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Slang used in America has developed its own features which are integrated into all aspects of American people’s daily life. This paper aims to explore the characteristics of American slang and study the translation skills of slang expressions based on the slang in the American TV series The Big Bang Theory.  \nIndex Terms—American slang, translation skills, The Big Bang Theory  \nI. INTRODUCTION  \nAccording to the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (2014), Slang is a very informal and sometimes offensive language used by people belonging to a particular group, such as young people or criminals.  \n“Slang denotes an informal vocabulary composed chiefly of novel-sounding synonyms (and near synonyms) for standard words and phrases. It is often associated with undignified persons and groups” (Bradstreet, 2010). It has surprising implications for rudeness or disrespect, especially regarding established attitudes and values in mainstream culture.  \nThe idea mentioned above is about the definition of slang, but in fact, all spoken slang in the United States is regarded as American slang. American English distinguishes itself from other language with unique characteristics. And the existence of a large amount of American slang is one of its characteristics. American slang is a sort of colloquial language. Apart from this marked characteristic, there bears other features in slang. For example, the special features include a sense of humor, novelty, conciseness, ephemerality, acronyms, time efficiency, and common colloquialism.  \nThe Characteristics of American Slang  \nHumor and Novelty  \nSlang is the product of young people's favorite games and lively activities such as playing with words, renaming things and actions. Some people invent new words for the sake of novelty, or misuse old ones, while others chase them for the pleasure of fashion. People create slang terms for the sense of novelty and the expression of new ideas and new things. It is accepted by both upper and lower classes, especially college students, who tend to use modern vocabulary and have formed a characteristic style. Most slang terms have novel conception, producing humor and witty effects and have been being wildly liked in recent years. For instance,“Social butterfly” means a person who is good at talking and moves around people laughing and talking all night long. The original meaning of “social butterfly” bear nothing connection with talking, but the image of the words is just vivid and imaginable. Another example,“to pan out” means that someone has a successful result. However, the original meaning of the “pan” is a kind of metal container used for cooking or baking. Its meaning comes from a way to search for gold. Gold miners would take a handful of sand and mix it with water in a pan. Sometimes, their efforts “panned out” meaning they found gold. American slang identifies its characteristics in the course of experiment, showing a great interest in novelty and bearing a strong desire for creative and humorous forms.  \nConciseness  \nConciseness may not be the soul of American slang, but it is the main features of slang. Slang is brief and easy to speak out. One slang term can easily express the meaning which cannot be done by a standard word. For instance, dope (very cool), savage (someone is bold and don’t care about the consequence), I can’t even (difficult to handle), fad (a craze), salty (someone who is agitated) and so on.  \nEphe","cbCaiaPR1v06Ev54","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaPR1v06Ev54","pdf",722836,"English","# I. Introduction\n# II. 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