汉译英常见错误 | 如果磁带卡住了,你就必须用一把小刀之类的东西

[译] 如果磁带卡住了,你就必须用一把小刀之类的东西。
[误] If the cassette is stuck, you’ll have to use a knife or something like that.

[正] If the cassette is stuck, you’ll have to use a knife or something.
[注] ...or something 属口语,意为“……之类的东西”。如:Mr Green is a scientist or something. 格林先生是一个科学家之类的人物。I heard that a fire broke out in his house or something. 我听说他家着了火或者发生了别的事情。She made a fire near the oil tank or something. 她在油箱附近燃起了一堆火,或做出别的什么蠢事。