Translation of Idioms from the Perspective of Culture
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DOI: 10.25236/iwass.2018.035
Corresponding Author
Haihu Zhao
Abstract
This paper starts the analysis from the culture perspective, analyzing the close relation between idioms and culture, and offers the phenomenon of “culture default”. According to the relation between idioms and culture default, and the features of idioms, the paper proposes three methods for the translation of idioms---semantic translation, equivalent translation and communicative translation.
Keywords
Idioms, Idioms and Culture, Idiom Translation