CULTURAL DISCOURSE VS CODIFIED SEMANTIC STRUCTURES IN ROMANIAN PROVERBS AND THEIR ENGLISH VERSIONS
CULTURAL DISCOURSE VS CODIFIED SEMANTIC STRUCTURES IN ROMANIAN PROVERBS AND THEIR ENGLISH VERSIONS

Summary/Abstract: Starting from the users’ exposure to proverbs in both Romanian and English languages, I am going to analyse the Romanian and English communities’ members’ reactions to possible similarities as well as to cultural differences. Do proverbs shed light on cultural aspects? Do proverbs promote a new understanding of communities values and preferences? Using the thematic approach and underlining the pragmatic signification of the philosophical and the cultural levels, when referring to man and woman within proverbs, we want to prove how much languages and cultures – even if they do not share common roots – are entwined and may display common elements. Differences at the language level might make people have different worldviews. Social life determines people’s relationships and the way culture is learned. Proverbs are rich in connotative meanings and the translator’s work should be carefully done, being aware of the concepts in both source language (SL) and target language (TL).

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