The Characteristics and Translation of English Onomatopoetic Words

Onomatopoeia is not only a way of word-building but also a kind of very important figures of speech. In English,there are many onomatopoetic words,most of which are from different sounds of the world. They share the characteristics of flexibility,university,iconicity and creativity. Several methods like transliteration,converted translation and added translation are used to translate English onomatopoetic words.