IdiomTranslationundertheChineseandEnglishCulturesClassXXXNumberXXXNameXXXAbstract:Nida,afamoustranslator,says,"Fortrulysuccessfultranslation,itismuchmoreimportanttofamiliarizetwoculturesthanmastertwolanguages,becausewordsareassignedmeaningsinitsparticularcultures."(Backgroundinformation)Thisistosay,translationiscloselyrelatedwithnotonlylanguagesbutalsocultures.StudiesoftheculturaldistinctioninidiomtranslationarestillrelativelyweakinthefieldoftranslationinChina.ExclusiveresearchonthetranslationofChineseandEnglishidiomsisstillincomplete.Inthelasttwentyyears,idiomtranslationhasmostlyemphasizedthelevelofinter-lingualcommunication,butculturaldifferenceswererarelyinvolvedinit.(Identifyproblem)ThisthesisanalysestheculturaldifferencesinChineseandEnglishidioms,thenstudiesEnglish-Chinese\Chinese-Englishidiomtranslationmethods(Researchsubject)fromtheangleofculture(Method)andpointsoutsomewarningsconcerningidiomtranslation:payattentiontocontextandchoosetherightversioninlinewiththestyleandmeaningoftheoriginalpassage(Results);cultureisawholewayoflife,whennewcultureemerges,newidiomsalsoappear,thereforeidiomtranslationshoulddevelopwiththetime.(Conclusion)KeyWords:idioms;culture;translation论英汉文化背景下的习语翻译摘要:著名翻译学家奈达指出:“对于真正成功的翻译而言，熟悉两种文化甚至比掌握两种语言更为重要，因为词语只有在其作用的文化背景下才有意义。”也就是说，翻译不仅与语言有关也和文化有关。习语翻译中对文化差异的研究在中国的翻译领域中仍然较弱，专门对中英习语翻译的研究还不很完善。近20年来，习语翻译大多强调语际的交流，而很少涉及文化差异。本文通过分析中英习语的文化差异，进而从文化角度研究中英习语翻译方法，并指出中英习语翻译要注意的问题:联系上下文，选择与原文风格，意思相符的翻译；文化是一种生活方式，文化在变化，出现新的习语，习语翻译要与时俱进。关键词：习语；文化；翻译1.IntroductionIdiomsuniversallyexistineverylanguage.AnIdiomisawordoranexpressionthatcannotbeliterallytranslatedfromthesourcelanguageintothetargetlanguagebecauseitsidiomaticmeaningcannotbeunderstoodbyliterallydefiningitscomponentparts.(Background)Inabroadsense,idiomscontainsetphrases,proverbs,colloquialisms,slangs,maxims,allusions,etc.(YinLi,2007:9)InChinese,theyalsoincludeenigmaticfolksimiles.Newmark,aBritishtranslationtheorist,inhisworkATextbookofTranslation,said,"Idefineascultureth