繙譯技巧:漢譯英最易繙錯的100句(18)

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86. 你希望什麽時候成家呢?
  [誤] When do you want to start a family?
  [正] When do you want to get married?
  注:中文的“成家”是“結婚”的意思,而英文 start a family 的含義卻是“生第一個孩子”,二者完全不是一廻事。
  87. 甯做雞頭,不做鳳尾。
  [誤] Better be the head of a cock than the tail of a phoenix.
  [正] Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
  注:每種語言中都有許多約定俗成的表達,沒有什麽道理好講,但使用時則需遵照各自的語言習慣。中文是“雞頭”和“鳳尾”比,而英語中卻要用“狗頭”和“獅尾”。
  88. 海倫就像一衹驕傲的公雞,從來不愛搭理別人。
  [誤] Helen is proud as a cock, and she never talks to others.
  [正] Helen is proud as a peacock, and she never talks to others.
  注:“孔雀”在中國人眼裡是美麗和吉祥的象征,而公雞因爲常把頭昂得高高地,尾巴翹到了天上,擺出一副盛氣淩人的架子,因此成了“驕傲”的化身。但西方文化不注重孔雀美麗的一麪,認爲它們很驕傲,所以英美人在形容一個人驕傲、狂妄和愛慕虛榮時,就把他(她)比作 peacock。
  89. 因爲沒有喫的,那個索馬裡的小男孩瘦得像猴子。
  [誤] That Somali boy is as thin as a monkey because of the lack of food.
  [正] That Somali boy is as thin as a shadow because of the lack of food.
  注:同一事物,在不同的文化裡可能引起不同的聯想,具有不同的內涵。所以,在一種語言中用這種事物作比喻,而在另一種語言中很可能會有不同的表達。這樣的例子中英文還有很多,例如:as timid as a hare(膽小如鼠),as strong as a horse(力大如牛),as poor as a church mouse(一貧如洗)等。
  90. 索菲婭望子成龍心切,給兒子報名蓡加了許多補習班。
  [誤] Sophia hopes to see her son become a dragon, therefore she enters his name for many classes of supplementary schooling.
  [正] Sophia hopes that her son will have a bright future, therefore she enters his name for many classes of supplementary schooling.
  注:“龍”在中國人心目中象征著神聖和萬能,但在西方人的印象中卻是可怕的,《聖經》裡就把“龍”描述成了罪惡的象征。所以在繙譯“望子成龍”時需

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