Then the author narrows this large topic down to English translation of Chinese idioms from a cultural translation perspective, since an idiom is like a mirror reflecting culture, but is relatively difficult to be rendered into another language.

• 由于习语像镜子一样很好地反映着文化,并且也较难于翻译,因此作者将文化翻译这个宽泛的题目缩小为“从文化翻译角度看汉语习语的英译”。