The conceptions of connotative meaning and cultural context are introduced in the paper and the relationship between them is discussed in order to clarify the impact of cultural context on the connotative meaning of words,and the four cultural factors in the forming of connotative meanings are summarized in search of an approach to the connotative meaning of words in English-Chinese translation.

To make the translation express the original idea loyally, translators need to consider word s connotation, context and collocatio

Analysis of color terms and the differences between Chinese and western cultures;

A contrastive study of the use of color terms in English and Chinese;