Idiom, as a linguistic phenomenon, can be regarded as the most special part of language, and they are heavily cultureloaded. Because of those culture differences, idioms become one of the greatest barriers for cross-culture communication
Two tendencies often occur in the process of translation. One is going after smooth reading and beautiful language at the expense of the true meaning of the original, the other is rigidly sticking to the original words, and the translation turns out to be obscure [ əb'skjuə ] 难解的,含糊的and hard to understand
I. Denotative Meaning & Associative Meaning 1. Denotative meaning: (also known as conceptual meaning) is the meaning given in the dictionary and forms the core of the word meaning. It forms the basis for communication as the same word has the same denotative meaning to all the speakers of the same language
A Contrastive Study of Differences in Thought Patterns Between English and Chinese From the angle of translatology, translation includes thought level, semantic level and aesthetic level. But thought level is the basis and precondition upon which the other levels are built. So in this chapter we shall trace back cultural backgrounds contributing to differences in thought patterns between English and Chinese
Chapter 1 An Introduction to Chinese-English Translation Ⅰ. Three peaks of translation in history 1. The Translation of Buddhist Classics: the First Peak 2. The translation of books on science and technology: the second peak （科技翻译：中国的士大夫和传教士联手将欧洲的宗教、哲 学、科技和文学等“西学”介绍到中国来。） 3.The Translation of Western Classics: the Third Peak （鸦片战争后至“五四”前的西方政治思想和文学翻译）
Ⅴ.Tentative syllabus Chapter 1 An Introduction to Chinese-English Translation Chapter 2 Culture, Language and Translation Chapter 3 A Contrastive Study of Differences in Thought Patterns Between English and Chinese Chapter 4 A Contrastive Study between English and Chinese Chapter 5 Lexical Translation Chapter 6 Chinglish (or False Friend) in Chinese-English Translation Chapter 7 Ways to Translate Idioms Chapter 8 Sentence Translation Chapter 9 Paragraph Translation Chapter 10 Non-Literary Translation Chapter 11 Literary Translation
