This paper, focusing on idiom translation methods and principles between English and Chinese, with the statement of different idiom definitions and the analysis of idiom characteristics and culture differences, studies the strategies on idiom translation, what kind of method should be used and what kind of principle should be followed as to get better idiom translations.

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In the process of socio-economic development of our country, the contradiction between population, resources, environment and economic development between the increasingly prominent, caused a certain impact on the overall economic development strategy of China. Thus, in the national economic development, we must adhere to the sustainable strategy to promote population, resources and environmental development. Firstly, the relationship between population, resources, environment and economic development are analyzed, and then explore the need for the implementation of sustainable development, followed by an analysis of resources and environmental status of our population, development, and finally put forward coordinated and sustainable development of population, resources and the environment countermeasures, hope the relevant officers.