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1、【标题】四字格成语中数字的英译 【作者】唐 云 欢 【关键词】文化；修辞特点；四字格成语；数字；翻译 【指导老师】程琼 项谊 【专业】英语 【正文】I. IntroductionChinese idioms, being a special and inseparable part of a language which is the instrument and shell of thinking, are translatable in terms of contents.1 Chinese idioms are set phrases or sentences abstracted fr
2、om a language through a long period of usage and become the nucleus and cream of the language. By using them appropriately, we can express ourselves in a more vivid, terse and effective way. However, they are different from phrases, vulgarisms, and even different from slang and proverbs in English.
3、The Chinese idiom has its unique “four-character”, which makes language into a high degree of convergence and meaningfulness. As a digital, which is the crystallization of human wisdom, is a measure of the scale of social and scientific development, is also a communicative language.2 Therefore, the
4、numbers in the idioms can be said that is the most perfect combination and the most profound of Chinese language, beliefs and social experiences. The translation process of numbers, especially in the idioms can not be ignored. There are some ways to translate numbers in the Chinese four-character id
5、ioms, which depend on the numbers counting in four-character idioms and the English translation of Chinese four-character manners, which would be divided into four parts will be introduced, and conclusion at last.II. The Cultural Background of Four-Character Idioms with NumbersChinese idioms reflect
6、 the national features of the native speakers and are said to be the sinew of the language. Number as an important part of language is only right and proper. Numbers have accumulated and taken form from plentiful cultural information. Different nationalities with different culture have different fav
7、orite numbers, which have a stamp of national civilization. As we all know, comparing English prefer seven to thirteen with Chinese who more prefer one, six, eight and nine but dislike the number of four.A. The Background of Numbers in English CultureSeven is a very occult number and very popular wi
8、th westerns. There is a saying that, seven can bring “luck”, is stem from Bible. It is considered that God created the world with seven days (also called Seven Day is Creation). In addition, seven contains strong religion color. Edward? Varai had mentioned in Biblical Mathematics that, seven used ma
9、ny times in Revelation of Bible, such as, there are seven churches, seven souls, seven trumpets, seven new things and so forth. Religions and civilization in western countries, standardizing behaviors with seven makes a great sense of cultural language production. For instance, the Seven Deadly Sins
10、 that contains Pride, Wrath, Envy, Lust, Gluttony, Avarice and Sloth, meanwhile, the Seven Virtues, which includes Faith, Hope, Charity, Justice, Fortitude, Prudence and Temperance, are attractive in English culture. Most of English and Americans who are regarded seven as their lucky number, and mos
11、t of them even think that July 7, 2007 was the luckiest day of this century. An American wedding magazine named A Married Couple said that the couples get married on July 7, 2007 was 2.5 times as large as July 7 last year.Nevertheless, what is opposite of it, thirteen is a taboo for most countries w
12、hich consider thirteen is an unlucky number. Analysts showed that, the problem is not the number has any magic, but psychological of taboo do mischief in peoples mind. There is a saying about taboo of thirteen for westerns. In Bible, the biblical tree in the Garden of Eden whose forbidden fruit was
13、tasted by Adam and Eve on the thirteen day. Moreover, it is said that, while Jesus was murdered after he had a dinner with his disciples together. The thirteenth one who came to the dinner was Judas, one of Jesus disciples. Judas sold Jesus down the river to Judaism for thirty silvers that put Jesus
14、 was racked with pain. There were thirteen people attended the dinner when the day is on the thirtieth day of the month. Thirteen had brought much misery and misfortunes to Jesus. That is why people would do nothing on that day which like a hazardous day in China. B. The Background of Numbers in Chi
15、nese CultureEvery nationality is fond of its own number. In China, Chinese people quite love one, six, eight and nine as people who love seven in western countries.One besides zero is the first one of numbers. It has a meaning of beginning and head the list of successful candidates of everything. Su
16、ch as the idiom “一马当先” (of work or sports) takes the lead. Six is a special characteristic number, which is like a head of zero adding a protective umbrella makes people feel comfortable. For instance, “六六大顺” means everything goes smoothly；“六畜兴旺” has a means of the domestic animals are all thriving. Whats more Chinese nation has a traditional view of advocates “the sky(天)”, so in ancient times there were “six meridians(六经)”, “six classic arts(六艺)” 3 and so on. Eight which pronunciation
