汉译英常见错误 | 我在房间里看见一个睡着的小孩

[译] 我在房间里看见一个睡着的小孩。
[误] I saw an asleep child in the room.

[正] I saw a sleeping child in the room.
[正] I saw a child asleep in the room.
[注] asleep 作定语,不能放在它所修饰的名词前面。它还可以作表语,表示一种睡着的状态。