斑马舒服04-07 22:20
文化隐喻
咬牙切齿 grit one's teeth
风雨同舟 to sail in the same boat
铁石心肠 have a heart of stone
如火如荼 like a raging fire
如坐针毡 on pins and needles
推心置腹 to bare one's heart
人山人海 a sea of people
浑水摸鱼 to fish in muddy/troubled waters
水深火热 in deep water
剑拔弩张 at daggers drawn
吞云吐雾 to blow a cloud
破釜沉舟 burn one's boats/bridges
杀鸡取卵 kill thegoose(山羊)to get the eggs
昙花一现 a flash in a pan
打开板壁说亮话 let's be frank and put all our cards on the table 其实就是我们开诚布公地说,把牌摊开来说
说曹操曹操到 talk thedevil(魔鬼)and he wil appear
山中没老虎,猴子称霸王 among the blind the one-eyed man is king 盲人里有一只眼睛能看见的就可以当王了
物不平则鸣injustice will cry out
擀面杖吹火——一窍不通 it just does not work
就只翻译出来这个歇后语的意思
比喻:直译,不需要进行转换
花钱如流水 spend money like water
借用
have one foot in the grave风烛残年
非常形象,一只脚已经在墓里
as dumb as an oyster
my lips are sealed 守口如瓶
原文暗喻,可译明喻。
概率化或者释义只译出喻义
助纣为虐=拍马屁curry favor 教唆abet
所以翻译成abet sb. to curry favor
轻徭薄赋low tax rates 循环往复 a spiral
四面楚歌 be besieged 天时地利人和all necessary conditions
注意:有时只需要翻译出一半的意思
扭亏为盈go into black男尊女卑 male superiority
英译汉要保留英语的意思
汉译英常常采用替换隐喻,因为西方读者对中国文化不熟悉
动物谚语:
虎毒不食子 Dog doesn’t eat dog狗不吃狗好记吧?
鹬蚌相争渔翁得利If the shepherds quarrel,the wolf has a winning game
爱屋及乌Love me ,love the dog又是狗
拦路虎a lion in the way
瓮中之鳖a rat in a hole老鼠在洞中
同义词替换
品尝 taste/sample
支持 support/prop up(过去分词双写p)/shore up
充分考虑 take sth. into consideration
give careful thought to
设定,开设launch/set up/establish/open
建立founding(国家某种体制)/establishment
保证 secure/ensure/guarantee
形成 shape/form/develop/bring into existence
行为方式 code/pattern of behavior
进而go on to/further
转型transition/transformation/shift
教堂cathedral/chapel 教会church
知识分子intellectual/well-educated/academic
自我主义egoism 超自我superego
儒家经典/传统 the classics/tradition of Confucianism
气象学meteorology
霜frost 冰雹hail 暴风雪blizzard
雾haze/fog(烟尘)/mist(薄雾)
精神状态state of mind,mind人的思维,外国人常用“脑”来表示精神
spirit与宗教有关
philosophy/idea理念(比如十九大理念)
above正上方 over悬在上方
效益 profit/returns/performance/gains
违背violate/go against
领域area/realm
表明claim/make the point that
消除dispel/eliminate/get rid of/eradicate
investment有回报的投资spending投入
跨越式发展make a great leap forward
frog-leap development
make a stride
缓和mitigate/diminish/alleviate/soften/ease/reduce
减贫 alleviate/reduce
缩减开支cut/reduce expense
缩紧腰带tighten one's belts
生育权 reproductive right/right of fertility(繁殖
生存survival(生死存亡)subsistence(生存权!right to subsistence)
灭亡perish
文明人well-educated文明城市/社会 civilized
打破平衡 upset/disrupt
竞争对手rival/arch Rival/competitor
worm蠕动的虫 pest害虫 insect昆虫(大类有翅的)
咬gnaw/nibble小口/bite大口
吃不下饭spoil my appetite/have no appetite
化妆品cosmetic/makeup
以..为代价at the cost/price of
计划生育 family planning/birth control
发展的上升阶段 keep booming
on the rise
in full bloom
论证 argument/validation
决定因素determinant/decisive factor
困扰 nag/pester
监测watch/monitor
呼声appeal/voice
fair小型会expo博览会(exposition)exhibition展览会
大国large/major great 有伟大的国家的意思
加上plus/along/together with(数字才可以做数学运算)
抢占空间 squeeze 挤压 exploit掠夺
都可以加上space表示抢占空间
成比例地 proportionally/exponentially
中等收入middle-income medium-income
处于...前列rank the top front
rank among the top of
引起社会很大的反响make a big splash
be thrown into spotlight
充分开发 tap/develop full potential of
充分调动bring sth. into full play
充分利用make sth. into full use
生理的 physical/physiological
有效进行 is underway/getting under way
很少用carry out 这是执行的意思
炯炯有神bright/gleaming
瘦长的:slender(男性)slim(女性)
专业的,专家的 professional,expertise
专门的specialized
加速accelerate the rate加快速率
quicken the pace 加快步伐
高度重视highlight
give a high/top priority to
attach great importance to
稚嫩 immaturitynaivety
补助subsidy/allowance
承担shoulder/take on
较大幅度地greatly/significantly
这里是小雯
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