歇后语和成语.pptVIP

Methods of translation Direct Translation 1. Literal Translation 2. Annotation Indirect Translation 1. Supplement 2. Replacement 3. Paraphrase The translation of tag lines supplement 看你，隔着门缝看人，把人都看扁了。 Humph! If you peer at a person through a crack, he looks flat! Don’t be so prejudiced. 和尚撑伞——无法无天。 A monk under an umbrella—without hair, without heaven—defying laws human and divine. Literal translation: 聋子的耳朵——摆设。 A deaf man’s ears—just for show. 竹篮打水——一场空。 Drawing water from a bamboo basket—all in vain. 千里送鹅毛——礼轻情义重。 To send the feather of a swan one thousand li—the gift in it