熟语的翻译.pptxVIP

成语、谚语、歇后语和惯用语等 熟语的翻译Translation of Idiomatic Phrases 成语的翻译 1. 英语中的成语 ① give a lick and a promise You did not wash your hands; you just gave them a lick and a promise. 敷衍塞责 ② bury the hatchet They had been enemies for ages, but after a fight they buried the hatchet. 偃旗息鼓；休战和好 ③ by the cut of one’s jib I see you are a sailor by the cut of your jib. 从外表上看 ④ backstairs influence He met the congressmen in secret to exert backstairs influence. 暗中势力；幕后人物 2. 汉语中的成语 成语（idiom; set phrase）是语言中经过长期使用、锤炼而形成的固定短语，它是比词的含义更丰富而语法功能又相当于词的语言单位，而且富有深刻的思想内涵，简短精辟易记易用。 3. 能够直译的成语 1). 兔死狐悲 直译：Foxes will grieve at the death of the hare. 例句：获曰：“‘兔死狐悲，物伤其类’，吾与汝皆是各洞之主，往日无怨，何故害我？” 《三国演义》罗贯中 “When the hare dies the fox mourns,” said Meng Huo. “One sympathizes with one’s own as a rule. We are both chiefs and have been friends. I know not why you injure me?” 意译：All things are sorry for their own kind. 2). 调虎离山 直译：to lure the tiger out of the hills 例句：“……我中了他的调虎离山计啦。” 《林海雪原》 曲波 “…I’ve fallen for his luring the tiger out of the hills scheme. ” 意译：to lure the enemy from his base. 3). 走马观花 直译：to ride out on horseback to enjoy flowers 例句：调查有两种方法，一种是走马观花，一种是下马看花。 《毛泽东选集》 There are two ways of making investigations, one is to look at flowers on horseback and the other is to get off your horse and look at them. 意译：To gain a superficial understanding through cursory observation. 4). 如坐针毡 直译：to feel as if sitting on a cushion filled with needles. 例句：且说林冲在柴大官人东庄上，听得这话，如坐针毡。 《水浒传》施耐庵 Lin Chong, however, was in the east village of the Lord Chai and heard all the talk of him, and when he heard it was as though he sat on a filled with needles. 意译：to feel terribly uneasy 直译法:保留原文表达方式，能最大限度在译文中再现成语中的形象和感情色彩。 其他诸如： 如鱼得水 Feel just like fish getting into water 临阵磨枪 Sharpen one’s spear only before going into battle 狐假虎威 The fox borrows the tiger’s terror 对牛弹琴 Play the harp to a bull 4. 能够套译的汉语成语 一些汉语成语在意义上和英语 成语一致，但表达的形象和意象不同，可以采用套译法翻译 1).挥金如土 例句：少卿兄挥金如土，为什么躲在家里用，不拿来这里我们大家玩玩？ 《儒林外史》吴敬梓 套译：to spend money like