习语翻译(学生).doc

Interpreting Idioms/ Two Parts Allegorical Saying一言既出，驷马难追。天下没有不散的宴席。王小二过年，一年不如一年。和尚打伞，无法（发）无天。Methods of Interpreting Idiomsl Idioms for idioms (以习语译习语)l Literal translation (直译法)l Literal translation plus paraphrasing (直译加意译)1. Idiom for idioms (以习语译习语)To fish in the air. 缘木求鱼A fall into fit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。Look before you leap. / Think twice before you leap.三思而后行。There is no smoke without fire. 无风不起浪。As you sow, so will you reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.宁做鸡头，不做凤尾。To kill the goose that lays golden eggs.杀鸡取卵。Strike while the iron is hot.趁热打铁。Dont wash your dirty linen in publish.家丑不可外扬。Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings.饥不择食。2. Literal translation (直译法)易如反掌鼠目寸光Short-sighted君子动口不动手留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。海内存知己，天涯若比邻。坦白从宽，抗拒从严。Leniency confess, punishiment, resist削足适履远水解不了近渴。千里之行，始于足下。千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重。良药苦口利于病兼听则明，偏听则暗Enlightened, benightedFlush, rushTo play with fire To show ones cards To be armed to teeth To head a wolf into the house As sly as a fox An eye for an eye,a tooth for a toothGod helps those who helps themselves, coolie(cooly) yamenkowtow jianli 监理 Mandarin洋泾浜梵阿玲 斯迪克 水门汀 老克勒 cementknow is know, no know is no know.擀面杖吹火一窍不通to know nothing about碰了一鼻子灰to be rejected,or to meet with a rebuff打开天窗说亮话Frankly speaking; Lets be frank木已成舟Done undone不管三七二十一 小巫见大巫 十五个吊桶打水七上八下一个和尚挑水吃，两个和尚抬水吃，三个和尚没水吃Two a company, three a crowd.自以为是A bull in a china shopSmile from ear to ear画蛇添足To paint lily（an area）flowing with milk and honey By hook and crook Silent but violent杀鸡给猴看班门弄斧三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮cobblerPrinciples For Interpreting Idioms.1. Better to interpret idioms with idioms既往不咎Let bygones be bygones.The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak,Birds of a feather flock together.Once bitten,twice shy2. Better to retain the image of idioms in original language(尽量保留成语形象)Man proposes,God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天An inch of time is an inch of gold.Time is money3. Better to keep the interpretation as brief as possible.天有不测风云The unexpected always happen. 得寸进尺Give him an inch and he will ask for an ell.Justice has long arms.天网恢恢，疏而不漏Speak of an angel and you will hear his wingsSpeak of the wolf and you will see his tail.Speak of the devil and devil is coming少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲