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4. 意譯
當(dāng)直譯原文結(jié)果會(huì)令人頗為費(fèi)解或造成誤解時(shí)，如使用套譯的效果不理想，還可以采用意譯。例如：
Look at the chaps in politics and business, whose whole lives were passed in skating on thin ice, and getting knighted for it.
試看那些政治上和商業(yè)上的家伙們，他們整個(gè)兒的生活都是在風(fēng)險(xiǎn)中度過的，可是都因此封了爵。（to skate on thin ice 若直譯為“如履薄冰”，則會(huì)產(chǎn)生謹(jǐn)慎從事的聯(lián)想，有違原意。）
to come like a dog at a whistle
一呼即來(lái)
Hilter was once as proud as a peacock.
希特勒曾是一個(gè)不可一世的家伙。
Mary and her mother are as like as two peas.
瑪麗和她媽媽長(zhǎng)得一模一樣。（而不是“像兩顆豌豆一樣相似”）
再如：
She likes to rubber-neck.
她愛問長(zhǎng)問短。
start a hare
話離本題
to bring down the house
全場(chǎng)喝彩
plain sailing
一帆風(fēng)順
to show one's clean heels
逃之夭夭
to go on a wild goose chase
枉費(fèi)心機(jī)
as greedy as a wolf
貪得無(wú)厭
Every bean has its black.
人皆有短處。
5. 直譯加意譯
這種譯法既能保持原文的比喻形象，同時(shí)又能明白清楚地表達(dá)寓意。例如：
laugh off one's head
笑掉了牙
break the earth
破土動(dòng)工
wash off one's hands
洗手不干
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