英语谚语文化意象词典
1.浅谈英语谚语的文化价值
语言是文化的表现形式。谚语同文学作品、诗歌一样是语言的精华。英语谚语是富于色彩的语言形式,一般具有生动形象、喻义明显、富于哲理的语言特征。在一定程度上,英语谚语反映了英语民族的文化特点。因此,翻译英语谚语时,仅仅以语言之间词汇的同义性(等价性)为前提,寻求对等的表现是不够的。译者须较多运用汉语的表现手段,力求能再现英语谚语的语言风格和丰富内涵。只有多注意英语谚语字面以外所特有的语言内涵色彩,才能使译文讽喻得当,宜于说理,又不失原来谚语所具有的语言形象。
某些英语谚语和汉语成语、俗语在表现形式和含义方面是一致的或基本一致的。汉译这些英语时,可惜用与其喻义相同或相近的成语或谚语及俗语直接对译。这样不但可以比较好地保持原文的神韵和形式,又使译文易于为读者或听者接受。
2.求常用英语谚语,格言,警句,熟语.300句牛津高阶词典后面有.
1、Out of sight,out of mind. 眼不见,心为静. 2、Patience is the best remedy.忍耐是良药. 3、Penny wise,pound foolish.贪小便宜吃大亏. 4、Plain dealing is praised more than practiced. 正大光明者,说到的多,做到的少. 5、Please the eye and plague the heart. 贪图一时快活,必然留下隐祸. 6、Pleasure comes through toil.苦尽甘来. 7、Pour water into a sieve. 竹篮子打水一场空. 8、Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧. 9、Praise is not pudding. 恭维话不能当饭吃. 10、Praise makes good men better,and bad men worse. 好人越夸越好,坏人越夸越糟. 11、Prefer loss to unjust gain. 宁可吃亏,不贪便宜. 12、Prevention is better than cure. 预防胜于治疗. 13、Pride goes before,and shame comes after. 骄傲使人落后. 14、Promise is debt.一诺千金. 15、Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶. 16、Pull the chestnut out of fire.火中取栗. 17、Put the cart before the horse.本末倒置. 18、Put your shoulder to the wheel.鼎力相助. 19、Reading enriches the mind. 开卷有益. 20、Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑,运动强身.。
3.浅谈英语谚语的文化价值
语言是文化的表现形式。
谚语同文学作品、诗歌一样是语言的精华。英语谚语是富于色彩的语言形式,一般具有生动形象、喻义明显、富于哲理的语言特征。
在一定程度上,英语谚语反映了英语民族的文化特点。因此,翻译英语谚语时,仅仅以语言之间词汇的同义性(等价性)为前提,寻求对等的表现是不够的。
译者须较多运用汉语的表现手段,力求能再现英语谚语的语言风格和丰富内涵。只有多注意英语谚语字面以外所特有的语言内涵色彩,才能使译文讽喻得当,宜于说理,又不失原来谚语所具有的语言形象。
某些英语谚语和汉语成语、俗语在表现形式和含义方面是一致的或基本一致的。汉译这些英语时,可惜用与其喻义相同或相近的成语或谚语及俗语直接对译。
这样不但可以比较好地保持原文的神韵和形式,又使译文易于为读者或听者接受。
4.英文的谚语习语
Hot potato 棘手的问题A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善终。
A bad thing never dies.遗臭万年。 A bad workman always blames his tools.不会撑船怪河弯。
A cat may look at a king.人人平等。 A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入。
A constant guest is never welcome.常客令人厌。 Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。
Adversity leads to prosperity.穷则思变。 Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.逆境出人才。
A fair death honors the whole life.死得其所,流芳百世。 A faithful friend is hard to find.知音难觅。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑,长一智。 A fox may grow gray, but never good.江山易改,本性难移。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。 A friend is easier lost than found.得朋友难,失朋友易。
A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。 All good things come to an end.天下没有不散的筵席。
All rivers run into sea.海纳百川。 All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。
All that glitters is not gold.闪光的不一定都是金子。All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只会用功不玩耍,聪明孩子也变傻。
A man becomes learned by asking questions.不耻下问才能有学问。 A man can do no more than he can.凡事都应量力而行。
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。 A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘,差之千里。
A mother's love never changes.母爱永恒。As a man sows, so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。
A still tongue makes a wise head.寡言者智。 A stitch in time saves nine.小洞不补,大洞吃苦。
A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。 A wise head makes a close mouth.真人不露相,露相非真人。
A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出,驷马难追。 A year's plan starts with spring.一年之计在于春。
A young idler, an old beggar.少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。 Bad news has wings.好事不出门,坏事传千里。
Barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬不咬人。 Beauty lies in the love's eyes.情人眼里出西施。
Don't claim to know what you don't know.不要不懂装懂。Every man has his faults.金无足赤,人无完人。
He who does not advance loses ground.逆水行舟,不进则退。
5.20个英语谚语
1.有志者,事竟成
.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart./Where there is a will there is a way.
2.千里之行,始于足下
.The longest journey begins with the first step.
3.积少成多
.Every little helps.
4.满招损,谦受益
.Pride hurts,modesty benefits.
5.世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获
.Nothing is to be got without pain but poverty.
6.伟业非一日之功/冰冻三尺非一日之寒
.Rome was not bult in a day.
7.一寸光阴一寸金,寸今难买寸光阴
.Lost years are worse than lost dollars.
8.自助者天助
.God helps those who help themselves.
9.欲速则不达
.More haste,less speed.
10.台上一分钟,台下十年功
.One minute on the stage needs ten years practice off stage.
11.好的开端是成功的一半
.Well begun is half done.
12.酒好不怕巷子深
.Good wine needs no bush.
13.成功源于勤奋
.Industry is the parent of success.
14.英雄所见略同
.Great minds think alike.
15.熟能生巧
.Practice makes perfect.
16.静水流深
.Still waters run deep.
17.滴水穿石
.Little stone fell great oaks.
18.前事不忘,后事之师
.The membrance of the past is the teacher of the future.
19.君子之交淡如水
.A hedge between keeps friendship green.
20.机不可失,时不再来
.Take time while time is,for time will away.
6.英语谚语
一.俚语和谚语是英语学习中的一大绊脚石。
我们不明白这些俗语的含义,是因为我们和英语国家的文化背景不同。如果能在汉语中为这些俗语找到对应的说法,问题就解决了。
我们向你介绍一些英汉合璧的俚语和谚语,帮助你的英语学习更上一层楼。 1.After meat, mustard; after death, doctor . 雨后送伞 Explanation: this describes a situation where assistance or comfort is given when it is too late. Example: just as I had cancelled my application to go abroad, I had a promise of money for my fare. It was a case of after death, the doctor. 2. After praising the wine they sell us vinegar. 挂羊头卖狗肉 Explanation: to offer to give or sell something that is inferior to what you claim it to be. Example: that fellow completely misled us about what he was capable of doing. After praising the wine, he sold us vinegar. 3. All is over but the shouting. 大势已去 Explanation: finally decided or won; brought to the end; not able to be changed. Example: after Bill's touch down, the game is all over but shouting. 4. All lay load on the willing horse. 人善被人欺,马善被人骑 Explanation: a willing horse is someone who is always doing things for others. Very often the implication is that others impose on him. Examples: the trouble is you're too good-natured and people take advantage of it. all lay load on the willing horse. You will have to learn to refuse people who ask too much. 5.anger and haste hinder good counsel. 小不忍则乱大谋 Explanation: one can not act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry. Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel. 6. As poor as a church mouse 一贫如洗 Explanation: to be exceedingly poor, having barely to live upon. Example: he has a large family, and is poor as a church mouse. Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain no food. 7. A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出,驷马难追 Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easily undo. Example: for the rest of his life he regretted what he had said, but a word spoken is past recalling and he knew he could never repair the damage of that moment of harshness. 8.World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺,到处可逢君 Explanation: it is used when a person meets someone he knows or is in someway connected with him in a place where he would never have expected to do so. Example: Who would have thought I would bump into an old schoolmate on a trek up Mount Tai. The world is but a little place after all. 9. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. 入乡随俗 Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live. Example: I know you have egg and bacon for breakfast at home, but now you are on the Continent you will do as the Romans do and take coffee and rolls. 10. What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts. 失之东隅,收之桑榆 Explanation: a rough way of starting a law of average; if you have bad luck on one day you have good on another; if one venture results in loss try a fresh one---it may succeed. Example: he may always possess merits which make up for everything; if he loses on the swings, he may win on the roundabouts. 11.What are the odds so long as you are happy. 知足者常乐 Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy. Example: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What's the odd so long as you're happy. 12.Entertain an angel unawares. 有眼不识泰山 Explanation: to receive a great personage as a guest without knowing his merits. Example: in the course of evening someone informed her that she was entertaining an angel unawares, in the shape of a composer of the greatest promise 13.every dog has his day . 是人皆有出头日 Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming. 14.every potter praises his own pot. 王婆买瓜,自卖自夸 Explanation: people are loath to refer to defects in their possessions or their family members Example: he said that his teacher considered his work brilliant, but I would rather hear it from his teacher's own mouth. Every potter praises his own pot 15. Pain past is pleasure. (过去的痛苦就是快乐。)
[无论多么艰难一定要咬牙冲过去,将来回忆起来一定甜蜜无比。] 16. While there is life, there is hope. (有生命就有希望/留得青山在,不怕没柴烧。)
17. Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand. (脑中有知识,胜过手中有金钱。)[从小灌输给孩子的坚定信念。
] 18. Storms make trees take deeper roots. (风暴使树木深深扎根。)[感激敌人,感激挫折!] 19. Nothing is 。