汉译英常见错误 | 我的职责是做家务和把孩子从学校接回来
[译] 我的职责是做家务和把孩子从学校接回来。
[误] My obligations include doing the housework and picking up the children from school.
[译] 我的职责是做家务和把孩子从学校接回来。
[误] My obligations include doing the housework and picking up the children from school.
本例的“不定冠词+序数词”意为“在原来的基础上又一次(another)”。a fourth time说明作者之前已经修改过三次,而不是“四分之一”。
[译] 警方对公众的合作表示感激。
[误] The police were grateful to the public for their collaboration.
A-1,也作A1(形容词,口语),意为“头等的”、“一流的”、“极好的”、“最优秀的”。
short list意为“决选名单”。short-list则是及物动词,意为“把某人列入决选名单上”。
[译] 她久病不治而亡。
[误] She died after a long disease.
大家好!岁序更替,华章日新。在新年到来之际,我在北京向大家致以美好的祝福!
Greetings to all! Year after year, life opens a fresh chapter. As the new year begins, I extend my best wishes to you from Beijing!
shotgun wedding or shotgun marriage(美国口语)意为“为怀孕所迫而举行的婚礼”,源自这样的事例。
[译] 这个特务搜集了大量情报。
[误] The spy collected a large amount of information.
show a leg(英国口语)意为“起床”。show leg则是美国俚语,意为“逃跑”。
[译] 我把卡式录音机带了回家,发现它不灵了,我试着自己动手把毛病找出来。
[误] When I got home with the cassette recorder, it wouldn’t work. I tried to find the mistake myself.
show off 在本例中意为“炫耀”、“夸耀”。
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