一些常用的谚语的英语翻译及其解释(二)

TIME:2021-09-03 | WRITER:admin

　　在学习英语的时候，看一些英语解释，可以帮助自己比较快速的了解英语的意思。对于中国的谚语，因为颇有故事性，所以对于外国友人来讲，想要真切的理解它的意思，一些英语的翻译是远远不够的，还需要一些英语的解释帮助理解。

　　我们看看英文翻译公司敏言是怎么做谚语的翻译解释的:

　　8.World is but a little place, after all.

　　天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君

　　Explanation: it is used when a person meets someone he knows or is in someway connected with him in a place where he would never have expected to do so.

　　Example: Who would have thought I would bump into an old schoolmate on a trek up Mount Tai. The world is but a little place after all.

　　9.When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

　　入乡随俗

　　Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.

　　Example: I know you have egg and bacon for breakfast at home, but now you are on the Continent you will do as the Romans do and take coffee and rolls.

　　10.What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts.

　　失之东隅，收之桑榆

　　Explanation: a rough way of starting a law of average; if you have bad luck on one day you have good on another; if one venture results in loss try a fresh one---it may succeed.

　　Example: he may always possess merits which make up for everything; if he loses on the swings, he may win on the roundabouts.

　　11.What are the odds so long as you are happy.

　　知足者常乐

　　Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.

　　Example: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.

　　12.Entertain an angel unawares.

　　有眼不识泰山

　　Explanation: to receive a great personage as a guest without knowing his merits.

　　Example: in the course of evening someone informed her that she was entertaining an angel unawares, in the shape of a composer of the greatest promise

　　13.every dog has his day .

　　是人皆有出头日

　　Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn

　　Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

　　14.every potter praises his own pot.

　　王婆买瓜，自卖自夸

　　Explanation: people are loath to refer to defects in their possessions or their family members

　　Example: he said that his teacher considered his work brilliant, but I would rather hear it from his teacher’s own mouth. Every potter praises his own pot

　　观察上述的翻译，我们可以发现，翻译英语谚语的时候，一般都是先了解一下汉语的意思，然后用英语短句表达出来，这是用的英语翻译中的意译法。英文翻译公司认为，做翻译的时候，大家要根据自己翻译的内容合理的选择直译和意译，这样才能翻译出好的质量。