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标题：Translation of Idioms: A Hard Task for the Translator
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作者：Adelnia, Amineh ; Dastjerdi, Hossein Vahid
期刊名称：Theory and Practice in Language Studies
印刷版ISSN：1799-2591
出版年度：2011
卷号：1
期号：7
页码：879-883
DOI：10.4304/tpls.1.7.879-883
语种：English
出版社：Academy Publisher
摘要：Idioms can be considered as a part of everyday language. They are the essence of any language and the most problematic part to handle with. Not all idioms have direct equivalents in another language, because they are linguistic expressions which are typical for a language and specific to a single culture. It is impossible to define any unique approach in the translating process since so many idioms are culturally specific and thus the pragmatic meaning must be much more prized than the literal meaning. If they are to be translated literally or word for word, they lead to extreme confusion. The present study investigates some important idioms in the book What You Asked For, and provides the readers with the procedures and strategies used to translate them. The procedures are proposed by Baker (1992). This paper presents the definition of idioms to see what they are. Then, it classifies the idioms into different categories and in the end, gives some techniques and procedures to translate them.
关键词：translation; idioms; classification of idioms; equivalents; culture specific; translation strategies