The Translation of English Onomatopoeia

1. The Translation of English Onomatopoeia

2. Song: Hark, Hark! • Hark, hark! • Bow-wow. • The Watching dogs bark! • Bow-wow. • Hark, Hark! I hear • The strain of strutting chanticleer

3. 歌：听啊！听！ • 听啊！听 • 汪！汪！ • 犬在门前狂吠！ • 汪！汪！ • 听啊！听！我听见 • 伸颈的雄鸡 • 喔喔啼！ • 听啊！听 • 汪！汪！ • 犬在门前狂吠！ • 汪！汪！ • 听啊！听！我听见 • 伸颈的雄鸡 • 喔喔啼！

4. O--- O:Note: English Onomatopoeia often indicates both sound and action. • 1.Two heavy guns went off in the woods---BRUMP! BRUMP! • 2.Thump!A table was overturned! • 3.The brick thumped at the tree.

5. 4.But as the door banged, she seemed to come to life again.. • 5.”What’s happening?” he muttered. • 6.They heard the twitter of birds among the bushes.

6. Note: An English onomatopoetic word can be rendered into different Chinese equivalents according to the context: • 1.Thunder rumbled in the distance. • 2. The cart rumbled past. • 3. His stomach rumbled emptily.

7. O---non-O: • The cop carried a stick, ready to thwack anybody who offended his ear or eye. • The moment he rushed in, the hens chucked and the dogs barked. • The screeching of the brakes got on my nerves.

8. Non-O---O: to make the version more expressive and more effective • Phyl expected them to start brawling, but Mrs. Cooper merely laughed good-naturedly. • The kids are crying loudly.

9. I was born (as I have been informed and believe) on a Friday, at twelve o’clock at night. It was remarked that the clock began to strike, and I began to cry, simultaneously. (Dickens: David Copperfield )

10. sounds of animals: • The neighing of the horse • The quacking of the duck • The crowing of the cock • The bleating of the sheep • The heehawing(braying) of the donkey • The growling of the tiger • The hissing of the snake

11. Ex. O－O： • Crack ! The stick broke in two. • Plop, plop… there was water dripping from the ceiling on to the earth floor. • Crash! The door was broken.

12. Thwack! Thwack! Thwack! This was the first humiliating of his life. • Splish! Splish! The water bubbled round his leg.

13. O---V.+ideophone • He let the beer gurgle down his throat. • All the time there were clucks of admiration from the crowd. • A crystal teardrop plopped down on the letter.

14. O---N-O • The old man banged the boy’s head against the wall. • She thumps her chest as if she feels pain there.

15. N-O---O • The tears she could not hold back fell on his face. • Noisily, the crowd swarmed out of the door. • He sat there gnawing the biscuit. • The logs were burning briskly in the fire.