英汉翻译教程unit6.pptVIP

Unit 6 修辞翻译 Simile as old as the hills as drunk as a fiddler to drink like a fish like a drowned rat like a peacock among sparrows like a hen on a hot girdle as merry as a cricket as stupid as a goose as mute as an oyster talk like a book A is to B what(as) C is to DWhat C is to D, that A is to B The pen is to a writer what the gun is to a fighter. 作家的笔犹如战士的枪一样（重要）。 Wit and humor are to conversation what salt is to food. What salt is to food, that wit and humor are to conversation. 隽语与幽默之于会话，恰似盐之于食物。 I wondered lonely as a cloudWilliam Wordsworth I wondered lonely as a cloud That floats on high oer vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils ; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way. 黄水仙花 郭沫若译 独行徐徐如浮云， 横绝太空渡山谷。 忽然在我一瞥中， 金色水仙花成簇。 开在湖边乔木下， 微风之中频摇曳。 有如群星在银河， 形影绵绵光灼灼 Metaphor Solomon a Sphinx’s riddle sour grapes the sword of Damocles 达摩克利斯之剑 Achilles Heel 阿喀琉斯之踵 (Styx 冥河) Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay. I want More Pun Better late than the late. 迟到总比丧命好。 You earn your living and you urn your dead. 生前劳碌奔命，死后化灰入土。 Happy Smile Are you Joking? I am Kidding. 1. He is something of a political chameleon. ?试翻译：她有点像政治上的变色龙。（比喻） 2. A run-on sentence, its phrases piling up without division, is as unsightly as a sink piled high with dirty dishes. ?试翻译：冗长的句子，词组堆砌成赘而不分彼此，就好比洗碗槽里堆满了脏碗，很不雅观。（比喻） 3. Her hair is as beautiful as a rose. ?试翻译： 她的头发像一朵玫瑰花那样美丽。（比喻） 4. In foreign policy, flying solo can be risky business. ?试翻译：在外交政策上，独断独行，风险很大。（比喻） 5. When a virus enters a cell it hijacks it, and makes it do what it wants. ?试翻译：一种病毒进入一个细胞后，就会迫使它俯首听命。（比喻）  6. Efficiency is undermined in a jungle of red tape.  ?试翻译：效率就淹没在使人如入迷津的繁琐手续之中。（比喻） 7. The talk about raising taxes was a red flag to many voters. 试翻译：关于增税的谈论激怒了许多选民。（比喻） 8. My life is one long curve, full of turning points. 我的一生是一条长长的曲线，转折点多极了。（