英语翻译TAsaphenomenon,interculturalcommunicationhasexistedforthousandsofyears.However,asadiscipline,itshistoryisonlyaboutfiftyyears.FInterculturalcommunicationasadiscipline（学科）firststartedinEurope(theUSA).FCu

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　　TAsaphenomenon,interculturalcommunicationhasexistedforthousandsofyears.However,asadiscipline,itshistoryisonlyaboutfiftyyears.

　　FInterculturalcommunicationasadiscipline（学科）firststartedinEurope(theUSA).

　　FCultureisastatic(dynamic)entitywhilecommunicationisadynamicprocess.

　　TCulturecanbeseenassharedknowledge,whatpeopleneedtoknowinordertoactappropriatelyinagivenculture.

　　TAlthoughculturalstereotype（刻板的印象）hasitslimitations(over-generalization),itstillcontributestoaperson’sculturalcognition.

　　TIninternationalcommunication,weshouldseparateone’sindividualcharacterfromculturalgeneralization（共性）.

　　TCulturalmistakesaremoreseriousthanlinguistic（语言的）mistakes.Thelinguisticmistakemeansthatsomeoneisnotfullyexpressinghisorherideawhileculturalmistakescanleadtoseriousmisunderstandingandevenill-feelingbetweenindividuals.

　　FAllpeopleofthesamenationalitywillhavethesameculture.(It’sclearthatthisiswrong.)

　　TAlthoughtwoculturesmaysharethesameideas,theirmeaningandsignificancemaynotbethesame.

　　FOne’sactionsaretotallyindependentof(greatlyinfluencedby)hisorherculture.