“我喜欢狗。”
初级版: I like dogs. 牛逼版:I''m a dog person.
“说吧。”
初级版:Say what you want to say. 牛逼版:Shoot.
“我老公酗酒。”
初级版:My husband drinks too much. 牛逼版:My husband drinks like a fish.
“他很了解如何做这件事。”
初级版:He knows about how to do it. 牛逼版:He knows a thing or two about how to do it.
“别让他惹你生气。”
初级版:Don''t let him make you angry. 牛逼版:Don''t let him get under your skin.
骂人
初级版:F*ck. Sh*t. Son of a bitch. 牛逼版:Ass kisser.(马屁精)Snob(势利鬼)
“车来了。”
初级版:The bus comes. 牛逼版:Here comes the bus!
“约翰在弹吉他,萨姆在看电视。”
初级版: John is playing guitar and Sam is watching TV. 高级版:John is playing guitar and Sam watching TV.
“朱利安沿着街道走着,使劲把手伸进口袋里。”
初级版:Julian walked down the street, and his hands were in his pockets.
高级版:Julian, his hands jammed in his pockets, walked down the street.
从这些对比应该能看出一些区别吧。不过高级跟地道其实不等同。口语中使用俚语很地道,但不能算高级,只是我们见得少罢了。真正的高级一般都出现在the economist、the new yorker等英文报刊中。
①Can you take me to …?你能带我去…吗?
②Can you tell me about how long it’ll take to get to…?到…需要多久?
③Do you know a faster route to …?你知道去…的近路吗?
④Please wait for me. I won’t be long.请等等我,马上就回来。
⑤Keep the meter running.继续打表吧。
⑥Shall we take the expressway?我们走高速吗?
⑦Please drive carefully.小心开车!
⑧Here we are. Let us out here. 我们到了,让我们在这儿下吧。
⑨Keep the change. 零钱不用找了。
⑩I’m not tipping you. You drive like a maniac.我不打算给你小费,你开车像个疯子。
反义疑问句的用法
通常情况下反义疑问句换成英语,很多人会改变句式结构,变成从句(陈述句)的模式。从语法上是对的,但是改变了整个句子的语气~
例如:
1 平时我们说中文经常遇到 “A为啥不是B” 这样的句子,比如 “ 得诺贝尔奖的为啥不是村上春树啊?”
一般的翻译:
Why Haruki Murakami didn''t receive the Nobel Prize?
(这个句式我个人不太喜欢,有点blame的感觉)
如果保持“为啥、为什么”的语气的话,建议换成:
Why isn''t Haruki Murakami the recipient of the Nobel Prize?
来练习一下 --
''有什么话为啥不直说?“
“为啥收据上不是你的名字?”
2 中文中的 “怎么一。。。A就成了B了?” 比如 “你怎么一失恋就拿他当备胎?、怎么你一失恋他就成了你的备胎?“
一般的翻译:
Why is it that he becomes a rebound guy when you‘re disappointed in love?
(用从句引导陈述句,一定程度上削弱了语气)
建议换成:
Why is he a rebound guy when you''re disappointed in love?
练习一下~~
3 “难道A不是B吗?” - isn''t A B?
你的问题有问题!语言没有所谓的高级与低级之分,语言在使用上的评价,只有正确与不正确,准确与不准确,得体与不得体,美与不美之分。英语地道不地道最主要的表现是语音,语调和节奏。英语中有这样一句话,You are what you eat.借用这样一句话来说明一下你的英语地道不地道,You are what you speak.
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