翻译技巧

翻译技巧

1998年元月13日

巧媳妇难为无米之炊：You can't get something out of nothing.

1998年1月3日

关于"用"的不同译法

with sth.侧重于用什么工具（常用一些）

in sth.常侧重于用什么材料，但也能表示用工具或方式（常用）

by sth.侧重于行为，采用的方式、手段等（常用）

to use（常用）

from 使用的角度（常用）

over sth.（不常用）

on sth.（常用）

怎样翻译“ Li is now with his wife in London; it is already four years since he was a bandmaster.”？

李和他爱人住在伦敦，他担任乐队指挥已经四年了。(Wrong)

（原因）since从句中的过去式联系动词was/were指一种状态的结束。因此不是“已经担任”而是“已经不担任”，所以这句应译为：

李和他爱人住在伦敦，他不担任乐队指挥已经四年了。(Right)

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1997年12月28日

1. 怎样翻译“我十点整会在那儿等你”？

I'll wait for you there at exactly ten o'clock. (Wrong)

（原因）当我们要强调延误或者时间过去的概念时，可以用wait (for)，经常用以表示某人太早到，或者事物来迟。但是语气中不含这层意思时，就要用expect，单纯表示我们知道某事将会发生。所以这句应该译为：

I'll expect you there at exactly ten o'clock. (Right)

2. 天下有一知己，可以不恨。

One dies without regret if there is one in the whole world who "knows his heart".

习语的翻译途径

1、避而不译，绕过难点；

36计走为上计：make oneself scarce

2、用异语文化替代原语文化；

班门弄斧： Teach one's grandmother to suck eggs

3、直译加注，传达形象；

东施效颦："Tung Shih imitaging His Shih"

* His Shih was a famous beauty in the ancient kingdomof Yueh. Tung Shih was an ugly girl who tried to imitate her ways."

4、直译，保持形象；

姜太公钓鱼，愿者上钩：Like Chiang Tai Kung fishing, they have case the line for the fish who want to be caught.

5、直译加意译；

象藏着神灯的山洞为阿拉丁打开了门。

What a door of an Aladdin's cave it seemed to be..

6、在正文中引出典故情节.

怎样问生肖或属相

--您是属什么的？

—Under what animal sign (or symbol) were you born?

or

—What animal sign were you born under?

—我属猪。

— Mine is Boar.

or

I was born in the year of the Boar.

——明年是什么年？

—— What is next year's animal sign?

—— It's the Tiger.

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十二生肖译名

鼠Rat 牛Ox 虎Tiger 兔Hare 龙Dragon 蛇Serpent/ Snake

马Horse 羊Sheep 猴Monkey 鸡Rooster 狗Dog 猪Boar

关于"年轻人"的一些译法与区别

YA：young adult

the young: 〈总称〉年轻人，青年

young blood:〈总称〉年轻人，青年

young fellow-me-lad: 吊儿郎当的年轻人

young man: ①青年男子，年轻人；②男朋友，未婚夫young people: 12-24岁的青少年

young person: 14至17岁的未成年人

youngster: ①小伙子，年轻人②小孩，儿童

younker: ①小伙子，年轻人②小孩，儿童

youngling: 小伙子，年轻人

younger ：（常与物主代词连用）幼者，小辈，年龄较小的人springal: 小伙子，年轻人

stripling: 青少年

lad: 男青年

lass: 青年女郎

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常用谚语

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A jack of all trades is master of none.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A person is known by the company he keeps.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Actions speak louder than words.

All that glitters is not gold.

All's well that ends well.

Ask and you shall receive.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Don't cross the bridge till you come to it.

Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.

Every man has a price.

Faith will move mountains.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Forewarned is forearmed.