四字词语的翻译

常可采用节译法，即省去并列重复的部分，保留
它的基本喻意。
例如：
四字词语的汉译英
广袤无垠的中华大地
the boundless expanse of the Chinese territory
高瞻远瞩的决策
a visionary/far-sighted decision
招商引资
attract investment
四字词语的翻译
例2、这女子如“槁木死灰”一般，对其他事物 一概不问…… The lady was no better off than withered wood or cold ashes, taking no interest in the outside world…
四字词语的翻译
画饼充饥 Draw cakes to allay hunger. 剖腹藏珠 Cut open your stomach to hide a pearl 外强中干 Outwardly strong but inwardly weak 礼尚往来 Courtesy requires reciprocity 刻骨铭心 To be engraved on one’s heart and bones 引狼入室 To lead a wolf into the house
四字格汉译英
四字词语两部分的语法关系可以是 主谓、动宾、偏正或并列。因此，四字 词组可以分为主谓词组、动宾词组、 偏正词组或并列词组。
四字词语的翻译
四字格的翻译策略： A. 直译：概念意义与文化意义完全相同的这类 成语能够直译。 例如1、处理人民内部的矛盾，必须坚持和风细 雨的方法，坚持“团结-批评-团结”的方法。 It is essential to persist in using methods as mild as a drizzle and as gentle as a breeze, and to adhere to the formula of “unity-criticism-unity”, in dealing with contradictions among the people.
不常用。采用意译的方法，舍弃原文中的比喻
形象，只译出其本质的含义或做出解释。
例如：我要是有个三长两短，你就找警察！
If anything happens to me, go to the police right away!
四字词语的汉译英
眉飞色舞
His eyebrows are flying and his countenance is
四字词语的翻译
自由词组
例1：在那里，古树摇曳春秋，山花自谢自开， 植被茸茸生烟。
Aged trees wave the seasons by, amid carpets
of wild flowers and thick green vegetation.
四字词语的翻译
例2：花园里面是人间的乐园，有的是吃不 完的大米白面，穿不完的绫罗绸缎，花不 完的金银财宝。 The garden was a paradise on earth, with more
talents.
四字词语的汉译英
直译兼意译：这种方法是指一部分直译，一部分意
译，直译可以保留原文的比喻形象，意译则能清 例如：
她单身一人，无亲无故……
To have one foot in the grave. 风烛残年 To apprehend danger in every sound. 风声鹤泪草木皆兵 Remember the past and it will guide your future. 前事不忘后事之师 The outsider sees the best of the game. 旁观者清 To have a bad time. 时运不济
dancing.
To beam with joy
粗枝大叶
With big branches and broad leaves To be careless
四字词语的汉译英
无孔不入 To get into every hole To take advantage of every weakness 扬眉吐气 To raise the eyebrow and let out a breath To feel proud and elated 纸醉金迷 With drunken paper and bewitched gold (a life of )luxury and dissipation
四字词语的汉译英
例3、忽闻有人在牡丹亭里，长吁短叹。
Suddenly he heard a rustle in the peony
pavilion and someone sighing deeply.
四字词语的汉译英
D．直译加注
汉语典故多出于中国的历史、寓言、神话传说， 具有中国独特的文化色彩。虽然现代汉语中运用 典故，只是取其寓意，但是翻译时，我们一般采 用直译加注——既使译文保留原文习语的生动形 象，又使读者充分理解原文，了解中国文化。
四字词组翻译
四字词组是汉语的一大特色及优势,它结构严 谨,言简意赅,音节优美,富有感情色彩,因此受 到广大人们的喜爱。 汉语拥有纷繁的“四字格”词组。它涵意深刻 结构型短小，生命力旺盛，表现力强。 四字格有两大类：一类是汉语成语，因袭定型， 词序固定，不能随意拆散或组合；另一类是普通 词语，结构松散，可以根据一定的语境灵活组合。
All roads lead to Rome. 殊途同归 To share one's joys and sorrows. 同甘共苦 More brave than wise. 有勇无谋 If you wish to be the best man, you must be prepared to suffer the bitterest of the bitter. 吃得苦中苦方为人上人
observe the relevant code of conduct and the law
四字词语的汉译英
例1、冷淡的阳光照着他们的愁眉苦脸。
The cold, pale sunlight fell on their
gloomy faces.
四字词语的汉译英
例2、最可恶的是行里的同仁背后骂我是个老糊涂， 瞎了眼，叫一个不学无术的人来做我的助理。 What is most detestable is that all my colleagues in the bank call me a blind old fool behind my back because I have engaged an uneducated man as my assistant.
誉满全球，举世闻名
world-renowned
天长地久
eternal like skies
自给自足
self-sufficient
根深蒂固 deep-rooted 筋疲力尽 exhausted
随波逐流
to swim with the stream
层峦叠嶂
peaks rising one after another
food and clothes than one can consume and
more money than one can spend.
四字词语的翻译
例3：他决心洗心革面，脱胎换骨。 He is determined to turn over a new leaf.
例4：这些问题盘根错节，三言两语说不清楚。
四字词语的汉译英
木已成舟： the wood is already made into a boat --- what’s done is done. 伯乐相马： as capable as Bo Le --- who was said to be very
capable of discovering best horses ---in discovering
To be at the end of one's patience. 忍无可忍 A flying visit. 走马看花 To nip a thing in the bud. 防患于未然 Worse off than some, better off than many 比上不足，比下有余 to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst
优胜劣汰
survival of the fittest
延年益寿 prolong one’s life 灵丹妙药 panacea / miraculous cure 长治久安 a long period of stability
四字词语的汉译英
急功近利 eager for instant success and quick profits 德高望重 of high ability and integrity 互利互补 mutually complementary and beneficial 遵纪守法
四源自文库词语的汉译英
空中楼阁 castle in the air
轻如鸿毛
as light as a feather
趁热打铁
strike while the iron is hot
易如反掌
as easy as turning over one’s hand
四字词语的汉译英
B 意译：汉语中一些常用的比喻形象在英语中并
四字词语的汉译英
开门见山To open the door and see the mountain To come straight to the point 单枪匹马 With a solitary spear and a single horse To be single-handed in doing sth. 大张旗鼓To make a great array of flags and drums On a large and spectacular scale 风雨飘摇 The wind and rain are rocking (of a situation) being unstable
四字格的英译汉
我们所讲的“四字格”词组，是广义的概念， 包括成语和非成语。从内容上讲，“四字格”
词组言简意赅；从形式上讲，它整齐均称；从
语音上讲，它顺口悦耳。如“振笔疾书”、
“满脸堆笑”、“洗劫一空”。
“四字格”在译文中如果运用得当，不但使译
文大为增色，而且能发挥“锦上添花”的作用。
Honest advice is unpleasant to the ear. 忠言逆耳 To distinguish right from wrong. 明辨是非 It's easy to know men's faces, but not their hearts. 知人知面不知心 The golden rule 金科玉律 To go through fire and water. 赴汤蹈火
These problems are too complicated to be
explained clearly in a few words.
四字词语的汉译英
C 节译：汉语成语很多是由对偶形式组成的，用两
个不同的喻体表达相同的喻意。这种四字结构前
后两个词语的语意是一样的，如果前后两个词语
都翻译就构成语意重复了。对此类汉语四字格通
四字词语的汉译英
百川归海
All rivers flow to the sea.
口蜜腹剑
To be honey-mouthed and dagger-hearted
声东击西 To shout in the east and strike in the west 重见天日 To see the daylight again