商务口译Idioms-公开课件.pptVIP

Interpreting Idioms;A . Definition of Idioms and Their Scope/Range ; phrases, colloquialisms（口语）, proverbs（谚语 格言）, slang（俚语 黑话） and clichés（陈词滥调） in English, and all the four-character set phrases（成语）, common sayings（俗语）, proverbs and two-part allegorical[,?li?rik?l] sayings（歇后语）(of which the first part is descriptive and the second part carries the meaning) in Chinese. ;B. Ways to Handle Idioms ;杀鸡取卵。To kill the goose that lays golden eggs. 一箭双雕。To kill two birds with one stone. 三思而后行。Look before you leap. 无风不起浪。There is no smoke without fire. 谋事在人，成事在天。Man proposes, God disposes. 滴水穿石。Constant dripping wears the stone. 熟能生巧。Practice makes perfect. 天道酬勤. 天无绝人之路. God helps those who help themselves. ; b) Literal Translation; 海内存知己，天涯若比邻。 A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near; a bosom friend afar makes the world smaller; long distance separates no bosom friends. 君子动口不动手。 A gentleman uses his tongue, but not his fists. 千里之行，始于足下。 A thousand-li journey is started by taking the first step.;良药苦口利于病，忠言逆耳利于行。 Good medicine is bitter in the mouth, but good for the disease. 兼听则明，偏听则暗。 Listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed（听某人劝告） only one side and you will be benighted（蒙昧的）. 血浓于水。 Blood is thicker than water. ; 如风卷残云一般。 Like a whirlwind（旋风） scattering wisps（一缕） of cloud. 癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉。 You’re like a toad trying to swallow a swan! 忙忙如丧家之犬，急急如漏网之鱼。 Stealthily（偷偷摸摸的） as stray dogs, swiftly as fish escaping from the net. 巧妇难为无米之炊。 Even the cleverest housewife cannot make a meal without rice. 杨宪益; c) Free Translation or Paraphrasing ; 木已成舟，只好如此了。 What’s done is done, and cannot be undone 三个臭皮匠，顶（赛过）个诸葛亮。 Three cobblers with their wits combined equal/surpass Zhuge Liang —— the master mind（足智多谋的人）; Two heads are better than one.;打开窗子说亮话。 Frankly speaking; Let’s not mince matters. Let’s speak frankly. 狐假虎威 like a donkey/an ass in lion’s skin 一个和尚挑水吃，两个和尚抬水吃，三个和尚没水吃。 One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy; Everyone’s busine