The Cultural Differences of
English and Chinese Idioms and Their Translation
2.1 The definition of culture. 3
2.2 The definition of idiom.. 4
2.3 The historical and cultural sources of Chinese and English idioms 5
2.3.1 Dialectic structure in the English and Chinese idioms 5
2.3.2 Values expressed in the English and Chinese idioms 6
2.3.3 Thinking modes expressed in the English and Chinese idioms 8
2.4 Influences caused by cultural differences on English and Chinese idioms 9
2.4.1 Different living environments 10
2.4.2 Different living customs 11
2.4.3 Different religious beliefs 12
2.4.4 Different historical and literary allusions 13
3.Concrete principles and methods applied to the translation of idioms. 14
3.3 Additional translation. 16