
最最著名的英语格言
英语格言 Constant dropping wears the stone. (滴水穿石。
)Experience is the mother of wisdom.(经验是智慧之母。
)Every man is his own worst enemy.(一个人最大的敌人就是他自 己。
)Saying and doing are two different things. (说和做是迥然不同的两回事。
)Actions speak louder than words. (行动比语言更响亮。
)From small beginnings comes great things. (伟大始于渺小。
)Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain. (智力投资绝不会白花。
)Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.(脑中有知识,胜过手中有金钱。
)The voice of one man is the voice of no one. (一个人的声音没有力量。
)A great ship asks for deep waters.(大船要走深水。
)While there is life, there is hope.(有生命便有希望\\\/留得青山在,哪怕没柴烧)Two heads are better than one. (一人不及二人智;三个臭皮匠,胜个过一个诸葛亮。
)Wise men learn by other men's mistakes; fools by their own.(聪明人从别人的错误中学得教训;笨人则自己付出代价。
他山之石可以攻玉。
)Good company on the road is the shortest cut. (行路有良伴就是捷径。
)It takes all sorts to make a world. (世界是由各种不同的人所组成的。
)If a thing is worth doing it is worth worth doing well.(如果事情值得做,就值得好好做。
)Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.(无热情成就不了伟业。
)Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.(没有恒心只有力量是完不成伟业。
)It is never too late to learn. (活到老,学到老。
)It is never too late to mend. (亡羊补牢,犹时未晚。
)The secret of success is constancy of purpose.(成功的秘诀在于持之于恒。
)Misfortunes never come alone\\\/single.(祸不单行。
)Misfortunes come on wings and depart on foot.(遭祸容易脱祸难。
)Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.(不经灾难不知福。
)To an optimist every change is a change for the better.(对于乐观者总是越变越好。
)Truth never fears investigation.(事实从来不怕调查。
)A good medicine tasks bitter.(良药苦口。
)Great minds think alike. (英雄所见略同。
)Storms make trees take deeper roots.(风暴使树木深深扎根。
)Live and let live. (自己生活也让别人生活。
)Better late than never. (迟做总比不做好;晚来总比不来强。
)A bold attempt is half success.(勇敢的尝试是成功的一半。
)All things are difficult before they are easy. (凡事必先难后易。
)What we acquire without sweat we give away without regret.(得之不费力,弃之不可惜。
)Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.(只要有一颗意志坚强的心,没事不成。
)Work makes the workman.(勤工出巧 匠。
)Constant dropping wears the stone. (滴水穿石。
)He that can have patience, can have what he will.(唯坚韧者始能遂其志。
)Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failures.(我们绝大多数的失败都是因为缺乏自信之故。
)The talent of success is nothing more than doing well whatever you do without a thought of time.(成功之路没它,唯全力投入工作,而不稍存沽名钓誉之心。
)To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.(读书不思考,犹如吃饭不消化。
)The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and thedetermination to attain it.(人生之要事在于确立伟大的目标与实现这目标的决心。
)One of these days is none of these days.(有这么一天就是没有这么一天。
\\\/吾生待明日,万事成蹉跎。
)Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.(每匹马都认为自己所负的背包最重。
)Nothing down, nothing up. (无下则无上。
\\\/不经历风雨,怎么见彩虹
)A good book is your best friend. (好书如挚友。
)Asking costs nothing. (问人不费分文。
)Ask me no questions and I will tell you no lies.(你不问我,我就不会说谎话。
)The tongue is boneless but it breaks bones. (舌无骨却折断骨。
)A good name is easier lost than won.(名誉失之易,而得之难。
)Every profession produces its own best(行行出状元。
)Today must borrow nothing of tomorrow. (今日事今日毕。
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格言 英语怎么说
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名言警句(英汉互译)
beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善终。
A bad workman always blames his tools.不会撑船怪河弯。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
A bad thing never dies.遗臭万年。
A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
A bully is always a coward.色厉内荏 A burden of one‘s choice is not felt.爱挑的担子不嫌重。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛照亮别人毁灭了自己。
Close mouth catches no flies.病从口入 A cat has 9 lives.猫有九条命。
A cat may look at a king.人人平等。
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 friend is never known till a man has need.需要之时方知友。
A friend without faults will never be found.没有十全十美的 ‘After you‘ is good manners.您先请”是礼貌。
A good beginning is half done.良好的开端是成功的一半。
A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者善终。
A good book is a good friend.好书如挚友。
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 一本好书,相伴一生。
A good conscience is a soft pillow.不做亏心事,不怕鬼叫门。
A good fame is better than a good face. 美名胜过美貌。
A good husband makes a good wife.夫善则妻贤。
A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。
A good wife health is a man‘s best wealth. 妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。
A great talker is a great liar.说大话者多谎言。
A light heart lives long.静以修身。
A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。
A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend. 戏谑不能化敌为友,只能使人失去朋友。
A leopard cannot change its spots.积习难改。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。
A little body often harbors a great soul.浓缩的都是精品。
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解,自欺欺人。
A little pot is soon hot.狗肚子盛不得四两油。
All are brave when the enemy flies.敌人逃窜时,人人都成了勇士。
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 ends well is well.结果好,就一切都好。
All that glitters is not gold.闪光的不一定都是金子。
All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事总是由难而易。
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 man is known by his friends.什么人交什么朋友。
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 光说空话不做事,犹如花园光长刺。
A man without money is no man at all一分钱难倒英雄汉。
A merry heart goes all the way.心旷神怡,事事顺利。
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。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一苹果,不用请医生。
A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.以眼还眼,以牙还牙。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之计在于晨。
An old dog cannot learn new tricks.老狗学不出新把戏。
An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.聪明才智,不如运气。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.预防为主,治疗为辅。
A rolling stone gathers no moss.滚石不生苔,转业不聚财。
As a man sows, so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。
A single flower does not make a spring.一花独放不是春百花齐放春满园。
A snow year, a rich year.瑞雪兆丰年。
A sound mind in a sound body.健全的精神寓于健康的身体。
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。
Be swift to hear, slow to speak.听宜敏捷,言宜缓行。
Better late than never.不怕慢,单怕站。
Better to ask the way than go astray.问路总比迷路好。
Between friends all is common.朋友之间不分彼此。
Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚,人以群分。
Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。
Blood will have blood.血债血偿。
Books and friends should be few but good.读书如交友,应求少而精。
Business is business.公事公办。
Cheats never prosper.骗人发不了财。
Business is the salt of life.事业是人生的第一需要。
By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it. 读书使人充实,交谈使人精明。
Cannot see the wood for the trees.一叶障目,不见泰山。
Care and diligence bring luck.谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。
Caution is the parent of safety.小心驶得万年船。
Children are what the mothers are.耳濡目染,身教言传。
Choose an author as you choose a friend.择书如择友。
Come what may, heaven won‘t fall.做你的吧,天塌不下来。
Complacency is the enemy of study.学习的敌人是自己的满足。
Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. 自信是走向成功的第一步。
Content is better than riches.知足者常乐 Constant dripping wears away a stone.水滴石穿,绳锯木断。
Count one‘s chickens before they are hatched.蛋未孵先数雏。
Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.来而不往非礼也。
Creep before you walk.循序渐进。
Cry for the moon.海底捞月。
Custom is a second nature.习惯是后天养成的。
Custom makes all things easy.有个好习惯,事事皆不难。
Diamond cuts diamond.强中自有强中手。
Do as the Romans do.入乡随俗。
Do as you would be done by.己所不欲,勿施于人。
Doing is better than saying.与其挂在嘴上,不如落实在行动上。
Do it now.机不可失,时不再来Do nothing by halves.凡事不可半途废。
Don‘t claim to know what you don‘t know.不要不懂装懂。
Don‘t have too many irons in the fire.不要揽事过多。
Don‘t make a mountain out of a molehill.不要小题大做。
Don‘t put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事,今日毕。
Don‘t put the cart before the horse.不要本末倒置。
Don‘t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.不要自找麻烦。
Don‘t try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.不要班门弄斧。
Do well and have well.善有善报。
Each bird love to hear himself sing.孤芳自赏。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 早睡早起身体好。
Easier said than done.说得容易,做得难。
Easy come, easy go.来也匆匆,去也匆匆。
Eat to live, but not live to eat.人吃饭是为了活着,但活着不是为了吃饭。
Empty vessels make the greatest sound.实磨无声空磨响满瓶不动半瓶摇。
is good when new, but friends when old.东西是新的好,朋友是老的亲。
Example is better then percept. 说一遍,不如做一遍。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. 经验是智慧之父,记忆是智慧之母。
Experience must be bought.吃一堑,长一智。
Fact speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。
Failure is the mother of success.失败是成功之母。
False friends are worse than bitter enemies.明枪易躲,暗箭难防。
Far from eye, far from heart.眼不见,心不烦。
Far water does not put out near fire.远水救不了近火。
Faults are thick where love is thin.一朝情意淡,样样不顺眼。
Fear always springs from ignorance.恐惧源于无知。
Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.隔墙有耳。
Fire and water have no mercy.水火无情。
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.火是一把双刃剑。
First come, first served.先来后到。
First impressions are half the battle.初次见面,印象最深。
First think and then speak.先想后说。
Fools grow without watering.朽木不可雕。
Fool‘s haste is no speed.欲速则不达。
Fools has fortune.呆人有呆福。
Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools. 愚者不学无术,智者不耻下问。
Forbidden fruit is sweet.禁果格外香。
Fortune favors those who use their judgement.机遇偏爱善断之人。
Fortune knocks once at least at every man‘s gate.风水轮流转。
Four eyes see more than two.集思广益。
Friends agree best at distance.朋友之间也会保持距离。
Friends are thieves of time.朋友是时间的窃贼。
Friends must part.再好的朋友也有分手的时候。
Genius is nothing but labor and diligence. 天才不过是勤奋而已。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.众口铄金,积毁销骨。
God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助。
Gold will not buy anything.黄金并非万能。
Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly. 以德报德是常理,以德报怨大丈夫。
Good health is over wealth.健康是最大的财富。
Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.良药苦口利于病。
Good watch prevents misfortune.谨慎消灾。
Great barkers are no biters.好狗不挡道。
Great hopes make great man.伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。
Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。
Great men have great faults.英雄犯大错误。
Great men‘s sons seldom do well.富不过三代。
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.大树底下好乘凉。
Great wits have short memories.贵人多忘事。
Greedy folks have long arms.心贪手长。
Guilty consciences make men cowards.做贼心虚。
Habit cures habit.心病还需心药医。
Handsome is he who does handsomely.行为漂亮才算美。
Happiness takes no account of time.欢乐不觉时光过。
Happy is he who owes nothing.要想活得痛快,身上不能背债。
Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others. 吸取他人教训,自己才会走运。
Harm set, harm get.害人害己。
Hear all parties.兼听则明。
Hasty love, soon cold.一见钟情难维久。
Health is better than wealth.健康胜过财富。
Health is happiness.健康就是幸福。
Heaven never helps the man who will not act.自己不动,叫天何用。
He is a fool that forgets himself.愚者忘乎所以。
He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs. 背后说好话,才是真朋友。
He is a wise man who speaks little.聪明不是挂在嘴上。
He is lifeless that is faultless.只有死人才不犯错误。
He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself. 正人先正己。
He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.自嘲者不会让人见笑。
He is wise that is honest.诚实者最明智。
He knows most who speaks least大智若愚。
He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑到最后,谁笑得最好。
He sets the fox to keep the geese.引狼入室。
He that climbs high falls heavily.爬得越高,摔得越重。
He that will not work shall not eat.不劳动者不得食。
He who does not advance loses ground.逆水行舟,不进则退。
He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion. 经常诉苦,没人同情。
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.想不犯错误,就一事无成。
He who risks nothing gains nothing.收获与风险并存。
History repeats itself.历史往往重演。
Honesty is the best policy.做人诚信为本。
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.抱最好的愿望,做最坏的打算。
I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.朋友不能阿谀奉承。
If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me. 上当一回头,再多就可耻。
If you make yourself an ass, don‘t complain if people ride you. 人善被人欺,马善被人骑。
If your ears glow, someone is talking of you.耳朵发烧,有人念叨。
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.脚踏两条船,必定落空。
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.杀鸡取卵。
If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.不入虎穴,焉得虎子。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.要想求知,就得吃苦。
Industry is the parent of success.勤奋是成功之母。
It is better to die when life is a disgrace.宁为玉碎,不为瓦全。
It is easier to get money than to keep it.挣钱容易攒钱难。
It is easy to be wise after the event.事后诸葛亮好当。
It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.创业容易守业难。
It is hard to please all.众口难调It is never too old to learn.活到老,学到老。
It is no use crying over spilt milk.覆水难收。
It is the first step that costs troublesome.万事开头难。
It is the unforeseen that always happens.天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福。
It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.坐失良机,后悔已迟。
It never rains but it pours.不鸣则已,一鸣惊人。
It takes three generations to make a gentleman.十年树木,百年树人。
Jack of all trades and master of none.门门精通,样样稀松。
Judge not from appearances.人不可貌相,海不可斗量。
Justice has long arms.天网恢恢,疏而不漏。
Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.近朱者赤近墨黑。
Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕。
Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it君王发狂,百姓遭殃。
Kings have long arms.普天之下,莫非王土。
Knowledge is power.知识就是力量。
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud. 博学使人谦逊,无知使人骄傲。
Learn and live.活着,为了学习。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse. 好人越学越好,坏人越学越坏。
Learn not and know not.不学无术。
Let sleeping dogs lie.别惹麻烦 Learn to walk before you run.先学走,再学跑。
Let bygones be bygones.过去的就让它过去吧。
Let the cat out of the bag.泄漏天机。
Life is but a span.人生苦短。
Lies can never changes fact.谎言终究是谎言。
Lies have short legs.谎言站不长。
Life is half spent before we know what it is.人过半生,方知天命。
Life is not all roses.人生并不是康庄大道。
Life without a friend is death.没有朋友,虽生犹死。
Like a rat in a hole.瓮中之鳖。
Like author, like book.文如其人。
Like father, like son.有其父必有其子
英汉语言文化上的差异
一、语言自身差异 语言自身差异主要表现在词汇语义方面的差异。
词汇的语义:一方面是词汇本身的意义,另一方面是词汇的文化意义。
词汇语言差异主要体现在词汇的文化意义上。
本身意义相同的词汇,在汉英两种语言中,其文化意义可能有相同、空缺和冲突等三种情况。
1.词汇本身的意义:laborer指干体力活的劳动者,worker既指体力也指脑力工人,而在汉语中,劳动者和工人没什么区别。
ambition在中国词典中意味着野心,但在美国词典中还有进取心的意思。
中国文化中的“客气”,在英语中很难找到恰当的对应词。
汉语中的“关系”和英语中的relation也不完全对等,“关系”在汉语中可能是个具体的概念,如,“他的关系很硬”是指他认识人好办事等,而在英语中“relation”则表示抽象的概念。
2.词汇的文化差异:文化意义相同的词汇在跨文化交际中通常没有麻烦,问题在于文化意义空缺及文化意义冲突的词汇,往往导致交流达不到目的,引起误解甚至交际失败。
英语中的hippy,cowboy,不了解英美文化的人一定不知其意。
同样汉语中的“民办教师”“农转非”“希望工程”等词,英美人也难解其意。
在中国代表帝王的龙,在英美却是邪恶的化身,因此汉语的“亚洲四小龙”只好译成“Four tigers”。
中国共产党党旗上镰刀和铁锤图案,在德国人看来却如临大敌,避之唯恐不及。
英语中“bat”通常是丑陋、凶恶的代名词,而对于中国人,就因为“蝠”与“福”同音,便将蝙蝠视为幸福的象征。
又如“peasant”(农民),毫无贬义。
《美国传统词典》给peasant下定义:“乡下人、庄稼人、乡巴佬”,“教养不好的人、粗鲁的人”。
《新编韦氏大学词典》:“一般指未受过教育的、社会地位低下的人”。
在产品商标的翻译上,需了解有关词语在目的语中的文化意义。
据资料显示,“白象”电池前些年在国内十分畅销,却被误译为“white elephant”,殊不知,译文在英语中指“大而无用的东西,谁还买它呢
”又如:饮料名Coca-Cola开始被人译为“卡口卡脖”,国人无人敢问津,而译成“可口可乐”后就打开了市场,这都是文化的作用。
二、世界观和价值观差异 教育和共同的文化背景往往使一个民族的人民具有类似的价值观。
而不同的民族,由于文化背景的不同,价值观有时差异很大。
世界观价值观差异很大程度上决定着语言的表达与理解。
1.中西方两种文化有着不同的礼貌评判标准和实现方略。
汉文化中的“礼貌”植根于儒家“礼”的传统,强调“贬己尊人”和“中庸”,提倡谦虚;而西方文化深受西方自由平等思想的影响,强调个人价值,提倡个人自信和实事求是的态度。
不同的文化心理和礼貌方式影响到英汉两种语言的跨文化交际。
对于“你的衣服真漂亮”这样的称赞话,中国人大都答“哪里,哪里”,而西方人则高兴地答道:“Thank you”。
如在课堂上中国教师比较正式,注重教态;而美国教师则比较随便,这从一个侧面反映出中国文化中的等级意识和美国文化中的平等意识。
2.通过语言,往往可以窥视出某种文化的价值观。
假设一个小孩看见邻居家的果树上结满了苹果,而不去摘吃,问他为什么不摘
信奉基督教欧美的小孩,他会回答说:“我不能去摘,因为上帝在看着我。
”如果是中国、日本等东方的孩子,一定会回答说:“那是人家的东西,我们不能要。
”西方人受基督教的影响,认为自己是上帝之子,自己无时无刻不在受着上帝的监视与庇护。
我们中国人大多数不信上帝,但我们亦有自己的道德准则,子曰:“富与贵,是人之所欲也,不以其道得之,不处也。
贫与贱,是人之所恶也,不以其道得之,不去也”。
这样的古训,大多数中国的家长都会用它来教育自己的孩子们。
3.中西价值观念差异导致中西人们对英语中某些词义内涵理解的不同,甚至在语言交际中不能相互沟通。
西方文化特点是个人价值至上,“Individualism”是英美人普遍接受的价值观,“实用主义”的人生观支配着大多数美国人,因而有“在爱情和战争中,采取任何手段都是可以的”(All is fair in love and war),这对于“礼仪之邦”的中国人来说非但接受不了,甚至会感到这种为人态度是可怕而不可取的;而汉语中的“自以为是”“自负”都带有贬义色彩,“Individualism”被认为是“个人主义”“利己主义”。
三、言语行为的文化特性体现在语用差异上 1.文化行为差异。
我们设想一下外国人学习汉语的情况。
外国人要学会正确使用“我说一点肤浅的意见,不对的地方请批评指正”这样的句子,除了需要语言本身的知识以外,还必须习得中国社会和文化方面的知识。
同样是接待顾客,不同国家的商店,营业员使用的语言也不相同。
中国:你买什么
日本:いらっしべいませ。
/欢迎光临。
美国:Can I help you? 反映出不同的社会不同的文化规则:中国的营业员接待顾客纯粹从买卖的关系出发,日本的营业员把顾客当客人,美国的营业员把顾客当作要帮助的对象。
2.了解日常生活方式和交际模式 在中国对道谢的答语常是“这是我应该做的”,但如直译:“It''s my duty to do so.”就不恰当了,对方可能误解,以为你是不情愿帮助他的,应回答:“my pleasure.”中国传统上以家庭为本位,而西方以个人为本位,这是不一致之处;中国有“金窝银窝,不如自家的草窝”,西方有“East, West, home is best”,这却是一致之处。
上课迟到了,中国人须敲门,喊一声“报告
”允许后才走进去;英美人则不同:If one is late for class in UK or the US, one should go in as quietly as one can and take a seat.在美国的外国留学生听美国人说:“We must get together soon.”,就以为是正式邀请,实际上只不过是一句客气话。
正式邀请比客气话要具体的多,一般来说邀请需要包括时间地点,如:“Come over for dinner next Saturday night.”是明确的邀请。
四、成语谚语习语文化差异 学习外语难免要接触到成语、谚语、格言和典故,这是一个社会语言和文化的重要组成部分。
有些成语谚语可找到对应的汉语,有些本身已为汉语吸收,有些可直译而不会构成理解上的障碍,但更多的是由于汉英文字的巨大差异和文化传统迥然不同,很难找到适当的汉语译法,译文难以做到形、声、意、神完全符合,这就是文化差异使然。
例如:A miss is as good as a mile很像汉语的“差之毫厘,失之千里”。
汉语谚语另有一层寓意:小错误不及时纠正最后会出大错,告诫人们要防微杜渐。
英语谚语只说明一个事实,一种态度;小失误也是失误,差一毫米和差一公里一样。
Gilding the lily似乎与“锦上添花”意思相近,其实相差甚远。
此处英语谚语的意思倒近似“画蛇添足”,指对很完美的东西作不恰当而且过分的修饰,表示不赞成这种弄巧成拙的做法。
而“锦上添花”是比喻好上加好。
文化中的习语,习语的意义往往借助本民族的历史文化典故而形成,约定俗成的构成整体意义。
形容一个人“脾气倔强,不肯轻易改变主意”,在汉语中说“犟得像头牛”,在英语中说:“as stubborn as a mule”(犟得像头骡子)。
中国人说“三个臭皮匠胜过一个诸葛亮”,英语却说“Two hands are better than one”;中国人说“不称职”,地道的英语却是“Be not worth one''s salt”,此说法源自古罗马。
古罗马把盐和其他生活必需品一起作为官饷发给士兵,英语的salary(薪金)一词就是来自于拉丁文的salarium (盐)。
所以,“白挣钱不干活”就可以说成“Be not worth one''s salt”。
又如中国一些汉语缩写词,如读者不了解其文化根源,社会背景,就会不知所云。
可以看出英汉习语谚语差别十分明显,不了解文化在交际过程中会不可避免的遇到文化障碍,甚至造成文化休克(culture shock)。
总之,中国人和英语国家的人生活在不同的文化背景之中,在风俗习惯、宗教信仰、思维方式、道德观、价值观等方面存在很大的差异。
语言是客观世界的反映,中西方文化内涵的差异必然造成词义、句义、联想意义、比喻意义等语言现象的差异。
我国正面临世界多元文化的撞击,其中仍将以西方文化(欧洲及北美文化)为主要的文化源。
无庸置疑,中西文化交流的扩大和深化必将进一步使中国更加了解世界,也必将令世界更加了解中国。
著名的学者McLuhan 曾以“地球村”(Global Village )一词形容当今这个越来越小的世界,正是当今地球上时空的紧缩,使得跨文化差异的学习和研究更为迫切。
美国外语教学专家温•布伦姆伯克说过:“采取只知其语言而不懂文化的教法,是培养语言流利的大傻瓜的最好办法。
”外语教学不仅是语言知识本身的传授,跨文化意识的培养,是外语教学的一个重要组成部分,文化教育是实现运用语言进行交际的关键。
双语格言经典语录大全有哪些很经典的格言语录是双语的
1.Life is a leaf of paper white, thereon each of us may write his word or two. ( A. Lowell )生活是一张白纸,每个人都在上面写上自己的一两句话(洛威尔)2.Life is a palette; you put colors on it.(生活是调色板,每个人自己在上面加上颜色)3.On earth there is nothing great but man; in the man there is nothing great but mind. ( A. Hamilton )地球上唯一伟大的是人,人身上唯一伟大的是心灵。
(哈密尔顿)4.Everything ought to be beautiful in a human being: face, and dress, and soul, and ideas. ( Chekhov )人的一切——面貌、衣着、心灵和思想,都应该是美好的。
(契诃夫)5.Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind. ( T. Fuller )生活只是由一系列下决心的努力所构成的。
(富勒)6.Live as though you intend to live forever, and work as though your strength were limitless. ( S. Bernhardt )要这样生活,仿佛你生命永恒;要这样工作,仿佛你精力无穷。
经典英文名人名言
All for one, one for all. 人人为我,我为人人— [法] Dumas pre大仲马 Other men live to eat, while I eat to live. 别人为食而生存,我为生存而食。
—— Socrates 苏底 Easy come, easy go. 易得者亦易 —— Hazlitt赫斯特 Love rules his kingdom without a sword. 爱,统治了他的王国,不用一枝利剑。
—— Herbert 赫伯特 We soon believe what we desire. 我们欲望中的东西,我们很快就信以为真。
—— Chaucer乔叟 The darkest hour is that before the dawn. 黎明前的时分是最黑暗的。
—— Fuller 富勒 The longest day has an end. 最难过的日子也有尽头。
—— Howell 贺韦尔 Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. 生活而无目标,犹如航海之无指南针。
—— J. Ruskin 鲁斯金 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 手中的一只鸟胜于林中的两只鸟。
—— Heywood 希伍德 One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。
—— Taverner 泰维纳 A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make it drink. 一个人可以把马带到河边,但他不能令它饮水。
—— Heywood 希伍德 One cannot eat one’s cake and have it. 一个人不能把他的糕饼吃掉之后还留在手上。
—— Davies 戴维斯 Time is money. 时间就是金钱。
—— Benjamin Franklin富兰克林 Time and tide wait for no man. 时间不等人。
—— Scott 斯科特 There is no rose without a thorn. 没有玫瑰花是不长刺的。
—— Ray 雷 Lookers-on see most of the game. 旁观者清。
—— Smedley 斯密莱 Beggars cannot be choosers. 行乞者不得有选择。
—— Heywood 希伍德 First catch your hare. 首先必须捕获兔子,然后才能宰之。
—— Thackeray 萨克雷 Victory won’t come to me unless I go to it. 胜利是不会向我走来的,我必须自己走向胜利。
—— M. Moore 穆尔 A great man is always willing to be little. 伟大的人物总是愿意当小人物的。
—— R. W. Emerson 爱默生 Cowards die many times before their deaths. 懦夫在未死之前,已身历多次死亡的恐怖了。
—— Julius Caesar 凯撒 Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real. 但凡人能想象到的事物,必定有人能将它实现。
—— Jules Verne 凡尔纳 Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. 早睡早起使人健康、富裕又聪明。
—— Benjamin Franklin 富兰克林 Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind. 生活只是由一系列下决心的努力所构成。
—— T. Fuller 富勒 Goals determine what you are going to be. 目标决定你将成为为什么样的人。
—— Julius Erving欧文 All human wisdom is summed up in two words ?C wait and hope. 人类所有的智慧可以归结为两个词 — 等待和希望。
—— Alexandre Dumas Pére大仲马(法国作家) It is not enough to be industrious, so are the ants. What are you industrious for? 光勤劳是不够的,蚂蚁也是勤劳的。
要看你为什么而勤劳。
—— H. D. Thoreau梭罗 You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret of success. 人必须相信自己,这是成功的秘诀。
—— Charles Chaplin卓别林
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