西华大学选修课《英美文化与翻译》第5讲 英汉颜色词的文化内涵与翻译课件

1、Assignment: With these statements we enter Simons world, where he is Humpty-Dumpty and we are Alices who must wait upon him to tell us what words mean.Hint: 耳闻西蒙之论，我们走近了他的那个世界 在这里，他倒像是个目空一切、自鸣得意的“文字专家”，我们却成了顽冥不灵、大字不识的“女流之辈”,什么词表示什么意思非得他说了算不可。河南省虞城县位于山东、安徽、河南三省交界之处。从秦朝建县以来，曾出现过许多传奇人物：中国第一辆马车的发明家相士；古代

2、造字的苍颉；替父从军的花木兰 Yucheng County in Henan Provinve is situated in a place where the 3 provinces of Anhui, Shandong and Henan meet. Since the Qin Dynasty, it has been the birthplace of many legends, among whom are Xiang Tu, the inventor of Chinas first horse-drawn carriage, Cang Jie, the inventor of the

3、 ancient Chinese characters and Hua Mulan who joined the army by disguising herself as a young man in her fathers place 英汉颜色词的文化内涵与翻译颜色词的基本含义：红色：热烈奔放，象征喜庆和奋进绿色：生命之色，显示青春的活力和蓬勃的生机白色： 纯净素雅，蕴含着圣洁无瑕，朴素自然蓝色：恬淡宁静，有意蕴深远、心旷神怡之感red红色pink粉红色crimson深红色scarlet猩红色rubicund血红色florid脸色红润cardinal鲜红色ruddy微红色blush羞红ve

4、rmilion朱砂红红颜薄命beautiful woman suffered unhappy fates红眼病pink eyes (medical) ;green-eyed红男绿女Gaily dressed young men and women红娘Go- between；matchmakergreenAlices girl friends were green with envy when they saw her new dress.爱丽丝的朋友们看到他的新装时，心中充满了妒忌.（green-eyed: jealous)In America, political elections the

5、 candidates that win are usually the ones who have green power backing them.在美国政治竞选中获胜的候选人通常都是些有财团支持的人物。You can not expect Mary to do business with such people. She is only sixteen and as green as grass.你不能指望玛丽通这样的人做生意。她只有十六岁，毫无经验。 （ a green hand: Sb. inexperienced)Be a cuckold戴绿帽子Did the law not kn

6、ow that a mans name was to him the apple of his eye, that it was far harder to be regarded as cuckold than as seducer?法律难道不了解一个人的名誉是他最宝贵的东西，被认为是戴绿帽子的人比以为勾引者要难堪得多？ 黄道吉日Good luck黄毛丫头A silly little girl黄页Yellow Pagesyellow boy金币He is too yellow to stand up and fight.他太软弱而不敢起来斗争。You dont want to fight,

7、do you? You are yellow.你不想打架，是吗？你太胆小。It was blue Monday and he just didnt feel like going back to work.又是倒霉的星期一，该上班了，他可真不愿意。whitethe white coffee牛奶咖啡a white lie无害而善意的谎言white elephant昂贵而无用的东西white goods大件的家电白开水plain boiled water白蚁termite白菜Chinese cabbage白切肉plain sliced pork白痴idiot白搭no use白费all in vai

8、n白手起家build up from nothing青山有幸埋忠骨，白铁无辜铸奸臣。Honored the green hill is to provide eternal resting-place for the loyal soul;Innocent is the iron to cast the image of the traitorous ministers. blackblack tidings噩耗；不幸的消息the black Friday凶险不祥的日子black in the face脸色铁青to look black at sb. 怒目而视黑心evil mind黑手evil

9、 backstage manipulator黑幕inside story of a plot黑线a sinister line颜色与历史黄，地之色也说文解字 帝王之色，象征威严和职高权力（黄袍加身）紫色：王位和王权to raise to the purple升为红衣主教to be born in the purple生于帝王之家to marry into the purple与皇室或贵族联姻example黄：皇室绿：亲王、郡王蓝、紫、青：官宦黑、灰、白：民舍座中泣下谁最多 ，江洲司马青衫湿。颜色与政治红色：革命、无产阶级和社会主义白色：反革命、资产阶级和资本主义黑色：死亡、腐朽、没落Black Hand从事犯罪活动的意大利移民秘密组织Green Beret美国特种部队Chinas