Luận Văn A translation of English idioms on natural and geographical phenomena into Vietnamese

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Đề tài: A translation of English idioms on natural and geographical phenomena into Vietnamese

TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Acknowledgements
- Table of contents
PART I: INTRODUCTION 1
1.Rationale of the study .1
2.Research method .1
3.Study restriction and research .2
PART II: DEVELOPMENT .4
Chapter 1. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 4
1.1 What is translation? 4
1.2 Translation types .6
1.2.1 Word-for-word translation .6
1.2.2 Literal
translation 6
1.2.3 Faithful translation .7
1.2.4 Semantic
translation 7
1.2.5 Adaptation .8
1.2.6 Free translation 8
1.2.7 Idiomatic translation .9
1.2.8 Communicative translation 10
1.2.9 Translation by using a loan word. 10
1.2.10 Shift or transposition translation 10
1.3 An overview of idioms 12
1.3.1 What is an idiom? 12
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1.3.2 Translation equivalence 14
1.3.3 Non-equivalent cases 14
1.3.3.1 Transliteral .16
1.3.3.2 Explanation 17
CHAPTER 2. TRANSLATION OF ENGLISH IDIOMS ON NATURAL
AND GEOGRAPHICAL PHENOMENA INTO
VIETNAMESE 18
2.1 The meanings of English idioms on natural and geographical
phenomenon .1
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2.2 English idioms on natural and geographical phenomenon compared to
Vietnamese
equivalent .24
CHAPTER 3. SUGGESTED SOLUTION FOR NON-EQUIVALENT
IN TRANSLATION 36
3.1. Non-equivalent cases and
explanation 36
3.2. Suggested
solutions .41
3.2.1 Influence on the culture, the nature and the social condition .41
3.2.2 Identifying idioms 41
3.2.3 Guessing the
meaning .42
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3.2.4 Using idioms in the suitable
situation .42
3.2.5 Finding Vietnamese
equivalents .42
3.2.6 Suggested exercises on English idioms 43
PART III:
CONCLUSION 45
REFERENCE .47




Part One: INTRODUCTION
1. RATIONALE
Culture exchange and foreign trade exchange are definitions quite familiar
with every Vietnamese people in the 21
st
century. When more importantly,
our country is member of world organization trade (WTO), culture exchange
or international business cooperation is boosting than ever before.
My passion is ancestor‟s saying or idioms since I started going to school. In
my mind, there always happened a question that why or where our ancestor
created incredible idioms. And my suspect is more and more greater when I
enter into my university - their places that help me develop my instinct
comprehensively. On the other hand, to understand and communicate English
effectively we should not only pay attention to vocabulary, grammar,
intonation but master idioms as well. However, “what is an idiom?” I only
know that it is very important to all English learners because the
misunderstanding of idiom meanings causes the bad effects in
communication. But how can idioms affect communication? I know a bit
little. So I went to ask so many learners of English as a foreign language this
question. But what I received was that “it is very important”, but little more.
Being a student of English, I am too shocked in this problem and my desire is
to make it clear and to get more comprehensive and specific understanding.
2. RESEARCH METHOD
In order to learn English idioms on natural and geographical phenomena and
Vietnamese equivalent better the following methods are used in the studying
process:
+ Having discussion with supervisors, teachers and friends.
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+ Collecting in file with other words and idioms which have similar
meaning
+ Accessing internet or reference in workbook, dictionary and search
libraries.
3. RESEARCH PURPOPSE AND RESTRICTION
The purpose of this graduation thesis has primarily been to define and
describe idioms frequently seen in English – Vietnamese translation which
does not completely ruin the whole work though, may confuse or puzzle
readers of the target language. To further develop the argument, the thesis
works out some of the major causes of non-equivalence in English –
Vietnamese translations by not only students of English but also people who
practice translating as their profession. Each cause is presented with typical
examples taken out from published materials like newspaper articles,
translated literary works, and students‟ translation exercises as well as
assignments. The thesis then boldly suggests possible solutions, i.e. a number
of strategies translators and would-be translators can employ to address or, at
least, minimize these common mistakes.
Idiom is a treasure of each country and it‟s too difficult to study about the a ll
English idioms because of its immense number. Moreover, my knowledge
and time for this study is limited. So, I only study on English idioms on
natural and geographical phenomena into Vietnamese the equivalent and non equivalent between Vietnamese and English idioms.
Being aware of the fact that idioms are extremely difficult topic and merely
well-understood by foreign English learners and even if native speakers of
English who take the idioms for granted because when they use idioms, they
don‟t know that they are using them, however, appreciate the idioms
associated to attitude and behavior of the speakers. So when they hear
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foreigners make grammatical or pronunciation mistakes, they are quite
willing to accept and understand them. But if inappropriate idioms are used
then, they might not understand what person means and that lead to a
misunderstanding and boring conversation. Therefore, my research is aimed
at:
+ Giving the knowledge of geographical and natural idioms.
+ Distinguishing different kinds of geographical and natural idioms.
+ Raising the learners‟ awareness of the existence of geographical and
natural idioms and the effects using them on communication.
+ Helping the learners use right idioms in right situation.
+ Helping learners compare the equivalent and non-equivalent between
English and Vietnamese geographical and natural idioms.
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Part Two: DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 1: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
1.1 . What is translation?
Translation is very important but also difficult for English learners.
Translation has existed in every corner of our life. It is considered as an
indispensable part in the field of not only literature ,culture and religion but
also commercial advertisement ,popular entertainment ,public administration
,international diplomacy, scientific research publication ,judiciary procedure
,immigration and education .Thus, definitions of translation are numerous
and a large numbers of writers have written about this subject In this paper,
some various concepts of translation have been collected as follows:
- Translation is the copy made in one language of what has been written, or
spoken in another.
- Translation consists of producing in the target language the closet natural
equivalent of the source language message, firstly with respect to meaning
and secondly with respect to style.( E.A.Nida, 1959)
- Translation is the action of interpretation of the meaning of a text, and
subsequent production of an equivalent text, also called a translation, that
communicated the same message in another language. The text to be
translated is called the “source text”, and the lang uage it is to be translated
into is called the “target text.”
- Translation is the transformation of a text originally in one language into an
equivalent in the content of the message and the formal features and the roles
of the original text ( Bell , 1991).


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