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Cultural Connotation and Translation of “Red” in English and Chinese

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DOI: 10.25236/icembe.2020.005

Author(s)

Tang Jiali

Corresponding Author

Tang Jiali

Abstract

The appearance of color words is the inevitable result of the continuous development of human language and culture. Due to the obvious differences between Chinese and Western countries in terms of culture, color words have different cultural connotations. Therefore, this paper objectively explores the cultural connotation and translation of “red” in English and Chinese from different perspectives. From the perspective of English and Chinese, this paper makes a comparative analysis of the cultural connotation of “red” through in-depth understanding, and flexibly USES color words like “red” in accurate translation.

Keywords

English and Chinese language, “red”, Culture connotation, Translation, Research