英語專業(yè)本科畢業(yè)論文中西方龍的對(duì)比研究先仁出品,絕對(duì)

1、第0頁（共9頁）AComparativeStudyonChineseLoongWesternDragonKevinLeeClass1Grade2009SchoolofFeignLanguagesLiteratureBeijingNmalUniversityAbstract:Nowadayswiththerapiddevelopmentofstrengthwidthdepthoftheglobalcrossculturalcommunic

2、ationtheculturalcommunicationbetweenChinawesterncountriesisbecomingmemefrequent.Howeversomeculturalconflictswhicharecausedbythiscommunicationarealsoinevitable.TheculturalcontradictionbetweenChineseloongwesterndragonisone

3、ofthetypicalexamples.Thedifferencessimilaritiesofthetwoimaginarycreaturesareembodiedinmanyrespects.BesideshowtotransplantthemeaningofChineseloongintoEnglishisrelatedtotheharmonyofthecrossculturalcommunicationbetweenChina

4、westerncountries.Therefethisprojectiswthstudyingresearchingintensively.ThisarticleaimstoanalyzethedifferentunderstingofChineseloongwesterndragonsoastopromotemutualunderstingcommunication.KeyWds:loongdragonidiomcrosscultu

5、ralcommunicationEnglishtranslation1IntroductionTheEnglishwd“dragon”isusuallytranslatedtoChineseaslng(龍)theEnglishtranslationoflng(龍)isusually“dragon”“Chinesedragon”.HoweveritisalsowellknownthatChinesewesternculturesarequ

6、itedifferentthusthetranslationstillneedsdiscussionsoastoavoidmisundersting.Lng(龍)isanimptantsymbolofChinesehistyfalmostfivethousyears.Itisobviousthatlng(龍)playsanimptantroleintheChinesecustomspolicyreligionliteraturesoon

7、.Lng(龍)wastranslatedinto“dragon”fromMingdynastythewd“l(fā)oong”firstlyappearedintheEnglishtranslationof“龍鳳”cigarettein1940’s.Howeverlng(龍)dragonarequitedifferentbothinappearancesconnotations.InChineseculturelng(龍)stsfauspici

8、ousnessclevernesshappinessmajestywhiledragonisthesymbolofdemonfiercenessevilinwesternculture.Becauseofthislng(龍)shouldnotbetranslatedinto“dragon”anylonger.Thecrossculturalcommunicationissofrequentthattheaccuratetranslati

9、onis第2頁（共9頁）people.LoongisaproductoftoteminancientChinese.Itisanauspiciousmark.AsisdescribedintheJourneytotheWestloongisanimmtaltocallfraindispatchedbythegod(Yang2000:2).Theancientsregardedloongastheheadoffourimmtalanima

10、ls.Theyareloongphoenixunicnttoise.SincetheimmtalloongstsfauspiciousnesstriumphitwasusedasthepatternofChina’sfirstnationalflaginQingdynasty.Nowasevertheauspiciousdesignswithalongaphoenixarebelievedtobringgreatftune.Loongi

11、sanemblemoftheimperialpower.IthadbeenthemarkofChineseimperialfamilyfthoussofyears.InChinesehistytheemperofeachdynastycalledhimselftherealloong.Evenalltheemper’sdailystuffsarenamedwithaacteroflngsuchaslngtǐ(龍?bào)w)thebodyofth

12、eemperlngzu(龍座)thethroneftheemperlnggun(龍冠)theemper’ssplendidofficialcaplngchung(龍床)theemper’sbedlngpo(龍袍)imperialrobelngbi(龍被)thequiltftheemper(Li2011:1).Becauseloonghadbeenmonopoliedbytheimperialfamilyithadbeenanexclus

13、ivesymbolofsupremeemperfthoussofyearsinfeudalChinatherewasagreatdistancegapbetweenloongcivilians.Accdinglyloonghadalsobeenregardedasasymboloffeudalprivilegerule.That’swhytherepublicgovernmentsinmodernChinapreferredtousew

14、esternpatternsasChina’snationalflagemblemratherthanloongalthoughitisthesymbolofChinesenation.LoongisalsooneofthetwelvezodiacsignsintraditionalChineseculturewhichincludemousebulltigerrabbitloongsnakehsegoatmonkeyroosterdo

15、gpig.Differentfromothersloongistheonlyzodiacsignwhohasnoarchetype.Ifsomeoneisbnundertheyearofloonghewillbeexpectedtobebraveenergeticmelikelytobesuccessfulinhiscareer.SomanyChineseparentswouldliketonametheirbabyafterlongw