汉译英常见错误 | 节食以后,她变成一个身材苗条的姑娘了

[译] 节食以后,她变成一个身材苗条的姑娘了。
[误] After being on a diet, she got a thin girl.

[正] After being on a diet, she got a slim girl.
[注] 形容词 thin 意为"消瘦的",含有贬义,如:She is a thin old woman. 她是一位瘦削的老妇人。slim 与 slender 有"苗条的"之意,用于褒义,如:All girls want to be slender. 个个姑娘都想身材苗条。