容易误译的英语 | brain wave
［例句］ He got a brain wave and solved the problem.
［误译］ 他患了一种脑波病，但问题已经解决。
短篇小说 | The Devil in the Belfry
EVERYBODY knows, in a general way, that the finest place in the world is -- or, alas, was -- the Dutch borough of Vondervotteimittiss.
短篇小说 | A Strange Story
In the northern part of Austin there once dwelt an honest family by the name of Smothers.
短篇小说 | Cavanelle
I WAS always sure of hearing something pleasant from Cavanelle across the counter.
容易误译的英语 | boy
［例句］ Boy! Isn't it cold!
［误译］ 男孩，真冷啊!
短篇小说 | The Business Man
Method is the soul of business. —OLD SAYING.
短篇小说 | A Snapshot at the President
A Snapshot of the President is O. Henry's amusing spoof of a Texas reporter's interview with President Cleveland. No trouble getting through White House security with his calling card!
短篇小说 | Caline
THE sun was just far enough in the west to send inviting shadows. In the centre of a small field, and in the shade of a haystack which was there, a girl lay sleeping.
容易误译的英语 | Boxing Day
［例句］ Today is Boxing Day.
［误译］ 今天是拳击日。
短篇小说 | The Black Cat
FOR the most wild, yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief. Mad indeed would I be to expect it, in a case where my very senses reject their own evidence.
短篇小说 | A Service of Love
When one loves one's Art no service seems too hard.
短篇小说 | Boulôt and Boulotte
When Boulôt and Boulotte, the little piny-wood twins, had reached the dignified age of twelve, it was decided in family council that the time had come for them to put their little naked feet into shoes.
