语言是社会文化的载体。动物文化是文化的重要组成部分,各民族不同文化赋予了动物词汇不同的含义及联想。文章以汉语“四灵”文化为例,对英汉动物词语的语义和文化内涵进行了比较,旨在说明中西方文化差异对汉英词汇语义内涵的影响,以提高译者在跨文化语境中的翻译能力。 Language is the carrier of social culture. Animal culture is an important part of culture. Different cultures of different ethnic groups give different meanings and associations of animal words. The article compares the semantic and cultural connotations of English and Chinese animal words with Chinese “Four Lings ” culture as an example to illustrate the influence of Chinese and Western cultural differences on the semantic meaning of Chinese and English vocabularies in order to improve the translator Translating ability in the territory.