【正文】 slation relations and issues from the view of context. Dishes as a direct manifestation of the language and culture, with the widely advent of varied restaurants, has bee to be see in everywhere. The English translation of dishes has bee an urgent and pressing task. Whereas， many a scholar have done researches on English translation of Chinese dishes. They are: (1) Zhang Lehui(20xx), a scholar of Dongbei University of Finance amp。 it is hard to give culture a plete and scientific definition. According to Yan Fanbo (20xx), the English word “culture” es from the Latin word “cultura”, which basically means “cultivate。 they must use English smoothly, and have a prehensive understanding of the culture and customs of the Englishspeaking countries (Qiu, 20xx). Differences in Ways of cooking The cooking is the hidden factors of the differences between Chinese and Western food culture. The difference of cooking method of appears in three aspects: Firstly, the roughing of the raw materials. The socalled food is too refined, cuisine is too small, whose basis is the roughing of raw materials which Chinese food pay much attention to and after the raw materials be processed it will appear in variety of shapes, while the Western raw materials processing is relatively simple, generally have whole pieces or several small , mud shapes. Secondly, it is the level of heating. Paying much attention to the use of fire, Chinese cooking has 30 kinds of processing methods, many of which can not be found in Western cooking, while processing time of Western cooking is shorter and fire temperature is moderate. Finally, it is the seasoning. Chinese food has plex types of flavor, and requires raw materials tasty, yet Western food stresses the flavor of raw materials and use spices independently. In short, the Chinese food is like an art required experience and Western dishes like technology can be standardized operation. Differences in Materials of Diet Western food?s raw materials are animals and ocean fishbased, supplemented with plant, Chinese food?s raw materials are plant and freshwater fishbased, supplemented with animals . in the West, dishes are used for filling their stomachs。 language is the carrier of culture, and culture is the soil of language, so the munication between different language and culture must rely on translation, and translation process, of course, also have to consider cultural factors. Just like what Kong Huiyi said, in the history of human civilization, there are a lot of progress are due to the impact of foreign knowledge, which makes a huge exchange in the system of society, culture and knowledge and finally makes the whole cultural system a new look (Hou, 20xx). Because of the dissemination of knowledge depends on the tool of language and almost all of the adventives knowledge is foreign language, and translation has always been the most important way for the spreading of adventives knowledge. From this point of view, culture is closely related to translation. We can even say that the development of the world?s major cultural system can not separate from translation process (Nida, 20xx). Therefore， in the crosscultural munication activities, it is important to be familiar with the language and culture of both our own nation and foreign nation, as well as differences between two nation?s culture. As the American translator scientist Eugene A : ?for truly successful translation, being familiar with two cultures are even more important than mastering two languages, because words can only make sense in its background in which it works.? Differences between Chinese and Western Culture Different nation has different culture, so the differences between Chinese and Western culture exist in many aspects. First of all, there is a great difference in historical and cultural tradition, for China and the West have different historical background. As a country with ancient civilization, China has a badly long history of five thousands year. However, the United Kingdom, dating back from eight or nine century . to now, just has a history of about three thousands year. And when mentioned American, it is ?modern? and shorten history. From this point of view, it will easily bee setbacks if one knows a little about the historical background of western country. Furthermore, it is different national preferences. For example: the Chinese and westerners? views on the dog are different. In Westerners ?eyes, dog is their pet, friend and On English Translation of Chinese Dishes from the Perspective of Cultural Differences 7 partner, and even a member of the family. However, the sentence You are a lucky dog.” is translated literally to the Chinese people, it will annoy them. Another example is the psychological reactions of the word red are positively different between Chinese and Westerners. Chinese people look “red” as a lucky color, while in English it always means bloody, violent. Lastly, Chinese and Westerners? way of thinking is different。 foreignizing translation”. (4) Gong Yang(20xx), who also studied the methods of English Translation of Chinese dishes under the guidance of Eugene A Nida? functional equivalence theory. (5) Cheng Shuang(20xx), who used the functionalism skopos theory of translation in her paper, and emphasis that the English translation of Chinese dish names should be pay more On English Translation of Chinese Dishes from the Perspective of Cultural Differences 4 attention to. (6) Wang Ai(20xx), scholar of Anhui University, who analyzed the classic cases of translation of Chinese dishes by taking the cultural adaptation as a basis. Indeed, many of the principles and methods that raised by these scholars are usefull and practicable. Summary All in all, these scholars above are all discussing the principles and methods