语言是文化的载体,也是文化的写照。英汉两种语言词汇丰富,许多原本表达自然物理颜色的词语随着社会历史的进程被赋予了丰富的文化信息内涵。本文通过对蓝、绿、黄三个常用颜色词的内涵特征的了解和分析,对英汉颜色词所承载的文化信息差异进行比较研究,探讨一些常用的翻译方法。 Language is the carrier of culture, but also a portrayal of culture. English and Chinese are rich in terms in both languages. Many words originally expressing natural physical colors are endowed with rich cultural information with the progress of social history. Through the understanding and analysis of the connotation characteristics of the three commonly used color words of blue, green and yellow, this paper compares the differences of cultural information carried by color words in English and Chinese and discusses some commonly used translation methods.