上一期的Chinglish小伙伴們都糾正了么？今天小編再次給大家敲敲警鐘，下面的表達(dá)學(xué)起來(lái)。

1. 人都是這山望著那山高，對(duì)自己的現(xiàn)狀沒(méi)有滿意的時(shí)候。

[誤] Almost all people think that the other mountain is higher than the one he's standing on. They never feel saisfied with what they've already got.

[正] Almost all people think that the grass is greener on the other hill. They never feel saisfied with what they've already got.

注：“這山望著那山高”是指人不滿足于現(xiàn)狀的心理，它在英語(yǔ)中有現(xiàn)成的說(shuō)法，即 the grass is greener on the other hill（他山的草更綠），因此我們借用即可，這樣既方便又更有利于與西方人溝通。

2. 北京申奧成功的消息令我們熱血沸騰。

[誤] Beijing's winning the bid for the Olympics makes our blood boil.

[正] Beijing's winning the bid for the Olympics makes us excited.

注：Make one's blood boil是指“激怒某人”，而非“使人激動(dòng)”。英語(yǔ)中“使人激動(dòng)”的說(shuō)法除了make one excited，還有較為口語(yǔ)化的make one's spine tingle。

3. 別聽(tīng)他們胡說(shuō)八道，根本就沒(méi)那回事。

[誤] Don't listen to their babbling. Nothing of the sort.

[正] Don't be fooled by their babbling. Nothing of the sort.

注：原文中的“聽(tīng)”不能用listen to來(lái)表示，因?yàn)閘isten to指“聽(tīng)”的動(dòng)作，而原文中的“別聽(tīng)”不是不讓他“聽(tīng)”，而是勸告他“不要聽(tīng)信”，因此，用not be fooled by才更達(dá)意。

4. 我們這兒的人都覺(jué)得他有婚外戀。

[誤] People around here all feel that he has affairs outside his own marriage.

[正] People around here all feel that he is leading a double life.

注：Affair本身就指“私通”或“曖昧關(guān)系”，當(dāng)然是“婚外”的事，所以outside one's own marriage是多此一舉了。英語(yǔ)中“有婚外戀”的地道說(shuō)法應(yīng)該是lead a double life。

5. 別看別人不把她當(dāng)回事，在家里她可是父親的掌上明珠。

[誤] Although other people never take her seriousy, she is the pearl on her father's hand at home.

[正] Although other people never take her seriousy, she is the apple of her father's eye at home.

注：中英文常用不同的喻體表明相同的喻義，“掌上明珠”與the apple of one's eye就是一個(gè)很好的例子。這種情況我們一般應(yīng)尊重各國(guó)文化和習(xí)俗，翻譯時(shí)取目的語(yǔ)的固定說(shuō)法，而不必直譯，這有助于將意思更有效地傳達(dá)給讀者。The apple of one's eye源自圣經(jīng)《舊約》，當(dāng)時(shí)人們用apple指人的瞳孔。盡管瞳孔現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)用pupil來(lái)表示，不再是apple了，但這一用法卻延續(xù)了下來(lái)。

6. 都十點(diǎn)鐘了。起床了，懶蟲(chóng)！

[誤] It's ten o'clock. Get up, lazy worm!

[正] It's ten o'clock. Get up, lazy bones!

注：“懶蟲(chóng)”并非真是一條蟲(chóng)，只不過(guò)被用來(lái)形容人很懶惰罷了。英語(yǔ)里與之對(duì)應(yīng)的說(shuō)法是lazy bones（懶骨頭）。注意，這里的bone應(yīng)以復(fù)數(shù)形式出現(xiàn)，也許是因?yàn)椴粫?huì)只有一根骨頭懶吧！

7. 我唯一的資本就是勤奮。

[誤] My only capital is diligence.

[正] My only means to success is diligence.

注：原文的“資本”是借喻，實(shí)際指“可以依靠并取得成功的手段”。而英語(yǔ)的capital指money used to produce more wealth or for starting a business，并沒(méi)有中文那樣的引申意思。所以，這里的“資本”不能與capital畫(huà)等號(hào)。也有人用advantage來(lái)翻譯“資本”，雖然不盡意，但至少可以讓讀者理解。

8. 這家商店開(kāi)辟了休息處，受到顧客的稱贊。

[誤] This department store has set up a resting-place, much to the customers' appreciation.

[正] This department store has set up a lounge, much to the customers' appreciation.

注：英語(yǔ)的 resting-place雖然有“休息處”的意思，但更經(jīng)常的是用來(lái)指“墳?zāi)埂?，即“最后安息之處”。因此，把公共?chǎng)所的“休息處”譯為resting-place不很合適。也有人將它譯為rest-room，但那更不妥當(dāng)，因?yàn)橛⒄Z(yǔ)中的rest-room是“廁所”的委婉說(shuō)法，而“休息處”不是這個(gè)意思。Lounge指in a hotel, club, or other public place, a room where people can sit and relax，正是“休息室”之意。

9. 大家都懷疑湯姆是個(gè)間諜。

[誤] Everyone doubts that Tom is a spy.

[正] Everyone suspects that Tom is a spy.

注：Doubt作“懷疑”講，是“不相信”的意思；而suspect作“懷疑”講，是指“對(duì)...有所察覺(jué)”。第一句譯文犯了兩個(gè)錯(cuò)誤：首先，doubt不能接that從句，只有not doubt that和 doubt if/whether；其次，它所表達(dá)的意思是“大家對(duì)湯姆是間諜這件事表示懷疑”，即“大家不相信湯姆是間諜”，與原文的意思恰好相反。

10. 我們倆關(guān)系最好，他經(jīng)常來(lái)我這兒蹭飯吃。

[誤] We are best friends. He always comes here to have meals for free.

[正] We are best friends. He always comes here to bum meals off me.

注：第一句只表明“他常到我這兒來(lái)白吃白喝”，但朋友這間那種親密關(guān)系沒(méi)有體現(xiàn)出來(lái)。而 bum sth. off sb.指向非常熟的朋友要一些不起眼的小東西，而朋友也不會(huì)介意還不還。

（來(lái)源：網(wǎng)絡(luò) 編輯：劉明）