... 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, said in his Primitive Culture (1871), "Culture is a kind of complexity. It includes knowledge, belief, art, moral, law, custom and ... In other words, in order to raise people's intercultural awareness to both Chinese and English idioms, the thesis deals with the cultural knowledge effects wit...

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... According to Pham Thanh Binh (2010), when applying to English – Vietnamese circumstance, there are 8 in 9 strategies is suitable. The first method is translation by a more specific word in which a more specific word is used to translate an English word into Vietnamese. For example, the English word for & ... , sling back, wedge heels, kitten heels but Vietnamese refers to all kinds of heels as "giày cao gót". Another method is translation by using a loan word plus explanation. This method can be useful when dealing with concepts or ideas that are new to Vietnam like culture- ... the t...

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... of this, one of the more prominent differences in every culture, our society would grow together and have the ability to work more efficiently. There would be no need for translation of literature between languages therefore more accurate communication. Traveling the world would be safer and easier to engage socially. Businesses, even small ones, would have the means to collaborate with ... ...

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... made great advancements in the blending of cultures, math and science, and arts and literature. All this made possible the a semblance of the House of Wisdom, a combination library academy, and translation center. Muslim culture was centered around its four social classes. It included the born Muslims at the top. Converts were in the next class and had to pay higher taxes ... ...

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... made great advancements in the blending of cultures, math and science, and arts and literature. All this made possible the a semblance of the House of Wisdom, a combination library academy, and translation center. Muslim culture was centered around its four social classes. It included the born Muslims at the top. Converts were in the next class and had to pay higher taxes ... ...

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... made great advancements in the blending of cultures, math and science, and arts and literature. All this made possible the a semblance of the House of Wisdom, a combination library academy, and translation center. Muslim culture was centered around its four social classes. It included the born Muslims at the top. Converts were in the next class and had to pay higher taxes ... ...

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... . Corporations that have the desire to venture into international business have offered training courses to their employees that target the understanding of different cultural beliefs. When languages are different, and translation has to be used to communicate, the potential for misunderstandings increases. Other barriers such as local customs, and taste preferences are forcing businesses to keep these factors in mind when ... ...

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... . Corporations that have the desire to venture into international business have offered training courses to their employees that target the understanding of different cultural beliefs. When languages are different, and translation has to be used to communicate, the potential for misunderstandings increases. Other barriers such as local customs, and taste preferences are forcing businesses to keep these factors in mind when ... ...

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... in the story. The advantages of this procedure are that translators are accurate and well-rehearsed, there is no reading, the subject does not need to speak, and the perfect translation of the emotion words is not necessary because the story already implies the emotion within itself. The translators were told not to prompt, and repeated practice was used to insure ... ...

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... advertised labeling expectations. Organizational effectiveness and defining organizational culture involves four functions: 1) the values and beliefs of the members of the organization, 2) the policies and practices the organization uses, 3) the translation of the first two functions into the "vision" of the organizations leader, and 4) the relationship of the first two functions to the environment context. (Frost) An even more basic definition ... ...

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... the hands of the Holy Office but this time he was condemned to death. Trial documents from the Inquisition are a good primary source of information, however, one realizes that through translation from Latin and Greek loss of context is inevitable. It is difficult to write a history with out other written documents as additional sources. The reader speculates that Ginzburg wrote the ... ...

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