1、谚语和引语的口译Proverb and Citation Interpretation谚语（1）Proverb refers to a short,well-known pithy saying,stating a general truth or piece of advice.谚语，成语，习语，歇后语，诗句的准确转译是口译人员必须面对的棘手难题。它们的翻译一般分为三种类型：1.形同意合 2.形似意合 3.形异意合谚语（2）1.形同意合 Man proposes,God disposes.The Tongue cuts the throat.Great minds think alike.H
2、edges have eyes,walls have ears Like father,like son.Fish in troubled water.The style is the man.Out of office,out of danger.Out of sight,out of mind.谚语（3）谋事在人，成事在天。祸从口出/言多必失 英雄所见略同 隔篱有眼，隔墙有耳。有其父必有其子。浑水摸鱼 文如其人 无官一身轻 眼不见为净谚语（4）前事不忘，后事之师。祸不单行 失败乃成功之母。公事公办 事实胜于雄辩谚语（5）The remembrance of the past is the
3、teacher of the future./Past experience,if not forgotten,is a guide for the future.Misfortunes never come alone.Failure is the mother of success.Business is business.Facts speak louder than words.谚语（6）2.形似意合 There is no smoke without fire.The same knife cuts bread and fingers.There are plenty of fish
4、 in the sea.Gifts blind the eyes.Diamond cut diamond.Speak of the devil and he will appear.Dont bite the hand that feeds you.谚语（7）无风不起浪 水能载舟，亦能覆舟。天涯何处无芳草。拿了手短，吃了嘴软。棋逢对手，势均力敌。/强中更有强中手 说曹操曹操到 不要恩将仇报。谚语（8）燕雀安知鸿鹄之志。胸有成竹 身正不怕影子斜。一箭双雕，一石双鸟.本末倒置 杀鸡给猴看 班门弄斧 对牛弹琴谚语（9）A sparrow cannot understand the ambition
5、of a swan.Have a card up ones sleeve.A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.Kill two birds with one stone.Put the cart before the horse.Beat the dog before the lion.Teach fish to swim Cast pearls before swine.谚语（10）3.形异意合 A horse stumbles that has four legs.What we lose in hake(海鳕鱼）we shall
6、 have in herring（鲱鱼）.Save your breath to cool your porridge.The shepherd would rather lose the wool than the sheep.A hedge between keeps friendship green.谚语(11)人非圣贤，孰能无过。/金无足赤，人无完人。失之东隅，收之桑榆。各人自扫门前雪，莫管他人瓦上霜。留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。君子之交淡如水谚语（12）三个和尚无水吃。祸兮福所倚，福兮祸所伏。醉翁之意不在酒。勿盲目乐观。小巫见大巫 心急吃不了热豆腐 事与愿违 此地无银三百两 天网恢恢，疏
7、而不漏。五十步笑百步。谚语（13）Everybodys business is nobodys business.Misfortune might be a blessing in disguise.Many kiss the baby for the nurses sake.Dont count the chicken before they are hatched.The moon is not seen when the sun shines.A watched pot never boils.All your swans are geese.The intention is too o
8、bvious to conceal.Justice has long arms.The pot calls the kettle black.引语（1）掌握一定的名家名言，经典诗句，尤其是中国古代思想家流传下来的名言佳句，是一位译员的必要素养的一部分。天生万物，唯人为贵。(汉.刘向）Man is the most valuable among all the things that heaven fosters.逝者如斯夫！不舍昼夜。(孔子）The passage of time is just like the flow of water,which goes on day and nigh
9、t.引语（2）民为贵，社稷次之，君为轻。（孟子.尽心下）The people are the most important element in a state,next are the Gods of land and grain;least is the ruler himself.万物并育而不相害，道并行而不相悖。(孔子）All living creatures grow together without harming one another;ways run parallel without interfering with one another.引语（3）相知无远近，万里尚为邻。
10、（唐.张九龄）Distance cannot separate true friends who feel so close even when they are thousands of miles apart.二人同心，可以断金。（易经）If two people are of the same mind,their sharpness can cut through metal.引语（4）一乡之善士斯友一乡之善士，天下之善士斯友天下之善士。（孟子 Mencius）A good citizen in one community will befriend the other citizen
11、s of the community;a good citizen of the world will befriend the other citizens of the world.海内存知己，天涯若比邻。（王勃）A bosom friend afar brings distance near.引语（5）锲而不舍，金石可镂。（荀子）If you carve without a break,even metal and stone can be engraved.大道之行也，天下为公。礼记 A public spirit will rule all under the heaven when
12、 the great way prevails.天行健，君子以自强不息；地势坤，君子以厚德载物。周易 As Heavens movement is ever vigorous,so must a gentleman ceaselessly strive along;as the Earths capacity is to hold,so must a gentleman constantly cultivate virtue in himself to shoulder the world.引语（6）天时不如地利，地利不如人和。（孟子）Opportunities vouchsafed by H
13、eaven are outmatched by terrestrial advantages,which in turn are outmatched by the harmony among people.富贵不能淫，贫贱不能移，威武不能屈，此之谓大丈夫也。（孟子）It is a true great man whom no money and rank can confuse,no poverty and hardship can shake,and no power and force can suffocate/subdue.引语（7）不登高山，不知天之高也；不临深渊，不知地之厚也。（
14、荀子 One can never be aware of the height of the sky or the depth of the earth,if he does not climb up a high mountain or look down into a deep abyss.合抱之木，生于毫末；九层之台，起于累土；千里之行，始于足下。（老子）A huge tree that fills ones arm grows from a tiny seedling;a nine-storied tower rises from a heap of earth;a thousand
15、li journey starts with the first step.引语（8）千丈之堤，以蝼蚁之穴溃；百尺之室，以突隙之烟焚。韩非子 A long dike will collapse because of an ant-hole in it;a tall building will be burned down because of a spark from a chimneys chink.三人行，必有我师焉。择其善者而从之，其不善者而改之。论语 Among any three men walking,I will find something to learn for sure.
16、Their good qualities are to be followed,and their shortcomings are to be avoided.引语（9）学不可以已。青取之于蓝，而青于蓝；冰，水为之，而寒于水。君子博学而日参省乎已，则知明而行无过也。（荀子劝学）There is never an end to learning.The dye extracted from the indigo is bluer than the plant,so is the ice colder than the water.By broadly learning and constant
17、ly examining himself everyday,the gentleman sharpens his awareness and makes fewer mistakes.引语（10）知困，然后能自反也。知困，然后能自强也。故曰教学相长也。礼记 Knowing of his deficiency stimulates him into self-examination;the discovery of his confusion leads him to self-improving.Hence,teaching and learning promote each other.引语
18、（11）路漫漫其修远兮，吾将上下而求索。（屈原）The way ahead is long and has no ending;yet high and low Ill search with my will unbending.学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。（孔子）Learning without thinking leads to confusion;thinking without learning ends in danger.欲穷千里目，更上一层楼（王之涣）We widen our views three hundred miles by ascending one flight of stairs.有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎。（孔子）It is such a delight to have friends coming from afar.
