时间:2019-02-09 作者:英语课 分类:英语学习方法


英语课

 原文:Love me,love my dog.


译文:爱屋及乌。
辨析:许多词典和翻译
教材都提供这样的译文,实在有点误人子弟。英语和汉语有不少说法粗看似乎是“巧合”,实际上具体含义很不一样。The New Oxford 1 Dictionary of English对“Love me,love my dog.”的解释是:If you love someone,you must accept every thing about them,even their faults or weakness.也就是说:“要是你喜欢我,就要喜欢我的(一切,包括我的)狗。”Love my dog是love me的条件;而“爱屋及乌”讲的是:“爱人者,兼其屋上之鸟”,即“爱一个人爱得很深,连他房屋上的乌鸦也觉得可爱”。显然,“爱乌”是“爱(某个人)”的结果,所以原译完全是本末倒置。
还有一条英语谚语也常被本末倒置地误译:There is no fire without smoke.常被译做:“无风不起浪。”英文原句字面的意思是“没有不冒烟的火”,即“有火必然会有烟”,比喻“(凡事)有利皆有弊”,而不是说“见到smoke总可以追溯到fire”;而中文成语“无风不起浪”说的是人们见到的是“浪”,“风”则是造成“浪”的原因,意思是说“凡事皆事出有因”。英语里另一条谚语“There is no smoke without fire”(这也提醒我们要仔细注意词序)与“无风不起浪”倒有点类似,但是使用的情景有限制,往往用言往往总是有根据的”,很少用在别的场合。

n.牛津(英国城市)
  • At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
  • This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。
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