreferstoChristmasDay."topaintthetownred"

meansbinge,quaff,orevenmonkeybusiness（狂欢痛饮胡闹）“rolloutthe

redcarpetforsb."（铺展红地毯隆重地欢迎某人）_.

redalsousedtoexpresssomesortsofemotion.Forinstance,become

red-faced"orsb'faceturnedred"hasthesamemeaningwith脸红"in

Chinese.Andtoseered"alongwithwavearedflag"equalsto为难、发

怒"inChinese.

InChineseparticularly,theword“hong"representsluck,happiness,

success,celebrationandfestival.IntraditionalChineseweddings,notonlythedecorationsarefullofredcolor,includingredcandle,redquilts,redwords“喜"andsoon,butalsotheclothingofthebrideandgroom,aswellastheredveilofthebride（新娘的红盖头），thusbringingawedding

atmosphereandimplyingtheprosperousfutureofthenewlyweds.

Furthermore,theword"红火"representsexuberantandlively.Theword

"红利",describestheenterprisedivisionofprofitstoshareholdersor

bonusestostaff.Theword"红颜"referstoayoungandbeautifulwoman.

ButinEnglish,theword“red"representsdanger,violenceand

debauchery（放荡；沉湎酒色）withstrongderogatory（贬义的）meaning.When

talkingaboutthewordred,peoplealwaysimaginethefireandblood.Forinstance,“rficed"representsembarrassedorangry;“redalert"isa

warningthatsomethingverydangerousislikelytohappen;“theredrules

oftoothandclaws'（残杀和暴力统治）meanstyrannyoracruel,harsh,and

unfaircontroloverotherpeople.Withtheculturalexchange,theword

“red"inEnglishcomestohavesomecomplimentarysense,suchas“red

carpetusedtowelcomeveryimportantvisitorsasthespecialtreatment

whentheyarrive.However,inEnglish“reddifl”rehtitmeaningsin

economy,suchas“inthered”“getintothered”bothmeansomebodyis

indebt.So“red”isreallythewordmakingpeoplehappyatsometime,butupsetatothertime.

Black

NomatterinChinaorwesterncountries,asadarkercolor,ck"oftenhassomethingtodowithdirtiness,illegality,death,mourning,sadness,despair,angerandjustice.“Vicious"bad"arecommon

meaningsofblackinbothChineseandEnglish.

“黑"or“bla

InChina,“乌黑的手"iswhatwecalldirtyhands.

"黑市"impliesthelisted

“黑车"

commoditiestradingallowedwithoutgovernment'sapproval,meanstheillegaltaxiwithahighercharge.Inthefuneral,Chinesewilltieablackbandaroundonearmtoshowthesadfeeling.Ifpeoplegetangry,weseetheexpression"他黑着个脸".Sometimes"黑"symbolizesthejustice,

“包拯

becauseinancien