汉译英误译举例

汉译英误译举例

摘自《汉英翻译技巧》（单其昌）

1．他一点不蠢。

误：He is not a fool.

正：He is no fool.

2．我对他们一个也不喜欢。

误：I do not like all of them(every one of them).

正：I do not like any of them.(I like none of them).

3．我不会做那样的蠢事。

误：I know better than do such a thing.

正：I know better than to do such a thin.

4.我是去读书，不是去打篮球。

误：I went to study,not play basketball.

正：I went to study,not to play basketball.

5.我们没有准时达到，感到很抱歉。

误：We felt sorry for coming not on time.

正：We felt sorry for not coming on time.

6.这个伟大胜利是来之不易的。

误：This great victory has been won not easily.

正：This great victory has not been won easily.

7.绝无此类事发生。

误：There is no such a thing.

正：There is no such thing.

8.在河两边一棵树也没有。

误：There is not a tree on both sides of the river.

正：There is not a tree on each side of the river(on either side of the river).

9.两种说法都不真实。

误：Both stories are not true.(None of the two stories is true.)

正：Neither story is true.

10.这两本小说我都不喜欢。

误：I don’t like both of the novels.

正：I like neither of the novels.(I do not like either of the novels.)

11.无论哪一种情况，我都不同意。

误：I don’t agree in both cases.

正：In neither case can I agree.

12.谁都不说英语。

误：Every one doesn’t speak English

正：No one speaks English.(None of them speak English.)

13.到处找不到他。

误：He is not found everywhere

正：He is nowhere to be found.

14．谁都不能做那事。

误：Anybody can not do it.(All of them can not do it.)

正：Nobody(no one)can do it.

15．你不能做那事，我也不能，任何人都不能。

误：You can’t do it,neither can I,neither can anybody else.

正：You can’t do it,nor can I,nor(neither)can anybody else.

16．我也不去。

误：I shall not go too.(I shall not go also.)

正：I shall not go either.(I shall go neither.)

17．我不喜欢打篮球，更不喜欢踢足球。

误：I don’t like playing basketball,much more play football.

正：I don’t like playing basketball,much less playing football.

18．虽说不上热，但也够暖和了。

误：It is warm,to say nothing of hot.

正：It is warm,not to say hot.

19．没有人没有缺点。

误：(There is)nobody but hasn’t his faults.

正：Nobody but has his faults.

20．他除读了一篇短篇小说外，什么也没干。

误：He did nothing in addition to reading a short story.

正：He did nothing except(beyond,but)reading a short story.

21．他非常不喜欢她。

误：He does not like her very much.

正：Not a bit does he like her.

正：He simply does not like her.

正：He does not like her at all.

22．我们现在得走吗？——不，现在不必走

误：Must we go now?—no,you mustn’t.

正：Must we go now?—no,you needn’t.

23．不，那不可能是她。

误：No,it mustn’t be her.

正：No,it cannot be her.

24．我没有多少牛奶了。

误：I haven’t plenty of milk left.

正：I haven’t much milk left.

25．你看，他工作是多么不努力啊！

误：Now,you see,how hard-working he isn’t!

正：Now,you see,how slack he is!

26．你的表不对。

误：Your watch is not right(correct).

正：Your watch doesn’t keep good time.

27．他们是我们的死敌。

误：They are our dead enemies.

正：They are our deadly enemies.(Or:mortal enemies,sworn enemies)

28．这衣服是毛线衣。

误：The dress is woolen.

正：This is a woolen dress.

29．形势是最好不过的了。

误：The situation is nothing else but bad.

正：The situation is nothing else but fine.

30．那完全是一个奇迹。

误：That’s nothing more than a miracle.

正：That’s nothing less than a m iracle.

31．他决不是勇敢的人。

误：He is anything but not a brave man.

正：He is anything but brave.

32．他自以为了不起。