比喻的民族性对词语翻译的影响比喻的基础是词语在联想上的相似或相关

有关中美文化差异的外文文献翻译，中英文都要，好的再加分！！比喻的民族性对词语翻译的影响比喻的基础是词语在联想上的相似或相关，它好比一面镜子映照出一个民族的社会心态，因而比喻多采用形象描述、借用等方式使人产生大量联想的词汇。

由于各民族的历史发展不同，因而各自都有含特定比喻的人或者事物的词语来体现本民族的历史文化色彩，这就给比喻打上鲜明的民族烙印。

例如：英语中”to meet one’S Waterloo”(遭遇滑铁卢)是源于19世纪拿破仑在比利时小城滑铁卢惨败的历史事件，现常用它来比喻惨遭失败，而汉语中有一成语“败走麦城”是指古时三国的蜀国名将关羽被打败后退兵麦城的历史事件，现在也常用来比喻惨遭失败。

这两个词语分别来源于不同的历史事件，在表达“惨遭失败”这层意思上有异曲同工之妙，虽喻义相同但各自所具有的民族特色十分明显。

又如汉语成语“破釜沉舟”语出《史记》，用来比喻不留后路，下定决心干到底。

英语中的burn one’S boats，原指古罗马恺撒大军乘船渡过Rubicon河后把渡船全部烧毁，以此向士兵表明退路已断，只有拼死一战，这与汉语中的“破釜沉舟”可以说是如出一辙。

再如，在汉民族文化里，兔子是跑得快的象征，因此在古代汉语里有“静若处子，动若脱兔”的说法，但是在英语中兔子却是“胆小”的象征，于是就有了as timid as a hare(胆小如兔)，而汉语中则用“胆小如鼠”来比喻胆小鬼。

汉语中形容某人瘦，说“瘦得像猴子”，英文中却说asthin as a shadow(瘦得像影子)；汉语中形容某人穷，说“穷得像叫化子”，英文中却说as poor as a churchmouse(穷得像教堂里的耗子)；汉语中“挥金如土”、“水底捞月”，相应的英语却是to spend money likewater(花钱如水)和fishing in the air(空中钓鱼)。

以上例子说明，各民族语言表达方式的鲜明特色性，是其它语言文化不能替代的。

因此，在翻译过程中，我们应尊重各民族的文化词语的特点和个性，保留其语言存在和表现的形式。

6 地域文化的差异对词语翻译的影响众所周知，英国是一个岛国，海洋的作用在国家的发展史上举足轻重。

因此，英语中see，boat，water等和海洋和航海有关的词语往往被赋予特殊的感情和寓意。

下面这些词很能体现这一地域文化特点：to feel under the water感觉不适all at sea茫然不知所措to keep one’s head above water奋发图强to trim your sails见风使舵而汉民族在亚洲大陆生活繁衍，人们的生活离不开土地，松、竹、梅等植物被赋予特殊的感情和寓意，用以抒情托志、喻事述理，如“松鹤延年”、“胸有成竹”等。

不同的地域文化使得两种语言在一些表达方式上受到了影响。

比如汉语“挥金如土”表示铺张浪费，英语是spend money like water；汉语中常用“雨后春笋”形容新生事物大量涌现，相应的英语却是spring up like mushroom。

地域文化的差异除了使英汉两个民族对同一现象或事物采用了不同的语言表达形式，也表现在对方位及其相应物的感知取向不同上。

如在汉民族的方位观念中，东为尊(东方El出)，西为卑(西方El落)，南为尊，北为卑，人们常说：“南来北往”“从南到北”，而英语文化却恰除相反，英美人是从英语地域文化上来理解的，所以东南、东北、西南、西北之类的方位词分别是：southeast，northeast，southwest，northwest。

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