英语翻译

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It was a case of diamond cut diamond. They thought they were going to stick her plenty. She just beat them to it. 强中自有强中手，他们以为可以敲她一 大笔钱，可是却被她占了先。
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love me, love my dog 爱屋及乌 spend money like water 挥金如土 seek a hare in a hen’s nest 缘木求鱼 kill the goose to get the eggs 杀鸡取卵 cry up wine and sell vinegar 挂羊头，卖 狗肉

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The students must be enjoying the speech, because they’re laughing their heads off.
All you can do is to burn your boats and fight them in the hope that one day you’ll come out on top.
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Everybody said how well the new secretary was doing, but old Mr. Carr said shortly, “Yes. New brooms sweep clean.”
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Everybody said how well the new secretary was doing, but old Mr. Carr said shortly, “Yes. New brooms sweep clean.” 人人都说新任秘书干得好，但卡尔老先 生却简慢地说：“新官上任三把火。”
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I was limp as a dish rag. My back felt as through it had been beaten with wires.

我软得像一团棉花，脊背疼痛得好像被 钢丝抽打过一样。
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原文中limp as a dish rag，如直译为 “像洗碟布一样柔软”，既不地道，又让 人产 生一种较恶心的感觉，不如用汉语中常说 的“软得像一团棉花”加以归化。
你只有破釜成舟跟他拼，或许有朝一日 是会出头的。

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There is so much happening this morning: I don’t know whether I’m coming or going.
今天上午事物纷繁，搞得我晕头转向。

Reference

It was a great pity that it happened, but there’s nothing we can do about it now. Don’t bewail the past. What’s done cannot be undone.
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drink like a fish at a stone’s throw as stupid as a goose as dumb as an oyster as stubborn as a mule
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drink like a fish 牛饮 at a stone’s throw一箭之遥 as stupid as a goose 蠢得像猪 as dumb as an oyster 守口如瓶 as stubborn as a mule 犟得像牛

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原文new brooms sweep clean的字面 意思是“新扫把扫得干净”，比喻“新任 职的 人干得好”，和汉语中的“新官上任三把 火” 异曲同工，貌离神合。
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I don’t understand how he can think she is good-looking, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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I don’t understand how he can think she is good-looking, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
我不明白他怎么会觉得她漂亮，不过情 人眼里出西施嘛。

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It was a case of diamond cut diamond. They thought they were going to stick her plenty. She just beat them to it.源自Reference

The students must be enjoying the speech, because they’re laughing their heads off.
学生们笑的前仰后合，他们一定是很欣 赏这个演讲。

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All you can do is to burn your boats and fight them in the hope that one day you’ll come out on top.
翻译方法 VI：归化 Adaptation
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由于文化上的差异，英译汉时有时直 译原文会使译入语读者感到费解，甚至误 解。这时，就有必要借用汉语中意义相同 或相近、且具有自己鲜明文化色彩的表达 法对原文加以归化。
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归化翻译法常用于处理某些英语成语、 典故、形象词语等一类文化色彩较浓的表 达方式。恰倒好处地归化可以使译文地道 简洁、生动活泼，便于译入语读者理解和 接受。

In-class exercise

There is so much happening this morning: I don’t know whether I’m coming or going.
It was a great pity that it happened, but there’s nothing we can do about it now. Don’t bewail the past. What’s done cannot be undone.
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love me, love my dog spend money like water seek a hare in a hen’s nest kill the goose to get the eggs cry up wine and sell vinegar
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Last night I heard him driving his pig to market. 昨夜我听到他鼾声如雷。

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One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.
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Once the wife of a parson (牧师), always the wife of a parson.
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Once the wife of a parson, always the wife of a parson. 嫁鸡随鸡，嫁狗随狗。

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There are plenty of other fish in the sea.
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There are plenty of other fish in the sea. 天涯何处无芳草。

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Last night I heard him driving his pig to market.

One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy. 一个和尚挑水吃，两个和尚抬水吃，三 个和尚没水吃。

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I was limp as a dish rag. My back felt as through it had been beaten with wires.
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as timid (胆小的) as a hare (野兔)
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as timid as a hare 胆小如鼠
在西方文化中，兔子是胆小的象征， 而在中国文化里，兔子却象征着机警敏捷。 人们常说：“静若处子，动若脱兔。”鼠 在中 国文化里才是胆小的象征，所以翻译时直 接加以归化。
发生这事太不幸了，但我们对此现在已 无能为力，不要为过去悲伤，木已成 舟，只好如此。