學(xué)渣們都笑翻了 爆笑中式英語你用過幾個(gè)？

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經(jīng)典Chinglish來一套:

How are you? How old are you? 怎么是你？怎么老是你,？

You ask me, me ask who? 你問我,，我問誰？

We two who and who? 咱倆誰跟誰,？

看過這一套經(jīng)典的Chinglish,，小伙伴們是不是都快笑翻了,？學(xué)了新單詞明白意思卻不知該咋用,，一個(gè)不小心你就會(huì)鬧出貌似說得過去，其實(shí)更加逗比的 Chinglish笑話,。下面這些Chinglish已得正解,，小伙伴們不如先試試自己會(huì)怎么翻，再看答案,！

1.蘿卜青菜,，各有所愛。

[誤] Some prefer radish but others prefer cabbage.

[正] Tastes differ.

注：Tastes differ/vary 是句英語諺語,，除此以外,，原句還可翻譯成 No dish suits all tastes 或 You can never make everyone happy 等。

2. 他一向嘴硬,，從不認(rèn)錯(cuò),。

[誤] He has always got a hard mouth and never admit a fault.

[正] He never says uncle.

注：say (cry) uncle: to give up or in; to surrender; to admit defeat. Mainly used by boys, as when fighting。主要是男孩們打架時(shí)的用語,，當(dāng)一方想制服另一方時(shí),，就用命令的口氣說：“Say uncle!”這時(shí)，有的孩子為了表示不服輸,，就是不說,。后來,，say uncle 就成了“服輸”的代名詞，而 not say uncle就相當(dāng)于“嘴硬”了,。

3. 這個(gè)教授教得很爛,。

[誤] The professor teaches badly.

[正] The professor is so terrible.

注：有人認(rèn)為第二句的意思是“這個(gè)教授很可怕”，其實(shí)不然,。英語中 terrible 意思很靈活,，例如：feel terrible 指身體“不舒服”； The food is terrible 則是說食物“難吃極了”,。而第一句純屬中文式的表達(dá),。

4. 我們這兒的人都覺得他有婚外戀。

[誤] People around here all feel that he has affairs outside his own marriage.

[正] People around here all feel that he is leading a double life.

注：affair 本身就指“私通”或“曖昧關(guān)系”,，當(dāng)然是“婚外”的事,，所以 outside one's own marriage 無疑是多此一舉了。英語中“有婚外戀”的地道說法應(yīng)該是 lead a double life,。

5. 別看別人不把她當(dāng)回事,，在家里她可是父親的掌上明珠.

[誤] Although other people never take her seriousy, she is the pearl on her father's hand at home。

[正] Although other people never take her seriousy, she is the apple of her father's eye at home,。

注： 中英文常用不同的喻體表明相同的喻義,，“掌上明珠”與 the apple of one's eye 就是一個(gè)很好的例子。這種情況我們一般應(yīng)尊重各國文化和習(xí)俗,，翻譯時(shí)取目的語的固定說法,，而不必直譯，這有助于將意思更有效地傳達(dá)給讀者,。the apple of one's eye 源自圣經(jīng)《舊約》,，當(dāng)時(shí)人們用apple指人的瞳孔。盡管瞳孔現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)用 pupil 來表示,，不再是 apple 了,，但這一用法卻延續(xù)了下來。

6. 我希望你不要拖我的后腿,。

[誤] I hope that you won't pull my leg.

[正] I hope that you won't hold me back.

注：pull one's leg 是“愚弄某人,，開某人的玩笑”的意思，相當(dāng)于 make fun of sb.,。英語中與“拖后腿”相對(duì)應(yīng)的表達(dá)是 hold sb. back 或 be a drag on sb. 等,。

7. 嘿，小伙子,，千萬別灰心,。

[誤] Hey, lad, don't lose your heart.

[正] Hey, lad, don't lose heart.

注：lose one's heart (to sb.) 是“心被……被俘虜去，愛上……”的意思,，而lose heart才表示”灰心喪氣,，喪失勇氣或信心”,。

8. 我們倆關(guān)系最好，他經(jīng)常來我這兒白吃百喝,。

[誤] We are best friends. He always comes here to have meals for free.

[正] We are best friends. He always comes here to bum meals off me.

注：第一句只表明“他常到我這兒來白吃白喝”,，但朋友這間那種親密關(guān)系沒有體現(xiàn)出來。而 bum sth. off sb. 指向非常熟的朋友要一些不起眼的小東西,，而朋友也不會(huì)介意還不還,。

9. 原來如此。你一解釋我就明白了,。

[誤] So it is. I understand soon after your explanation.

[正] So that's how it is. I understand soon after your explanation.

注：So it is 的意思是“的確如此”,，它是用來表示對(duì)對(duì)方觀點(diǎn)的贊同的。例如：

A: It is a fine day today!

B: So it is,。

而在表達(dá)恍然大悟時(shí),，英文要用 So that's how it is 或 So that explains it, 或更簡單地道的說法 Oh, I see。

10. 干杯,！要一飲而盡,。

[誤] ---Cheers! Bottom up.

[正] ---Cheers! Bottoms up.

注： bottoms up 雖然只比 bottom up 多一個(gè) s，但是兩個(gè)詞組的意思卻相差十萬八千里,。bottoms up 里的 bottom 是指“（酒杯的）底部”,，那么杯朝天就是“一飲而盡”的意思，而且因?yàn)楦杀瓡r(shí)肯定不止一人一飲而盡,，所以要用復(fù)數(shù),；而 bottom up 表示“屁股朝天”。（轉(zhuǎn)載）