Abstract This paper is about the similarities and differences of cultures in Chinese and English idioms and their translation, pointing out that, due to the differences in geographical environments, historical developments, social systems, religious beliefs and customs and traditions, there are existent unique elements in Chinese and English. Then some methods are put forward to their translation. Introduction Edward Burnett Tylor, a British social anthropologist, ... a part of culture, reflects a colorful national culture. Mr. Zhu Guang-qian said in his About Translation, "In the foreign cul...

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... well as news about their new community, Little Saigon. Little Saigon assists the newly arrived immigrants with a line of offices that provide translation services, school and job application assistance, English language classes, and employment that requires little or no skills. For other longtime immigrants, Little Saigon helps them communicate with their More importantly, Little Saigon attracts ... Nguyen 198). The insertion of bilingual pop songs draws young Vietnamese American into watching the videos and learning more about Vietnamese culture with the following performances. Addition...

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... many laws put in place by the government protecting the cultural history and current happenings. These laws are extremely beneficial for the population of artists and activists within the country. These laws include copyright, film and television, performing arts and cultural goods, just to name a few. This department was disbanded after World War II and with the break up of this department came the delegation of ... it had to offer the rest of the world. In seeing it from that perspective, it did make sense to protect the country and act in the best interest of the country after much o...

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... community, not just individuals. In the film, the laws are fair, which allows justice to be done and disputes to be settled and resolved effectively. There is no emotion, imbalance of power or bias between the indigenous groups and therefore it's fair in the end. The scene when the two tribes discuss Ridjimiraril's punishment is presented in a bird's eye view, which showed that both ... in harmony with it. They do not own the land, they belong to it. The film also captures beautiful close-up images of nature and the cinematography is visually rich. In the opening scene, there is an over...

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... , the Japanese economy was the highest growth rate in the world after World War II. With astounding facts like this, one should consider why and how the Japanese were able to recreate a booming and wealthy nation despite all of its adversities. There are 2 competing views which can ... circulated from the bottom levels of management to the top, and requires the signature of each manager at each level involved before a decision can be implemented. The top managers only act as a facilitator to the lower management, and if the decision is made then the upper management will ... are also sig...

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... however, were particularly important, literally formative, for the entire history of Bulgarian literature and culture. They marked the waning of the popular religious tract as a dominating presence on the meagre literary scene. They also marked the first appearance of works of fiction (mostly translations of translations) and also of periodicals. The change was not as radical as it might appear to a ... cut anecdotal appearances in the period discussed. Carlyle appeared twice on the Bulgarian literary scene, both times as a point of reference . The first time he was quoted criticising Br...

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... surreal collage of images. It can be said that, in a sense, Rumi Mag also creates art rather than is not just sharing information about arts and culture. But of course, the way a magazine shares information is one of the, if the not the most, essential elements to consider by a reader ... . The content is what makes a magazine, a publication. To see how very timely and relevant the information of an online magazine's articles is a way to First thing to regard of a magazine is the relevance of its theme as a whole ... Culture.) Also, being a university-based publication, it is also very p...

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... class workers to escape the harshness of the city. New technology change in the 20th century made escaping the city much easier for middle class and blue collar workers, but why were so many eager to leave the city for respite? As John F. Kasson states, "Coney Island, ... of the century Coney Island not only became a symbol for the culture and social changes happening in America but also helped initiate many of them. Namely the loosening of social stigmas. Coney helped Americans establish a modern social scene that was not nearly as constricted by genteel norms of the past. ... The new...

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... core meaning, as well as how the culture of H&M affects company performance. In addition, conclusion and decisions will be provided in order to evaluate the effect of corporate culture and business etiquette, internal and external positions of the company in the market. II. The Company As one of the largest multinational retailers, H&M possesses more than 3,000 stores in 53 countries around ... the world, where nearly 116,000 employees work. Actually, H&M occupies the second position in global clothing retailing ranking, just behind the INDITEX group. In 2013, company opened 356 stores ...

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... marketing of world music by starting the "world music movement" in the United Kingdom (Fairley, 2001, p. 276). Even though, the world music movement was initialized through recording and licensing decisions, the individual recording companies behind the decisions were driven by their commitment to make world music recordings more accessible to people (Fairley, 2001, p. 276). A significant characteristic of ... the world music movement is that the independent companies affiliated with movement were motivated by their passion for the music itself, and not due to capitalist goals of competi...

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... mainly about how Disney affects society. Giroux states that although Disney is the "Happiest place on Earth ", we should be critical of it and we should not ignore it just because its main audience is children. We should especially be critical towards Disney because their main audience is children ... concludes that, Disney should be viewed not only as a source of entertainment for children but also as an enterprise that is constantly engaged with children and that is actively changing their identity. (pg. 76) It is interesting how products can be promoted through different sources. As st...

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... . As such, what occurred was a hybrid, which magnified the problems associated with adaptations of books, at the same time as it blends Hollywood and Bollywood. This breeds a different audience, one that is not necessarily as in tune with the context that Austen establishes in her novel, a context ... novel, but the themes remain the same. Chadha clings more closely to the comedic way in which Austen captures socially constructed ideals of gender and class, through the use of specific rules of Bollywood film, which in itself if a means for expressing a cultural identity, to accomplish a ...

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... and codes: (Londoneventstoolkit.co.uk, 2016) defines Legislation as a set of laws that are produced by the government to regulate, to authorise, grant or declare. In terms of events legislation is there to protect the safety of the public. Data protection Act 1988 is an example of an Act that ... or the government. (Gov.uk, 2016) Data protection Act affects the way we communicate to service users, every health care worker is responsible to follow rules set by data protection. Patient's personal data has to be kept safe, secure and should not be disclosed to anyone without the contest of...

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... revealing aspects of it's culture. The lyrics and images of rap stars like Ice-T and Ice Cube anticipated the L.A uprisings, which henceforth became a significant part of the iconography of rap. Rap engages a specific political era and space, showing what is going on in the urban underclass and it's rage with situations. In the postmodern global cultural scene hip-hop has become a dominant cultural form ... in many parts of the world. It is hybridising and localising, and producing new cultural matrices. Rap articulates the hip-hop ethos ... and gives voice to the subcultures that are ...

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... cultural awareness. The levels of culture awareness are listed like this; Unconscious incompetence, conscious incompetence, conscious competence, and unconscious competence (Storti, pg. 199). The levels of cultural awareness go from the lowest amount of competence which ... culture is able to act in a manner that is culturally appropriate, and is able to do it subconsciously. The third level is called conscious competence, and this means that one knows the cultural differences, and they are trying to ... adjust their behavior to match those around them, but they have to make a conscious...

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... of cultures. Culture is related to the your origin of birth, which makes me wonder if we really have our own opinion or if it all depends on our environment and certain events that occurred. When I combined culture with democracy, I questioned if it would be easier to integrate cultures or to separate them when governing. Indirectly questioning how culture affects politics ... excludes other groups. Integration is the opposite, meaning the combination of one culture with an other. Segregation also occurs when people are unwilling to adapt and want to maintain their entire culture. When ...

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... individuals relationship with God. The anthropology of religion involves the study of religious institutions in relation to other social institutions; comparing religious beliefs, doctirnes and practices across different cultures. Modern anthropology assumes that every religion is a cultural product, created by the each individual community. In 2008, researchers ... as influence the choices we make. In some religions such as Hinduism, it sets the guidelines on how to dress, act, and treat others. Religion is a major agency of socialization because it embodies the moral principles of ...

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... their progress. As a Native American college student, the character Corliss is already viewed as having defied a powerful racial boundary and through her involvement in poetry she has transgressed another. Poetry is seen as a white refuge and when Corliss adopts it as her own she is personally responsible for a seemingly minor act of culture diffusion. She transfers her subjectivity into the texts she reads ... and interprets them with her social location in mind. Her race is not a handicap but only part of who she is ... . Her interest in a practice that is not seen as one that multiet...

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... the people within the region also encountered dissimilar problems such as inadequate food, flies were common making the incidences of malaria and intestinal parasites to increase and cases of AIDS were always increasing. Consequently, the book review will draw attentions on dissimilar themes witnessed in the book such ... handled the issue it was evident that problems facing women in America and Mali were same, and it showed the manner in which the issue is heartbreaking because their discussion enabled them to find a common ground in the act (Andreatta& Ferraro, 2013). The book further r...

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... culture in the pragmatic sense. These categories sound useful because they incorporate topics which are normally dealt with in general English courses. Turning now to the relationship between Culture and ELT, all the articles studied acknowledged enormous importance of culture teaching in ELT. Obviously, we cannot go about teaching a foreign language without having fundamental insights of its speakers ... cultural approach to ELT. It is of great importance that ELT students get cultural values in a harmony. That is to say, they should think cultural values globally and act according to th...

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... are in fact part of the same group. Like a secret handshake, the rules of culture let us know where we belong and how we are supposed to act. Some of these cultural rules are clear to members of an organization: Very nearly everyone knows that the team song exists ... to make the players and the fans feel that they belong to each other. Other "rules " are important but may not be conscious ... of any culture. The dimensions of culture (that is, the dimensions that define any culture, including the Essendon FC) that will be examined in this section and the following sections include the...

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... world if efforts were made to alter our society quickly. " "We stepped up enforcement of the laws against public drunkenness and public urination and arrested repeat violators, including those who threw empty bottles on the street or were involved in even relatively minor damage to property ... 292). Gladwell suggests that specific changes can be made immediately to alter the environment that surrounds us. He clearly suggests that change is good and without it, our world will simply continue to deteriorate. Gladwell says "Crime is the inevitable result of disorder" (Gladwell 289). Theref...

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... does not have the formal arrangement of reporting relationships, It may be the case that there is a political structure within the organisation, and messages are passed through unofficial channels. An example of a political structure might be a college. If a college were to re-structure, ... cultures of companies. Culture controls what people do and how they act in a company. An example might be a new employee working within a group of long serving employees, and if the group had a set way of carrying out procedures and tasks, it would instruct the employee how certain ... tasks were t...

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... , construct dwellings or records of any kind denoting land ownership. Further, they did not have a written language, did not wear European clothing and did not speak English. The Europeans concluded that the Aboriginals culture place little or no value on material possessions. Instead the Aboriginals adapted to ... of that land and as such their ownership should be fully restored. Mabo was the first Aboriginal man to win a court case concerning land rights issues. In 1993, the Native Title Act was established that recognised that Australia was not "Terra Nullis " at the time of European ...

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... beginning of another, but rather each zone was founded around the presence of the pure distinct culture that existed there. The cultural differences is what divided the types of civilizations, and cultural exclusion prevented one culture from expanding too far by means of war. The Fourfold Cultural Balance was upset through the many different trade routes such as the Sahara Caravan ... from foreign lands' foreign cultures. Barbarians provide another factor to look at when considering globalization throughout this time. Before major barbarian contacts, these cultures' lands were separated...

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