【正文】 (2) Two can play the game孤掌難鳴。 it can be seen in the following examples: (1) 春雨貴如油。 (5) Like a hen on a hot girdle. 像熱鍋上的螞蟻。 (Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear)《三國演義》 (The Three Kingdoms ) Literature, as a mirror of social life, is another source of proverbs. Many sentences in these literary works are full of wisdom and easy to be remembered. So people like them and use them again and again. At last they became proverbs and are widely used. We can say that the proverbs are the cream of the literary works. From above we can find out that English and Chinese proverbs have similar origins from folk life, mythology and literary works. From these similar origins we can see that English and Chinese people have similar social activities and emotional reflection and observation of the world. Similar linguistic characters Proverbs are created by mon people and orally handed down from generation to generation again and again. For the long term of summing up and social practicing. Proverbs have very special features in their structures: concise, condensed and pact. Both English and Chinese proverbs are concise and vivid. Conciseness 9 The cleanest water is spring。 similarities。 differences。 the most refined words are proverbs. Proverb diction is neat and simple. Proverbs use the fewest words to express the contents. Most of English and Chinese proverbs are simple sentences. .: (1) Easy e easy go. (2) No pains no gains. (3) Nothing crave nothing have. (4) 人勤地不懶。 Those proverbs are a bit difficult in understanding. Because in both Chinese and English proverbs they use pletely different words to express the meaning. Reflecting different living customs The differences between Chinese and English living customs are reflected in many aspects. But the most typical one may show on the attitude toward “dog”. In the western value concepts, dog is the best loved pet. It represents honesty.（王秀芬，2021： 42） . The westerners never eat dog meat. In English, most of the proverbs that relate to dogs are positive. .: (1) Help a lame dog over a stile. (2) You are a lucky dog. 12 (3) Love me love my dog. (4) Old dog will not learn new tricks. (5) Every dog has its day. In the traditional concepts of Chinese people. Dogs are humble animals. Most Chinese proverbs have negative factors about dogs. .: (1) 狗咬呂洞賓，不識好人心。 (2) 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。 . (3) 渾水摸魚。 A guilty person gives himself away by conspicuously protesting his innocence. Because readers don’t know this story .so it cannot be 18 translated into “no 300 teals of silver buried here”.（陳金詩，張剛， 2021： 41） (4) 塞翁失馬，安知非福？ Danger is next neighbor to security, or “a loss may turn out to be a gain”. But we cannot translate it into “when the old man on the frontier lost his mare, who could have guessed it was a blessing in disguise?” Equivalent translation Proverbs are the summing up of social practice and natural phenomenon. People in Englishspeaking countries and Chinese people have many similarities in their value concepts and social activities. Therefore, there are also similarities in their proverbs. Some English proverbs are different with Chinese proverbs in the contents but they are similar in meaning. They may use the similar rhetorical devices or image to describe the same theory or truth. From this we can use the equal Chinese proverbs to translate English proverbs. On the one hand, the translation may be smoother. On the other hand, it is easier for readers to understand and accept. .: (1) Diamond cut diamond 棋逢對手。 being on the land, settle. (4) Let another’s shipwreck be your navigation mark. China is an agriculture country. Every feudal dynasty pays much attention to agriculture. Agriculture is the fundamental and crucial trade. So there are many farming proverbs constitute a large part of Chinese proverbs. They are the crystal of agriculture experiences of Chinese people。（吳友富， 2021： 248） (4) As you make your bed, so you must lie on it. 作繭自縛。 (Man proposes, God disposes.)《紅樓夢》 (The Dream of Red Mansions ) (5) 說曹操 ，曹操到。 關(guān)鍵詞： 英漢諺語 ； 相 似 點(diǎn) ；差異； 翻譯 2 The Comparison and Translation of English and Chinese Proverbs Abstract: Proverb, a brief familiar maxim of folk wisdom, usually pressed in form, often involving a bold image and frequently a jingle that catches the memory. Proverbs are the cream of a language. They are the crystallization of the wisdom and the summarization of the experience of working people. They have contributed a lot to the enrichment of Chinese and English culture. Owing to the differences of living customs, religions and traditions , English and Chinese proverbs reflect different styles of national culture. This paper focuses on discussing the differences between Chinese and English in the use of proverbs and regard proverbs as a window of understanding the Chinese and English culture. Due to the different linguistic backgrounds, there are some difficulties in the translation of English and Chinese proverbs. This paper specifically discusses the translation method: literal translation, free translation,and the bination of literal translation and free translation, which makes it possible to understand Chinese and English culture more accurately. Keywords: English and Chinese proverbs。 translate 3 Acknowledgements First and foremost, my heartful gratitude goes to my supervisor, Professor Li Chenfang who offered me the most valuable advice and spent much of her precious time proofreading and polishing the draft of this thesis. I wish to acknowledge her support and guidance throughout the writing of the thesis. Without her instruction, this thesis could not have been in the present form. A special word of gratitude must be said to my family