Shi Lin
Abstract
Cultural discrepancies result in the difficulty in translating idioms. To solve the problems, translators can apply such ways as adaptation, paraphrase, contextual amplification and literal translation, following the principle of reflecting faithfully the meaning and linguistic peculiarity of the original.
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Cultural discrepancies result in the difficulty in translating idioms. To solve the problems, translators can apply such ways as adaptation, paraphrase, contextual amplification and literal translation, following the principle of reflecting faithfully the meaning and linguistic peculiarity of the original.
Key concepts: Paraphrase, Literal translation, Linguistics, Meaning (existential), Adaptation (eye), Translation (biology), Literal (mathematical logic), Computer science