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第二十四届韩素音青年翻译奖竞赛汉译英稿件姓名:何鑫学号:111003008专业:英语语言与文学联系方式:18298268196LanguageandSocialStatusActuallythelanguageonespeaksisinextricablylinkedwiththesocialstatusoneholds.InmymemoriesofthelifeinAustralia,aneighborisaimedatsenatorialrun,sohegetupveryearlyperdaytopracticethepronunciationsothathisspeechcansoundnotonlylusciousbutgentle.Ofcourse,thelanguagestandsforone’ssocialstatus,especiallyinmultinationalandmulticulturalsociety.This“status”isalsoaknowledgestructurethatshowsthebackgroundoftheculture,thedegreeofknowledgeandeventhelocationofthesocialgroupyoucomefrom,andsoon.Languagescaninfluencethecognitionoftheculture.Forinstance,someresearchesfoundoutthatasfortheseChinesewhoarebilingual,whentheyareaskedthesequestionsrelatedtoculturalviewpoints,theiranswersaremoreauthenticthanbeingaskedinEnglish.ThefunnythingisthatwhenweusePutonghuatoaskthosefromHongKongandMacaowhospeakCantoneseaboutthecultureandbeliefinChina,theirresponsesareusuallymoreliketheflavorofBritishexpressionsthanbeingaskedinCantonese.Infact,fortheseChineselearningtospeakforeignlanguages,mostofthemisnotthereal“bilinguals”,but“thepeopleusingbilinguals”.Thelatterisbasedonthelanguagesandexpressions,whiletheformerispursuanttothemindsandlifestyles.However,theprocessisnotstaticbutflexible.Therefore,whatalanguagelearnerfocusesonisactuallyasortofsocialrelationship,whichwasbuiltbyhisunderstandingofstridingoverthetimeandspace.Asaresult,whathefacesisnotonlyaboutlanguage,butmoremultipleandshiftingproblemsaboutsocialstatus.Studiesalsoindicatedthataperson’sspeakingstyleisvariableaccordingtosocialenvironmentandtheoneyouspeakto.Generallyspeaking,one’sspeakingmannertendstoswimwiththetide,whilesometimesitcanalsohavespecialpoints.Forexample,whenIarriveinBeijing,my“accentofBeijing”becomesthickerunconsciously.ButwhenmyBritishfriendsareinAustralia,their“Britishaccent”canbekeptmoreapparent.Perhapsthey’dliketoindicatetheirsocialpositioninthisway.Intheprocessofadjustingtoothercultures,peoplecanholdpositiveorn