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成语的英译 翻译练习 碰钉子 ,皮包公司 ,跑龙套 ,裙带关系 ,人情债 ,三角恋爱 ,三下乡 ,试用期 ,内环路 参考译文 Get snubbed;bogus company;general handyman;networking through petticoat influence; debt of gratitude;love triangle;a program under which officials, doctors, scientist and college students go to the countryside to spread scientific and literacy knowledge and offer medical service to farmers;probationary period ; inner ring road  甲：这一点小意思，请务必收下。 乙：你这个人真是有意思，怎么也来这套？ 甲：唉，只是意思意思。 乙：啊，真是不好意思。 参考译文 A：This is a little gift as a token of my appriciation.Please do take it B:Oh aren’t you a bit too polite? You should not do that. A: It just convey my gratitude. B: hank you then, though I really do not deserve it. Give a lick and a promise Bury the hatchet 成语翻译和成语故事 Backstairs influence 暗中势力，幕后人物；秘密影响 一、汉语成语英译 成语是我们日常生活中非常重要的语言要素。汉语成语结构稳定，绝大部分以四字格形式出现，在翻译中是不可忽视的问题。 哪些汉语成语可以根据其字面意义翻译？哪些只能翻译比喻意义？这完全取决于成语的字面形式和比喻形象能否为译文读者理解和接受。例如“胸有成竹”： Have a bamboo in one’s stomach To have a well-thought-out plan before doing sth. To have a card up one’s sleeve 1 可以直译的成语 中国文学和政论作品中大量使用了一些非常形象的比喻成语。其比喻的本体和喻体有着很强的关联性。其中一些与英语的说法没有很大的文化差异和障碍。这类成语可以字面直译。 引狼入室 直译：to bring the wolves into the house/fold (羊圈) 意译：to invite disasters “……是些什么人呢？干这引狼入室的勾当！” “…Whoever they are, they are letting the wolf into the fold!” 调虎离山 直译：to lure the tiger out of the hills 意译：to lure the enemy from his base “……我中了他的调虎离山计啦！” “…I’ve fallen for his luring -the -tiger -out -of –the- hills scheme!” 如坐针毡 直译：to feel as if sitting on a cushion filled with needles 意译：to feel terribly uneasy 套译：on pins and needles 且说林冲在柴大官人东庄上，听得这话，如坐针毡。 Lin Chong, however, was in the east village of the Lord Chai and when he heard all the talk of him, it was as though he sat on a cushion filled with needles. 守株待兔 直译：to watch the stump and wait for a hare 意译：to wait for gains without pains (wait for windfalls) 这样他采取守株待兔的态度，还是当他的乡董。 Accordingly, having adopted this attitude of “watching the stump and waiting for a hare”, he continued with his councillorship.