在英汉翻译过程中,我们经常会碰到以动物名词设喻的语言现象,不同的语言中,其动物名词的文化内涵也不尽相同。本文从四个方面通过对一些常见动物名词的文化内涵的比较,来揭示其在外语学习和跨文化交际中的重要作用。 In the process of English-Chinese translation, we often encounter the linguistic phenomenon that animal names are metaphorical. In different languages, the cultural connotations of animal nouns are also different. In this paper, we compare the cultural connotation of some common animal nouns from four aspects to reveal their important role in foreign language learning and intercultural communication.