[Abstract] The vocabulary is the most active factor in the language , and the meaning of color words in the vocabulary is abundant. The nature is multicoloured, so various nationalities have formed each unique color view in precipitated long-term history, refracting out gorgeous national culture. Culture has restrained the meaning of the color words from developing, and the cultural meaning of the color words has refracted out abundant cultural intension again. Because of different cultural issues, cultural tradition and culture psychology, the cultural connotations of the English and Chinese color words differ greatly, as a result, these particular cultural connotation meanings are cast under different environments by different nationalities. There are a lot of similarities and differences on the meaning between English and Chinese color words. In analyzing the reason why the difference produces, this paper puts forward the idea of overcoming the obstacle resulted from the difference, which has certain directive significance in smoothly carrying on cross-cultural communication and English-Chinese bilingual translation. This paper contrasts the translation embodiment to analyze a considerable amount of color words, which has summarized the law of translating and explained the importance of deeply understanding of cultural connotation about color words in translating practice. While in dealing with the process of studying English, we should be appropriate无忧论文 【http://www.uklunwen.com】 to understand different culture backgrounds, folkways, customs, geographical backgrounds and history in both English and Chinese languages, aiming at promoting the harmony of cross-cultural communication.
[Key Words]: color words; translation; cultural connotation

英汉颜色词的翻译

[摘 要] 词汇在语言中最活跃, 词汇中的颜色词意义丰富。自然界是色彩斑斓的, 各民族在长期的历史沉淀中都形成了各自独特的颜色观，折射出绚丽多姿的民族文化。文化制约了颜色词的意义演变，颜色词的文化意义又折射出了丰富的文化内涵。由于文化内容、文化传统和文化心理有异，很多英汉颜色词的文化内涵差异较大，这些特定的文化内涵意义是不同民族在不同的环境下铸就而成的。英汉颜色词在两种语言中的意义既有相同和相似之处，也存在着很多差异。在分析差异产生的原因上，提出了克服差异所产生的障碍，对顺利进行跨文化交际和英汉双语翻译有一定的指导意义．本文对照分析了相当数量的颜色词的翻译实例，总结了译法，阐述了深刻了解颜色词的文化内涵在翻译实践中的重要性，强调在学习英语的过程中适当了解不同颜色词在英汉两种语言中的文化背景、风俗习惯和历史地理背景，旨在促进跨文化交际的顺利进行。
[关键词] 颜色词；翻译；文化内涵

Introduction
Language is the symbol systems of more than one kind of levels. In the field of human linguistics , the vocabulary is one of the most direct and concrete factors reflecting the whole nation’s lives. Every word records people's understanding of objective world. As a group of special vocabulary colonies, the color word is no exception, directly or indirectly bearing the weight of various and colorful cultural connotation of varied nationalities and containing strong national cultural traditions, social local conditions and customs, aesthetics temperament and interest. This paper illustrates a large number of examples and comparatively analyzes the original meanings and extended meanings of the colo