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汉语习语的英译处理 习语的翻译原则 习语是人们在一定的文化环境中，经过长期的社会实践中提炼出来的语言精华。有文化和民族的特征。从广义上，汉语的习语包括成语，谚语，歇后语等，是修辞手段的集中表现。 尽量保存原文的民族特色和风格，在可能的情况下，直译为主。 又要避免字字对译，歪曲原意。 直译还是意译取决于习语的意义和形象是否能被英语读者所接受。 只有通过广泛阅读，才了解英语读者所能接受的。 英语同义习语借用法 意义和形象相同或相似的习语 隔墙有耳 一文不名 有其父必有其子 谋事在人，成事在天 赴汤蹈火 Walls have ears Without a penny to one’s name Like father, like son Man proposes, God disposes. Go through fire and water 意义相同但形象不同 挥金如土 对牛弹琴 无风不起浪 说曹操，曹操到 胸有成竹 To spend money like water Like talking to a brick wall No smoke, no fire Talk of the evil and he is sure to come Have a card up one’s sleeve 直译法 哑巴吃黄连，有苦难言 瞎子点灯，白费蜡 黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，不怀好意 Like a dumb man eating hydrstics, he couldn’t voice his distress. Like a blind man carrying a candle, it’s a waste of wax. A weasel wishing happy new year to a chicken, harboring no good intentions. 意译法：直译不能达意，英语中有没有现成的同义习语 有鼻子有眼 一五一十 脱胎换骨 落花流水 扬眉吐气 To describe a thing very vividly To tell the whole story Cast off one’s old self and take a new self Be shattered to pieces To feel proud and elated 节译法：对偶，歇后语 长吁短叹 同心同德 小葱拌豆腐，一清二白 竹篮打水，一场空 Sigh deeply With one mind Very clearly All is lost 直译加注法（介绍历史文化） 杞人忧天 木已成舟 The wood is already made into a boat—what’s done is done. Like the man of chi who was haunted by the fear that the sky might fall—unnecessary anxiety. 考虑成语的精粹，有时可绕过文化背景，译出内涵意义。 毛遂自荐 东施效颦 南柯一梦 初出茅庐 倾城倾国 悬梁刺股 To volunteer one’s service Crude imitation with ludicrous effect A fond dream or illusory joy At the beginning of one’s career To be exceedingly beautiful To ne extremely hard-working in one’s study 上梁不正下梁歪 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲 船到桥头自然直 张牙舞爪 滥竽充数 山穷水尽 三寸不烂之舌 名落孙山 碰一鼻子灰 If the upper beam is crooked, the lower one is out of plumb. To idle away the time in youth will leave sorrow in old age. You will cross the bridge when you come to it. Put out a claw. Have you here just to make up the number At the end of its tether. My smooth talk Failed Being snubbed * * *