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Plant Terms
Lily of the valley (铃兰)
Carrot (胡萝卜)
In Chinese signifies “pure friendship”
of great nutritional value
In English
a symbol of "death“
has been considered to be " a reward or benefit that is very attractive but difficult to obtain
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Ways on How to Translate Plant Terms
Literal translation method (include literal
translation, notation or interpretation)
Translation method of replacement
Then three basic ways of translation are put forward.
Key Words: plant terms, cultural connotation, comparative study, translation
Outline
1. Introduction 2. The Cause of Diverse Cultural Connotations of Words
culturalconnotationofplanttermanditstranslation英汉植物名词的文化内涵及其翻译英汉植物名词的文化内涵及其翻译指导老师
Cultural Connotation of Plant Term