【正文】 scientific literature, and saw the 北京理工大學(xué)珠海學(xué)院 20xx 屆本科生畢業(yè)論文 2 creation of works such as Su Song39。the descendants of the dragon.39。 which means professed love of what one really fears. Here is the story behind the idiom. Lord Ye loved dragons deeply. He had dragons everywhere and he was thinking about dragons all the time. His love of dragons moved a real dragon, so the dragon came to visit him one day. When he saw the real dragon, he was frightened to death. Generally speaking, it doesn‘t matter how people tend to translate this term. For example, all parents hope their children will be useful and successful, in the original Chinese words meaning, that is to hope their children to be a dragon. In this circumstance, there is no need to turn the meaning into English word b y word. But, under particular situation, ―dragon‖ should be used in translation. There was an historical story took place in the Period of the Spring and Autumn Annals (BC 770476) proving something same in different geographical localities have different properties. The King of the Chu State was giving a banquet in honor 北京理工大學(xué)珠海學(xué)院 20xx 屆本科生畢業(yè)論文 10 of the envoy from the Qi State when a thief was brought to the banquet hall. The King of the Chu State asked where the thief was from and the answer was ―from the Qi State‖. Then the King of the Chu State asked the envoy, Mr. Yanzi, ―Are your Qi People always like stealing?‖ The envoy replied, ―I know that when growing in the south of the Huaihe River, the mandarin orange is very sweet, while in the north of the river, the orange is sour. That is because the water and the soil are different in the two places. The same reason is for that the people living in the Qi State are honest, but they may bee thieves when living in the Chu State.‖ The King of the Chu wanted to put down the envoy of Qi but failed and was put down by the king himself. Therefore, from the story above, it can be drawn a conclusion that owing to the difference in terms of geographic location, the taste of the orange could change so does the meaning of dragon due to the difference in terms of the cultural background in the east and West. According to this, it is safe to say that you cannot draw a wonderful picture merely with one color. And you cannot play a beautiful piece of music merely with one kind of instrument since every kind is blessed with its own unique character. Just as a famous saying goes said by Confucius, Chinese philosopher and teacher who founded Confucianism, “ The gentleman harmonizes but not conforms. The small man conforms but not harmonizes.” （君子和而不同，小人同而不和） Each ethic group should keep its own characteristics in the context of the whole civilization of all the human beings. When different cultures are staying in a perfect harmony, the world will be more colorful and much more attractive. . Various Translation Versions of “The Four Asian dragons” In 1980s, there were four highly developed economies of Asian regions, the first 北京理工大學(xué)珠海學(xué)院 20xx 屆本科生畢業(yè)論文 11 newly industrialized countries, noted for maintaining exceptionally high growth rates and rapid industrialization, which are now the world39。 In one word, the dragon is an important symbol of imperial power in ancient China. For another, the dragon also plays an important part in Chinese festivals. The dragon dance has a long history, which was already a popular event during the Song Dynasty (9601279 AD). The Dragon Boat Festival is almost purely dragonrelated festival, and dragon boat race bees a popular international sport now. Modern dragon boat racing is anized at an international level by the International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF), a Member of the General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) recognizing two types of Dragon Boat Racing activities, namely Sport racing, as practiced by IDBF member anizations。s own culture to a foreign culture, but one of enriching a nation39。 第三，發(fā)掘西方人士對正宗中國“龍”文化的認(rèn)同和英國威爾士“龍”以及亞洲多個國家 “龍”的統(tǒng)一英文表達(dá) ，論述中國“龍”的翻譯，不必屈從西方的傳統(tǒng)口味。s a cultural and spiritual symbol for prosperity and good luck. The dragon‘s main task is to create harmony and bring rain. Dragons are celebrated in art and architecture, and of course the dragon dance is a very popular ritual. Millions of Chinese have the word ?long‘, meaning dragon, as part of their name. Recently, some experts claimed that using the dragon as a national symbol could make Western countries have a negative view of China. But an inter survey indicates that 90% of Chinese people want to keep the dragon, and as more and more people are all familiar with that Chinese symbol, people in the West would no doubt want China to keep the dragon as well. This essay is aimed to prove that there is no need at all for our translators to give up dragon, the totem of Chinese, only for the sake of catering to the taste of the West, and as translators, we should promote some regulatory translation strategy about dragon in order to realize the mutual cultural balance between the West and China as well as to preserve the Chinese civilization, extensive and profound, with a timehonored history, in the longrun. The main content of this paper is divided into four parts. First of all, based on some examples in terms of Chinese and Western culture, it is essential to realize the mutual cultural balance between the West and China. Secondly, take the various translation versions of ―The Four Asian dragon‖ for example, when dealing with some issues concerning dragon, there is no need for our translators to avoid the usage of dragon in order to cater for the Western taste. Thirdly, discovering the recognition and acceptance of the West toward 北京理工大學(xué)珠海學(xué)院 20xx 屆本科生畢業(yè)論文 II Chinese dragon and the unified English expression from some Western countries and regions,