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1、The Translation of Color,Color is closely related to human life.It is also an important area of human understanding of the world.,People of different nationalities have differenrt opinions of a variety of colors,so we should pay more attention to the difference when we translate things.,Yellow（黄色）,在
2、英语和汉语中的引申含义差别比较大。在英语中，yellow可以表示“胆小、卑怯、卑鄙”的意思,He is too yellow to stand up and fight.,a yellow dog,可鄙的人，卑鄙的人,a yellow livered,胆小鬼,他太软弱，不敢起来斗争。,Yellow（黄色）,英语中的黄色还用来作为事物的特定颜色，例如，美国有些城市的出租车上标有“yellow”（而不是“taxi”）的字样，代表出租车，因为那里的出租车为黄颜色。如：Yellow Pages 黄页（电话号码簿，用黄纸印刷）Yellow Book 黄皮书（法国等国家的政府报告，用黄封面装帧）yello
3、w boy（俗）金币,汉语中黄色一词有时象征低级趣味、庸俗、下流的意思，如黄色书刊等。这些名称中的“黄”与英语中的“yellow”无关。能够表示汉语中这些意思的词汇应该是：vulgar（庸俗下流的）、obscene（猥亵的）等。然而，英语中另一个颜色词blue却常用来表示汉语中这类意思，如blue jokes（下流的玩笑）等。,Blue（蓝色）,blue常用来喻指人的“情绪低落”、“心情沮丧”、,eg,They felt rather blue after the failure in the football match.,球赛踢输了，他们感到有些沮丧。,She is in holiday
4、blue.,她得了假期忧郁症。,Blue（蓝色）,blue在英语中有时用来指“黄色的”、“下流的”意思,eg,blue talk 下流的言论,blue又有社会地位高、出身名门的意义,blue blood（贵族血统）,eg,out of blue 意想不到 once in a blue 千载难逢,Red（红色）,red flag,红旗,brown sugar,红糖,红茶,black tea,红榜,honour roll,red sky,彩霞,red ruin,火灾,red battle,血战,红豆,红运,love pea,good luck,“红色”对汉语文化的人而言，表示喜庆、幸福、吉祥，但在
5、英语国家的人眼中，绿色和金黄色具有类似的联想意义，而红色则意味着流血、危险或暴力,Green（绿色）,在英语中可以表示“嫉妒、眼红”envy,Because the dollar is the color green,so green in the United States also refers to money”.,还用来表示没有经验、缺乏训练,green with envy,green as jealousy,green-eyed monster,In American political elections,the candidates that win are usually th
6、e ones who have green power backing them.,eg,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。,The new typist is green at her job.,eg,这个刚来的打字员是个新手。,White（白色）,In English culture,white represents a pure and happy thing.,a white lie the white coffeewhite manwhite-liveredwhite elephant,善意的谎言牛奶咖啡善良的人，有教养的人怯懦的昂贵又无用之物,白费事 all
7、in vain,白开水 plain boiled water,一营,Black（黑色）,Black is the color of mourning,the British and Americans wear black clothes at the funeral.,Black in English is also a symbol of anger and irritation.,eg,black in the face 脸色铁青to look black at someone 怒目而视,There is also relationship between color words and
8、 historical,social,economic and other phenomena,showing a social character.,to be born in the purple 生于帝王之家,blue-collargrey-collarwhite-collarpink-collargolden-collar,red inkin the black white goodsbrown goods,赤字盈利白色货物（指冰箱等外壳为白色的家电）棕色货物（指音箱等外壳为棕色的电子产品）,In a word,the nature of the color is rich and colorful!,The meaning of Chinese and English color words sometimes are corresponding,sometimes are accompanied.As a result,we should pay special attention to it when translating.,Exercise,a yellow dog,a yellow livered,胆小鬼,卑鄙的人,Thanks!,
