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成语的英译（1） 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. 翻译磨刀石（直译） 声东击西 刻骨铭心 狗仗人势 口蜜腹剑 Shout in the east and strike in the west (look one way and row another / sell the dummy) Be engraved in one’s heart and bones (remember to the end of one’s life) Be like a dog counting on its master’s backing (be a bully under the protection of a powerful person) To be honey-mouthed and dagger-hearted (a Judas kiss) 翻译磨刀石（意译） 虚怀若谷 如虎添翼 噤若寒蝉 指腹为婚 To be modest and extremely open-minded With might redoubled (with added strength) Keep silent out of fear The two have been engaged to each other before they were born. (prenatal betrothal) 2 可以套译的成语 涸泽而渔 套译：to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs 直译：to drain the pond to catch all the fish 只为工业积累，农业