On the Translation and Comparison of Color Expressions Between English and Chinese 比较中西方颜色词的表达与翻译.doc

On the Translation and Comparison of Color Expressions Between English and Chinese 比较中西方颜色词的表达与翻译Introduction The color is a kind of human beings aesthesia in the objective world (Jianghong, 1999). Whatever possesses in the nature or in social life, various colors exist. The so-called beautiful world or colorful life proves that peoples actual life is closely related to color in which people live.  Scientific research indicates that seven million kinds of colors can be found in the world. However, color expressions are only limited to several hundreds in classification. The number of words for expressing color in languages of various nationalities differs and its classification varies as well. English and Chinese Expressions on Colors can be categorized into three kinds: Firstly, the major colors in the natural world, such as red、blue、green、white、purple、gray、brown、black and so on; Secondly, color expressions on objects, which are commonly associated with gold、silver、orange and blue; Thirdly, compound color expressions which can be found that are related to lead-gray、fish-belly-gray、waxy-yellow、orange-red and other colors ,too. 颜色是人在客观世界的一种感觉（江洪，1999年）。无论是在自然或是社会生活中，都存在着各种各样的颜色。所谓的“美好的世界”或“多彩生活”证明1Translation of English and Chinese Expressions on Colors Many color vocabularies are expressed both in English and Chinese. However, the color expressions in English and Chinese have great differences. Therefore, the expressions on colors between the two languages cant be briefly and equivalently translated. Instead, it needs to be translated specifically according to certain conditions along with a flexible way. As a result, it is urgent for us to avoid making wrong translation word by word. The translation methods of different English and Chinese color expressions are as follows:1.1Literal Translation Literal translation means that translators should try their best to keep the language style of the original work. Meanwhile it requires the target