翻译辨误

翻译辨误

1．“成家”与“有孩子”

Do you have a family?

译文：你有家庭吗？/你成家了吗？

2．理想的好父亲

It’s a good father that knows his son.

译文：知道自己的儿子的父亲是好父亲。/知子莫如父。

3．“没有意见”和“没有看法”

I have no opinion of that young man.

译文：我对那个青年人没有看法。/我不了解那个青年人。/我对对那个青年人没有意见。

4．到底怎么放桌子？

The girl soon laid the table for dinner.

译文：那女孩很快就放好了桌子准备吃饭。

5．问题能被“偷”吗？

“What do you think of the man?” “You’ve stolen my question!”

译文：“你怎么看这个人？”“你偷了我的问题！”

6．到底修好了没有？

The machine is in repair.

译文：机器在修理中。

7．“行走的骷髅”是什么？

He is a walking skeleton.

译文：他是行尸走肉。

8．法官、父亲和儿子

He allowed the father to be overruled by the judge, and declared his own son guilty.

译文：他允许法官驳倒父亲，宣布他自己的儿子有罪。

9．是“犯浑吗？”

You don’t know what you’re talking about.

译文：你不知道自己在说什么。

10．开始做什么？

You don’t begin to understand what they mean.

译文：你没有开始知道他们的意思。

11．到底表扬了没有？

They didn’t praise him slightly.

译文：他们一点儿也没有表扬他。

13．“要听的全部的话”？

That’s all I want to hear.译文：这就是全部我想要听的话。

14．是希望还是埋怨？

I wish I could bring you to see my point.

译文：我希望我能使你明白我的意思。

15．对表扬的回答

You really flatter me.

译文：你真的拍我马屁。/过奖了。

16．什么地方不同？

He made a great difference.

译文：他做出了很大的不同。/他有了很大的改变。

17．能给多少钱？

You cannot give him too much money.

译文：你不能给他太多的钱。

18．到底证明了什么？

The long exhausting trip proved too much.

译文：这次旷日持久的疲劳旅行证明了许多东西。

19．和尚死了没有？

The monk is only not a dead man.

译文：这和尚只不过不是个死人。

20．是什么手术？

A surgeon made a cut in the patient’s stomach.

译文：外科医生在病人的胃部施行了切除手术。

21．黑和白

You look darker after the holiday.

译文：度完假你看上去黑多了。

22．是“走运”还是“倒霉”？

As luck would have it he was caught by the teacher again.

译文：正如幸运所有的那样，他又一次被老师逮个正着。

23．是“拦住”还是“抱着”

She held the little boy by the right hand.

译文：她用右手拦住小男孩。

24．在什么地方？

Are you there?

译文：你在那儿吗？

25．为什么要“再想一想”？

If you think he is a good man, think again.

译文：如果你认为他是好人，再想一想。

26．眼睛是财产吗？

She has blue eyes.

译文：她有蓝眼睛。

27．什么喘不过气来？

That took his breath away.

译文：那使他喘不过气来。

28．“二”与“三”之间

Two is company but three is none.

译文：两个和尚担水吃，三个和尚没水吃。

29．在什么之间？

The elevator girl reads between passengers.

译文：开电梯的姑娘在乘客之间念书。

30．“还在来”是什么意思？

Students are still arriving.

译文：学生们还正在来。

31．是“为”还是“不为”？

I must not stay here and do nothing.

译文：我不能呆在这儿并且什么也不做。

32．是一样“聪明”还是一样“笨”？

They went away as wise as they came.

译文：他们走的时候和来的时候一样聪明。

33．如何起誓说“不”？

I won’t do it to save my life.

译文：为了自己的救命，我不会这样做。

34．好不到哪里去

Nonsense, I don’t think his painting is any better than yours.译文：胡说，我不认为他的画比你的有任何好。

35．谁听不到谁？

Traditionally, Italian presidents have been seen and not heard.

译文：就传统而言，意大利的历届总统常常见得着却听不到。

36．side和“腰”

The village is on the side of the mountain.

译文：村庄在山边上。/村庄在山那边。/村庄在山脚下。

37．“迟”和“晚”哪个好？

Better late than the late.

译文：迟到比晚到者好。38．你怎么知道别人不要做什么？

Y ou don’t want to do that.

译文：你不想要那样做。

39．“第二个青春”

My grandfather is nearly ninety and in his second childhood. 译文：我祖父快90岁了，迎来了他的第二个春天。

40．他的专业是什么？

His specialty is social science.

译文：他的专业是社会科学。

41．工作几次？

Work once and work twice.

译文：一而再，再而三地干。

42．橡胶会“让步”吗？

Rubber easily gives way to pressure.

译文：橡胶很容易向压力让步。

43．人能死两次吗？

If my mother had known of it she’d have died a second time.译文：要是我妈妈知道了，她会再死一次。

44．英语里哪个词最长？

Never is a long word.

译文：Never是一个很长的词。

45．“坏”到什么程度？

---Would you come and see our new house today?

---But this is a bad day.

译文：—你今天来看看我们的新房子吗？

—可是今天不是个好日子呀。

46．thick skin一定是“厚脸皮”吗？

To be a statesman, you need a thick skin.

译文：做个政治家，你需要一张厚脸皮。

47．我们到底在哪里？

He knows where we are to 100 meters.

译文：他知道离我们100米的地方。

48．真有骨头卡在喉咙里吗？

He said he had a bone in his throat.

译文：他说他感到骨鲠在喉。

49．有假的哲学家吗？

You are really a philosopher.

译文：你真是一个哲学家。