汉译英常见错误 | 我及时还了那本小说并且同时又借了一本

[译] 我及时还了那本小说并且同时又借了一本。
[误] I returned the novel in time and renewed another at the same time.

[正] I returned the novel in time and borrowed another at the same time.
[注] renew 表示在规定时间内没有读完某一本书等而重新办理借书手续,所以叫做“续借”,如果不是借同一本书,则不能用 renew,应该改用 borrow。