Cultural Translation of Idioms in Textbook Advanced English from the Perspective of Grammar

Journal: Journal of Higher Education Research DOI: 10.32629/jher.v2i3.323

Xiaoyan Zheng

Kunming Railway Vocational and Technical College

Abstract

For foreign language learners, there is a dead corner for them. Now that idioms may lead to a serious misunderstanding, for they overload much information and background culture. Therefore, English idioms need specify the right meanings of Chinese ones, which is essential for the second language learners to get a better understanding of the writer’s intention. This thesis adopts literature review and comparison analysis, and tends to explore the relationship between English idioms translation and Chinese ones in Advanced English complied by Zhang Hanxi, in order to find a better way of relatively appropriate rending, in addition, to provide some suggestions for English language teachers in the teaching.

Keywords

equivalence translation, idioms, culture, cognition

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