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False Friends in Translation AIM: By the end of this lecture, students should have a better command of some false friends in English. FOCUS: false friends APPROACH: Analysis and practice False Friends：Definition False friends are words or expressions which have the same form in two or more languages but convey different meanings (Baker). (字面意义、语义结构上相似或相同,但含义却截然不同的词汇或句子结构They are often associated with historically or culturally related languages such as English, French and German, but in fact false friends also appear among totally unrelated languages. We list false friends here for the purpose of attaching enough attention to them. Most of the false friends are not easy to recognize and will easily be translated into their literal meaning. This requires the translator to command a large amount of knowledge and keep alert in translating, especially when there are awkward connections between sentences. 1. False Friends in Vocabulary and Idioms oil skin 油布(并非油性皮肤) ;; fish - wife 卖鱼女(并非雌性鱼) ;; white day 吉日(并非白色的天) ; smell a rat 怀疑(并非嗅到了老鼠) ; red meat 牛、羊肉(并非红色的肉) ;blue coat 警察(并非兰色上衣) ; red - cap 搬运服务人员(并非红帽子) ;table knife 餐刀(并非桌子上的刀) ; mad doctor 精神病医生(并非发疯的医生) ; dogear 书的折角(并非狗耳朵) ; familiar talk 庸俗的交谈(并非熟悉的谈话) ; pull up one’s socks 鼓起勇气(并非拉上袜子) ;husband like 善于管理农活的(并非像丈夫的) ;good seats 好票(并非好的席位) cock - and - bull story 无稽之谈(并非鸡和牛的故事) ; bite the thumbs at 对嗤之以鼻(并非咬大拇指) ; twice - told tale 老掉牙的故事(并非讲过两次的故事) ;bull’s eye靶心(并非牛的眼睛) divorce lawyer 办理离婚案件的律师(并非离婚的律师) ; yellow book 黄皮书(法国政府报告书,黄色纸封面) (并非黄色书刊) When a dog is drowning every one offers him drink. （狗若落水人人救，强调人人伸出援之手。 Lock the stable-door after the horse is stolen.贼去关门。 （不宜译作亡羊补牢，其原意是马盗锁厩门，为时已太晚.） 亡羊补牢（强调受到损失后想法弥补，以免再受损失。） John likes to pat himself on the back. 约翰喜欢捶自己的背。（正确译法：约翰喜欢自吹。） In choosing a wife and buying a sword we ought not to trust another.择妻如选剑， 不能靠别人。（不宜译为 择妻和选剑不能靠别人。） There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.黑夜不能阻止日出， 难题无法抹杀希望。（不宜译为 黑夜和难题无法击败日出和希望People wi