The Comprehension and Representation in the Translation of English Idioms

IntroductionAs we all know,nonnative speakers of English can reach apoint in their knowledge of the language speech;however,theyare liable to find themselves in hot water when confronted withidiomatic expressions.When hearing a idiom or colloquialismthey may feel frustrated and confused,since“the true meaningof the idioms generally cannot be determined by a knowledge ofits component parts.”(Colls,1975,p1)in many cases anattempt on the part of us,Chinese,to tie down a definition of anidiom t…     

Linguistic Features of English Advertisement

Along with the rapid development of global economy, numerous colorful and fantastic English advertisements appear in current markets. Through careful analysis we can find that English advertisements have formed their own linguistic features. The designers usually employ the special lexis, syntax and rhetorical devices to make their advertisement a concise, lively and appealing one. This paper analyzes the linguistic features of English advertisement, from which it gets some inspirations for C-E advertisement translation (translation of Chinese advertisement into English).     

Cultivation of EFL Learners’Intercultural Competence

Nowadays, educators from home and abroad believe that learning a foreign language means learning a great deal of the foreign civilization and culture. And the utmost goal of language teaching is to cultivate EFL learners’communicative competence, but not merely the linguistic knowledge. Thus, teaching a foreign language is more than teaching new words, expressions and grammar rules, but should also incorporate the target culture elements into language knowledge. In order to improve EFL learners’English proficiency, teachers must make efforts to cultivate EFL learners’intercultural competence and promote their sensibility and adaptability to the differences between Chinese culture and the Western culture. Only by doing so, can EFL learners communicate with native speakers appropriately and smoothly. This paper proposes some effective teaching techniques and methods that can be applied in English classroom to cultivate Chinese EFL learners’intercultural competence.     

Cultural Connotation of Plant Words in English and Chinese

Cultural connotation and denotative meaning of plant terms in English and Chinese are of great signification in research.It is advisable to do the research from the following four aspects:a.plant terms with similar cultural connotation in English and Chinese;b.plant terms with different cultural connotation in English and Chinese;c.gaps of lexical plant terms in English and Chinese;d.peculiarity of plant terms in English and Chinese.It can be see clearly through the contrast and analysis of plant terms in these two languages that plant terms in any language are not only the symbol of that plant.Cultural differences have left a deep cultural marking on plant terms,making these words very rich in cultural connotation.So we should make great effort in understanding their cultural connotation in order to have a good command of these words.     

The asymmetric phenomena in Chinese and English——in the Chinese and English version Journey to the West

During the reading of Journey to the West by Wu Cheng′en (English version) translated by W.J.F.jenner,The author noticed that Jenner translated some Chinese words such as"泼猴","贤兄""贤兄"ect.flexibly as well as marvelously and appropriately according to different context,which in fact is loyal to the original language,at the same time corresponds to characteristics of English language.The Asymmetric Phenomena of forms and meanings in Chinese and English will have some implication for second language learning,but what? Preliminarily exploration was done in this paper.     

A Brief Survey Study of English Grammar Teaching Issues and Strategies at Medical College

In this paper the author wants to do two things. Firstly,the author wants to look back at the grammar teaching issues that in her English class——teaching and the reason why the students always do not study the English grammar well. Secondly,this project makes a survey of,the different strategies of English grammar teaching to solve the different issues which the students face in their English learning and in the English teachers’ teaching at Medical College.     

Communication Styles and Business English Teaching

Nowadays,more and more people in the business community realize an urgent need to use English to cope with increasing economic globalization.Some people claim that they cannot communicate well because they do not learn English vocabulary and grammar well.However,we should understand that linguistic capability and communicative competency are two different things.Communicative competency is in fact largely affected by the culture that a language represents.This paper will focus on differences between the ways in which Chinese English speakers and native English speakers communicate in business situations,and furthermore,analyze their cultural roots.The purpose of this paper is to make people be more aware of the difficulties or problems that may occur when using English in business activities,and therefore,improve the ability to reduce or avoid misunderstandings,embarrassment and even conflicts in cross-cultural communication.     

Six Tentative Approaches to Culture Acquisition in English Learning in China

EFL teachers in China have come to realize that EFL teaching does not stop at the students’ linguistic competence, but should go on to develop their communicative competence. To achieve this,it is essential for both teachers and students to be conscious of the sociolinguistic functions of languages and take measures to increase their cultural awareness. Therefore, this article suggests some tentative approaches to culture acquisition in English learning,in the hope of increasing efficiency of English learning for the Chinese students.     

Singlish,A Handicap or A Facilitator

Singapore is a multi-cultural and multi-lingual society with four different major languages （Chinese,English,Malay and Tamil）. Each language or dialect exerts its influence on the way English is spoken. It is too difficult to maintain the purity of English. English spoken in Singapore would branch into various types of Englishes and produce less universal forms,and people would inevitably encounter a lack of communication in English,which has been becoming more and more international.Different groups of English users and their reaction to various forms of Englishes determine the range of Englishes and produce a norm preventing varieties of English which are incomprehensible to others.     

Questioning Strategies in English Class

Questions for students in English course bring with the fresh knowledge and development of thinking.Questions are what the students can learn from.Generally,it seems that teachers spend about 30percent of their time asking questions.     

The Application of English New spaper Reading in English Learning and Its Problems

Reading is the basic way for learners to study English,to obtain various information as well as knowledge,and to improve the proficiency of understanding and expressing.English newspaper reading,owing to its own characteristics,will make up for the shortcomings of conventional textbooks at quite a high level.The primary goal of this research is to investigate the general situation of English newspaper reading among college students,their attitudes toward the teaching of English newspaper reading and their problems in reading newspapers by conducting a questionnaire among non-English majors.Finally,it suggests a reasonable method of English newspaper learning based on the problems this questionnaire indicates.     

On Stylistic Characteristics of English News

English news serves as a way to widen one's knowledge of international community and plays a significant part in our daily life.It distinguishes itself from other styles of writing by its special stylistic characteristics in its headline and its body on the grammar level,on the lexical level and on the rhetorical level.Mastering them can be beneficial to our comprehension of English news and further study,hence helps us obtain news information more quickly and makes us keep pace with the constant change of the new time.     

Patterns of Thematic Progression

This paper discusses about how to use the theory of thematic progression in translation. Some linguists have talked about thematic progression in their works, but most of them are related to stylistics. This paper will pay much attention to the relationship between the patterns of thematic progression and the translation between English and Chinese, and how to use thematic progression in understanding and translating between English and Chinese.     

Justification of Chinese Shi as a Copula ＆ English Copular Sentences under Cross Linguistic Influence

Second language acquisition is a broad topic.Therefore,I narrow it into those of cross linguistic influence.I choose copular usage for my focus of study because both Mandarin Chinese and English share this grammatical morpheme.To what extent do Copulas behave similarly between languages？ This facilitates positive transfer of the first language（L1） features into the second language（L2） as Eric Kellerman（1986） observed that learners have intuitions about which language features they can transfer from their first language to the target language and which are less likely to be transferable.He further proposed that learners have a sense of what features in their L1 are in some way basic.They are more prepared to risk transferring such features than they are those they perceive to be unique to their own language.The copula is a very basic grammatical morpheme as it carries most conjugated forms.Therefore,in this dissertation,I am going to examine how Chinese Shi functions as an English copula and how it influences copular sentences in English writing.     

Taboos in English——Speaking Countries

Taboos more or less exist in every matter of life, and set up a neither too big, nor too small barrier for the communicative activities , especially for intercultural communication. The paper gives an elementary introduction to the taboos in English —speaking countries, in order to help Chinese people break through the cultural barrier, clear up misunderstanding, acquire a better understanding with each other, and communicate without a hitch. The author examines these taboos from various angles as follow: i...     

Culture misunderstood——the language barrier in cross culture——From the aspect of differences on word cultural connotation

From the relationship between culture and language,we know language is a carrier of culture;each nation has its own distinctive culture.Through comparing cultural connotation between Chinese characters and English words,we know it is more important for us to master the cultural connotation of words than just knowing their spelling and pronouncing.Only under this condition,we can use English properly and freely.     

Brief Study on the Translation of Chinese Vulgarism Language into English

Vulgarism language, also named four-letter words.in English, is words or phrases of roughness and pushiness used in people＇s daily life. Though crude and ungrateful, it is an indispensable part of any language. It is a common way for people to express their emotions with such words. Any language in the world has vulgarism language and Chinese has no exception. Chinese vulgarism language not only exists in daily life, but in literary works as well. In English and Chinese their expressions of vulgarism language differ because of the different categories. In this article, the author Would like to come up with a preliminary study on the translation of Chinese vulgarism language into English.     

On loan words between English and Chinese——Discussion about the openness and assimilation of the words system

This paper mainly discusses the openness and assimilation of the words system from the viewpoint of loan words between English and Chinese.Both the history of loan words and the ways of borrowing words in English and Chinese have shown us the strong abilities of languages.     

A Comparison between Chinese Topics and English Marked Theme

This article focuses on the discussion of Chinese topics and English marked theme. It will be divided into four parts. Part I is introduction part. It introduces the concepts of Chinese topic and English marked theme. Part II tells different types of Chinese topics and English marked themes. Part III discusses the functions of Chinese topics and English themes. Part IV is the conclusion part.     

An Analysis on Sources of Learners＇ Spoken English Errors

Chinese learners often commit different oral errors in their English learning process.Having a clear knowledge of the sources of these errors will help learners learn English better.This paper makes a study of the sources of spoken English errors.It starts by giving a distinction between mistakes and errors.The sources of errors are comprehensively explored.Hopefully,it can provide clues for the improvement of spoken English learning.