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The Comparison and Translation of Animal Words in Chinese and Western Culture Name: Zhuo Xiaoxue No.: 20115061111 English Major School of Foreign Languages Supervisor: Li Xiaojing Title: Instructor Abstract: Due to the particularity of human cultural evolution, there is a big difference of animal words in Chinese and Western culture. Therefore, it is necessary for us to grasp the difference and translate these words accurately. Besides the reasons for difference of animal words between English and Chinese, the paper mainly interprets different connotations and representations of animal words in these two languages. Then the?paper explores how to translate some animal words with symbolic meanings.By illustration and comparison, we can feel the difference of animal words in Chinese and Western culture more clearly and make it easier to communicate with each other. Key Words: animal words; cultural connotations; different representations; translation strategies 1. Introduction As a form of living entities on the planet, animals add much vigor and vitality to our world, especially for our humans. Animals continuously keep close contact with us, and have profound influence on the development of the humanity. As we all know, language is the carrier of culture, animal words thus account for a great figure in the family of human language. In our daily communication, we use animal words both verbally and written forms. However, because of different history and culture, the connotations of animal words in one language do not parallel with those in another. With the deepening of intercultural communication between China and the Western world, it is necessary for us to grasp the difference and translate these words accurately. This paper focuses on the different cultural connotations of animal words and different representations of animal’s sex, quantity, age and sound between English and Chinese. The paper is divided into four parts. T