颜色词不仅反映着色彩的物理属性,还具有多种多样的象征意义和引申意义,由于使用不同语言的民族具有各自不同的文化特征,同样的颜色词在汉语和英语中可能对应着不同的意义,因而在汉译英时往往不能对等翻译。本文对红、青、白、黑四种基本颜色在汉译英时的不对应性进行了探讨。 Color words not only reflect the physical properties of color, but also have a variety of symbolic and extended meanings. Since different ethnic groups have different cultural characteristics, the same color words may correspond to different meanings in Chinese and English , And therefore often can not be translated in the translation of English. This article discusses the incompatibility of the four basic colors of red, blue, white and black in the process of CE translation.