@_$_* —nice to learn
4/December
有时候兴致勃勃地要做一件事，
突然某人给你当头浇了盆冷水。
下面我们要说的就是：
当头泼凉水
她最爱给人当头泼凉水了。
[误] She loves pouring cold water over other\'s head.
[正] She loves throwing a wet blanket on others.
注： wet blanket 在英语中指“令人扫兴的人或事”，而中文的“泼凉水”在这里也不是直泼，也是“令人扫兴”的意思。所以在某些时候，中国人的“泼凉水”等同于西方人的“抛湿毯子”呢！
17/Dce
我们经常听老人说小孩子有耳朵没嘴巴的，意思是让小孩子多听少说话。
下面我们学习下：多用耳朵，少用嘴巴
我给年轻人的忠告就是多用耳朵，少用嘴巴。
[误] The advice I would like to provide the young people with is to use their ears more than their mouths.
[正] The advice I would like to provide the young people with is to be swift to hear but slow to speak.
注：中文是用“耳朵”和“嘴”来指行为，很有特点；而英文用的是形容词与动词不定式的组合，既对称又对比鲜
明。
19/Dce
所谓假话说的人多了就成真理了，真的是“人言可畏”啊。又有点所说的“欲加之罪，何患无辞”的味道。
人言可畏。
[误] Words are horrible.
[正] Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
注：此处的“人言”岂是直译为 words 所能表达的！所以还是用地道的英文谚语好 ---借“狗”来说人，有趣而且贴
切。
22/Dce
五十步笑百步
别五十步笑百步了，你并不比我做得好。
[误] Don\'t laugh at those who have covered 100 steps when you have covered 50. You have done no better
than me.
[正] The pot calls the kettle black! You have done no better than me.
注：以前，英国人烧水不是用 pot 就是用 kettle，而且它们的底总被熏得黑黑的。所以，“罐子笑锅黑”与我们的 “五十步笑百步”一样，都很形象，只是两种文化所深沉的东西不一样，因此表达也就大相径庭了。如若直译，很难传神，甚至理解都成问题。
24/Dce
一粒老鼠屎，坏了一锅汤。
[误] The mouse waste spoils the whole pot of soup.
[正] The rotten apple injures its neighbors.
注：都来自生活小常识，都揭示人生大现象，可是，中英文选择的载体就是不一样。中国人熟悉的表达是“老鼠屎”，西方人则用“烂苹果”。
26/Dce
史密斯先生觉得自己是个小人物，他多希望有一天能成为大人物啊！
[误] Mr Smith always considers himself a small figure, and how he wishes to be a big figure one day!
[正] Mr Smith always considers himself nobody, and how he wishes to be somebody one day!
注：“小人物”也好，“大人物”也罢，是言其地位，而非体格。nobody 和 somebody 能准确表达这一中文意思，而 small figure 和 big figure 是指“小个子 ”和“大个子”，不要混淆噢！
6/Jan
我们常说孤掌难鸣，那你们知道这“孤掌难鸣”要怎么翻译呢？
下面请看：
一个巴掌拍不响，这事儿是他俩一块儿干的。
[误] One palm claps not ---this must have been done by them both.
[正] It takes two to tango ---this must have been done by them both.
注：我们说“一个巴掌拍不响”，而西方人习惯用“探戈舞是需要两个人一块儿跳的”，但这两者的含义是那么的一致。
13/Jan
患难之中见真章，真正的朋友是能同甘共苦的，而不是所谓的酒肉朋友。
下面看看翻译：
汤姆破产以后，他的那些朋友都不见了 ---他们不过是一些酒肉朋友。
[误] None of his friends has ever turned up since Tom went bankrupt ---they are nothing but friends of wine and meat.
[正] None of his friends has ever turned up since Tom went bankrupt ---they are nothing but fine weather friends.
注：英语中的 fine weather friends 是指“顺境中的朋友”，其意思与我们的“酒肉朋友”是一样的，都是指“只能同甘，不能共苦的朋友”。
14/Jan
错译正解：白手起家
他白手起家，把一家小工厂办成了跨国集团。
[误] He started from white hand, developing a small factory into an international business group.
[正] He started from scratch, developing a small factory into an international business group.
注： “白手”是“从零开始”的意思，而不是“白色的手”。所以，有时候直译是会贻笑大方的。scratch 作名词时曾有“起跑线”之意，所以 start from scratch 才是“白手起家”的正确翻译。
17/Jan
The most glorious moment in your life
are not the socalled days of success,
but rather those days when out of dejection
and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life,
and the promise of future accomplishment.
人的一生中，
最为辉煌的一天并不是功成名就的那些天，
而是从悲叹与绝望中产生对人生的挑战和
对未来辉煌的期盼的那些日子
17/Jan
错译正解：靠山
这班上最高的男生成了她的靠山。
[误] The tallest boy in the class has become her backing hill.
[正] The tallest boy in the class has become her security blanket.
注： “靠山”只是个比喻说法，它是指“保护人”。但英国人不习惯用“靠山”作比喻，也不用我们常说的“保护伞”。也许他们认为被毯子包裹起来更有安全感吧。
有时候兴致勃勃地要做一件事，
突然某人给你当头浇了盆冷水。
下面我们要说的就是：
当头泼凉水
她最爱给人当头泼凉水了。
[误] She loves pouring cold water over other\'s head.
[正] She loves throwing a wet blanket on others.
注： wet blanket 在英语中指“令人扫兴的人或事”，而中文的“泼凉水”在这里也不是直泼，也是“令人扫兴”的意思。所以在某些时候，中国人的“泼凉水”等同于西方人的“抛湿毯子”呢！
17/Dce
我们经常听老人说小孩子有耳朵没嘴巴的，意思是让小孩子多听少说话。
下面我们学习下：多用耳朵，少用嘴巴
我给年轻人的忠告就是多用耳朵，少用嘴巴。
[误] The advice I would like to provide the young people with is to use their ears more than their mouths.
[正] The advice I would like to provide the young people with is to be swift to hear but slow to speak.
注：中文是用“耳朵”和“嘴”来指行为，很有特点；而英文用的是形容词与动词不定式的组合，既对称又对比鲜
明。
19/Dce
所谓假话说的人多了就成真理了，真的是“人言可畏”啊。又有点所说的“欲加之罪，何患无辞”的味道。
人言可畏。
[误] Words are horrible.
[正] Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
注：此处的“人言”岂是直译为 words 所能表达的！所以还是用地道的英文谚语好 ---借“狗”来说人，有趣而且贴
切。
22/Dce
五十步笑百步
别五十步笑百步了，你并不比我做得好。
[误] Don\'t laugh at those who have covered 100 steps when you have covered 50. You have done no better
than me.
[正] The pot calls the kettle black! You have done no better than me.
注：以前，英国人烧水不是用 pot 就是用 kettle，而且它们的底总被熏得黑黑的。所以，“罐子笑锅黑”与我们的 “五十步笑百步”一样，都很形象，只是两种文化所深沉的东西不一样，因此表达也就大相径庭了。如若直译，很难传神，甚至理解都成问题。
24/Dce
一粒老鼠屎，坏了一锅汤。
[误] The mouse waste spoils the whole pot of soup.
[正] The rotten apple injures its neighbors.
注：都来自生活小常识，都揭示人生大现象，可是，中英文选择的载体就是不一样。中国人熟悉的表达是“老鼠屎”，西方人则用“烂苹果”。
26/Dce
史密斯先生觉得自己是个小人物，他多希望有一天能成为大人物啊！
[误] Mr Smith always considers himself a small figure, and how he wishes to be a big figure one day!
[正] Mr Smith always considers himself nobody, and how he wishes to be somebody one day!
注：“小人物”也好，“大人物”也罢，是言其地位，而非体格。nobody 和 somebody 能准确表达这一中文意思，而 small figure 和 big figure 是指“小个子 ”和“大个子”，不要混淆噢！
6/Jan
我们常说孤掌难鸣，那你们知道这“孤掌难鸣”要怎么翻译呢？
下面请看：
一个巴掌拍不响，这事儿是他俩一块儿干的。
[误] One palm claps not ---this must have been done by them both.
[正] It takes two to tango ---this must have been done by them both.
注：我们说“一个巴掌拍不响”，而西方人习惯用“探戈舞是需要两个人一块儿跳的”，但这两者的含义是那么的一致。
13/Jan
患难之中见真章，真正的朋友是能同甘共苦的，而不是所谓的酒肉朋友。
下面看看翻译：
汤姆破产以后，他的那些朋友都不见了 ---他们不过是一些酒肉朋友。
[误] None of his friends has ever turned up since Tom went bankrupt ---they are nothing but friends of wine and meat.
[正] None of his friends has ever turned up since Tom went bankrupt ---they are nothing but fine weather friends.
注：英语中的 fine weather friends 是指“顺境中的朋友”，其意思与我们的“酒肉朋友”是一样的，都是指“只能同甘，不能共苦的朋友”。
14/Jan
错译正解：白手起家
他白手起家，把一家小工厂办成了跨国集团。
[误] He started from white hand, developing a small factory into an international business group.
[正] He started from scratch, developing a small factory into an international business group.
注： “白手”是“从零开始”的意思，而不是“白色的手”。所以，有时候直译是会贻笑大方的。scratch 作名词时曾有“起跑线”之意，所以 start from scratch 才是“白手起家”的正确翻译。
17/Jan
The most glorious moment in your life
are not the socalled days of success,
but rather those days when out of dejection
and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life,
and the promise of future accomplishment.
人的一生中，
最为辉煌的一天并不是功成名就的那些天，
而是从悲叹与绝望中产生对人生的挑战和
对未来辉煌的期盼的那些日子
17/Jan
错译正解：靠山
这班上最高的男生成了她的靠山。
[误] The tallest boy in the class has become her backing hill.
[正] The tallest boy in the class has become her security blanket.
注： “靠山”只是个比喻说法，它是指“保护人”。但英国人不习惯用“靠山”作比喻，也不用我们常说的“保护伞”。也许他们认为被毯子包裹起来更有安全感吧。
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i won't throw a wet blanket on u!!
回复：it seems that it is very kind of you _*—— 嘻——
沙发 Date:2008-12-05 02:24:26
软心肠
他是个软心肠。
[误] He is a soft-hearted man.
[正] He is a pushover.
注：心肠软，其实也就是听不得别人几句好话，外力一推就身不由已了。在这里，英文不言局部的“心”，而只谈整体的“人”，与汉语的这个区别要记一记。
他是个软心肠。
[误] He is a soft-hearted man.
[正] He is a pushover.
注：心肠软，其实也就是听不得别人几句好话，外力一推就身不由已了。在这里，英文不言局部的“心”，而只谈整体的“人”，与汉语的这个区别要记一记。
板凳 Date:2008-12-05 13:35:15
我们常说平安无事，在英语中“平安”或许很多人都知道怎么翻译，但“无事”该怎么翻译呢？
下面请看：
她儿子终于平安无事地回来了。
[误] Her son has finally come back, safe and eventless.
[正] Her son has finally come back, safe and sound.
注： “平安”可以用 safe 表达，可是“无事”呢？不要直译，因为safe and sound 在英文里已经是固定搭配，直接拿来用吧，很地道的
下面请看：
她儿子终于平安无事地回来了。
[误] Her son has finally come back, safe and eventless.
[正] Her son has finally come back, safe and sound.
注： “平安”可以用 safe 表达，可是“无事”呢？不要直译，因为safe and sound 在英文里已经是固定搭配，直接拿来用吧，很地道的
4 楼 Date:2008-12-08 16:59:12
Experience is the mistress of fools .
——经验是愚者之师.经一事,长一智. ——
——经验是愚者之师.经一事,长一智. ——
5 楼 Date:2008-12-08 17:07:21
大家是否还记得《明日歌》里面有这么一句：
明日复明日，明日何其多。
这句该怎样翻译呢？
大家请看：
明日复明日，明日何其多。
[误] Tomorrow after tomorrow. How many tomorrows would there be?
[正] One today is worth two tomorrows.
注：因为汉语独特的音韵特点，所以这句话用汉语重复起来有绵延效果，但直译成英文却韵味尽失。因此，这
里英文将汉语丰富的内涵浓缩在短短几个词里，可谓与汉语各有千秋。
明日复明日，明日何其多。
这句该怎样翻译呢？
大家请看：
明日复明日，明日何其多。
[误] Tomorrow after tomorrow. How many tomorrows would there be?
[正] One today is worth two tomorrows.
注：因为汉语独特的音韵特点，所以这句话用汉语重复起来有绵延效果，但直译成英文却韵味尽失。因此，这
里英文将汉语丰富的内涵浓缩在短短几个词里，可谓与汉语各有千秋。
6 楼 Date:2008-12-10 15:08:29
剖析得很好~3q
回复：那多得freedom_love的功劳——
欢迎你来《Freedom之英语零零发》圈内学习——
——
欢迎你来《Freedom之英语零零发》圈内学习——
——
7 楼 Date:2008-12-11 23:50:35
今天我们要学习的是一句经典表白：一日不见如隔三秋
请看：
一日不见，如隔三秋。
[误] It seems many years if they fail to see each other.
[正] Absence sharpens love.
注：这里值得惊叹的是，英文中竟有如此美妙的句子与这句中文相对。它们一个含蓄，一个直白，但都一样的
经典。
请看：
一日不见，如隔三秋。
[误] It seems many years if they fail to see each other.
[正] Absence sharpens love.
注：这里值得惊叹的是，英文中竟有如此美妙的句子与这句中文相对。它们一个含蓄，一个直白，但都一样的
经典。
8 楼 Date:2008-12-13 07:47:51
愿有情人终成眷属！
有情人终成眷属。
[误] Lovers shall become couples in the end.
[正] All shall be well, and Jack shall have Jill.
注：中文里千古传诵的句子，到了英文中却具体成了两个有名有姓的年轻人，而且还用了英文特有的修辞手法
---头韵，妙极！
有情人终成眷属。
[误] Lovers shall become couples in the end.
[正] All shall be well, and Jack shall have Jill.
注：中文里千古传诵的句子，到了英文中却具体成了两个有名有姓的年轻人，而且还用了英文特有的修辞手法
---头韵，妙极！
9 楼 Date:2008-12-15 14:58:53
very interesting
10 楼 Date:2008-12-24 09:28:50
She loves throwing a wet blanket on others.
11 楼 Date:2008-12-24 17:49:41
The pot calls the kettle black! You have done no better than me
生活哲理！！
生活哲理！！
12 楼 Date:2008-12-24 17:50:12
三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。
[误] Three cobblers equal Zhuge Liang.
[正] Two heads are better than one.
注：此类中文典故很难通过直译讲清楚，加上一大堆注释又无法传神，所以还不如用英文对应的习惯表达呢。
[误] Three cobblers equal Zhuge Liang.
[正] Two heads are better than one.
注：此类中文典故很难通过直译讲清楚，加上一大堆注释又无法传神，所以还不如用英文对应的习惯表达呢。
13 楼 Date:2008-12-29 19:01:26
文人相轻。
[误] Men of letters despise each other.
[正] Two of a trade never agree.
注：虽然第二句英文说法比中文原文的所指范围要宽泛一些，但其精髓是相通的，值得比较记忆。
[误] Men of letters despise each other.
[正] Two of a trade never agree.
注：虽然第二句英文说法比中文原文的所指范围要宽泛一些，但其精髓是相通的，值得比较记忆。
14 楼 Date:2009-01-04 16:05:38
错译正解：江山易改本性难移
江山易改，本性难移。
[误] It is easier to move the mountains than to change one's nature.
[正] A leopard can't change its spots.
注： “豹子改变不了身上的花斑”，英语里常用动物来说明事理。
江山易改，本性难移。
[误] It is easier to move the mountains than to change one's nature.
[正] A leopard can't change its spots.
注： “豹子改变不了身上的花斑”，英语里常用动物来说明事理。
15 楼 Date:2009-01-08 15:41:53
16 楼 Date:2009-04-12 23:26:34
