杯子作为一种与人类生活息息相关的器物,可视为一个文化共核的概念。然而,现有的器名翻译手段,无论是归化还是异化翻译,都难以把汉英文化中不同杯子的文化内涵准确并充分地展现出来,留下不同程度的文化亏损。语言只是文化载体的表征之一,单靠文字手段难以有效地补偿文化缺省,对于补偿空间有限的器名翻译尤其如此。? Cup as an artifact closely related to human life, can be regarded as a concept of a cultural common core. However, existing means of device name translation, both domestication and foreignization, make it difficult to accurately and fully display the cultural connotations of different cups in Chinese and English cultures, leaving varying degrees of cultural loss. Language is only one of the manifestations of cultural carrier. It is hard to effectively compensate cultural default by literal means, especially for the translation of names with limited compensation space. ?