汉译英常见错误 | 她高龄八十有余
[译] 她高龄八十有余。
[误] Her age is over 80 years old.
[译] 她高龄八十有余。
[误] Her age is over 80 years old.
a thousand and one 意为“无数的”、“许许多多的”;curtain call(复合名词)意为“(演员的)谢幕”。
[译] 我希望你旅行愉快。
[误] I hope you had a good travel.
a small fortune(口语)意为“大笔钱”、“巨资”。
[译] 沉重的脚步声消失了。
[误] Gradually the sound of heavy footsteps died away.
本例的a piece of cake(口语),意为“容易的事”、“小菜一碟”。
a nose of wax在本例中意为“无主见的人”,“易受摆布的人”。
[译] 你打算在学校运动会上赛跑吗?
[误] Are you going to run at the school sport meet?
a nice [pretty, fine] kettle of fish(口语)意为“乱七八糟”、“非常混乱”、“一塌糊涂”、“处境困难”、“糟糕透顶”。
[译] 山上的日出是一幅迷人的美景。
[误] The sunrise over the mountains was a charming scenery.
broom 原意为“扫帚”,a new broom 喻义为“刚上任的新官”,A new broom sweeps clean 是英文谚语,意为“新官上任三把火”。
[译] 我们的老师给我们作了有关英国文学的报告。
[误] Our teacher gave a report on English literature.
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