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爆笑好玩的中国谚语英译汉
在全英电视片“大小爱吃”, 大S小S访问阿雅的那一集，里面问到了几个用中文谚语考阿雅汉译英的问题,来美国多年的朋友竟然没有一题答对。让我忍不住在网上找了几个不错的例子练习一下。
好笑的是,后来有机会和一个会中文的美国人聊天,大家就把这个好玩的游戏给玩开了……过两天我要把下面的例子回考他们。
以下都是有名的中国成语或中国谚语, 看看有没有人会全部答对!
1. Idle young, needy old.
2. Familiarity breeds contempt.
3. Homer sometimes nods.
4. Art is long; life is short.
5. Like father, like son.
6. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
7. Accidents will happen.
8. Bad news travels fast.
9. Look before you leap.
10. Waste not, want not.
11. Cast pearls before swine.
12. Time flies.
13. Seeing is believing.
14. Practice makes perfect.
15. Let sleeping dogs lie.
16. Love is blind.
17. Health is wealth.
18. Haste makes waste.
19. Knowledge is power.
20. Money makes the mare go.
21. Once bitten, twice shy.
22. I think; therefore, I am.
23. Murder will out.
24. No cross, no crown.
25. Still waters run deep.
26. Walls have ears.
27. New brooms sweep clean.
28. Let bygones be bygones.
29. Paddle your own canoe.
30. Time waits for no man.
31. Silence is gold.
32. Silence gives consent.
33. First Come, first served.
34. Exchange is no robbery.
35. Better bend than break.
36. Care killed a cat.
37. Spare the rod and spoil the child.
38. Time is money.
39. Times change.
40. There is no place like home.
41. Blood is thicker than water.
42. Well begun is half done.
43. There is honor among thieves.
44. Grasp all, lose all.
45. Easier said than done.
46. East or west, home is best.
47. Easy come, easy go.
48. People will talk.
49. Patience is a virtue.
50. Through hardship to the stars.
答案在这!
1.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
2.虎生犹可近，人熟不堪亲。
3.智者千虑，必有一失
4.学海无涯，人生苦短。
5.有其父必有其子。
6.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
7.天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。
8.(好事不出门)，恶事传千里。
9.三思而后行。
10.细水长流。
11.对牛弹琴。
12.光阴似箭，日月如梭。
13.百闻不如一见。
14.熟能生巧。
15.勿惹事生非。
16.爱是盲目的。
17.健康即财富。
18.欲速则不达。
19.知识即力量。
20.有钱能使鬼推磨。 |
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发表于 2011-10-21 17:23
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