中英文有時會字對字譯，就左估右猜，或者用Google Translate 都可以幫到手，但原來唔少成語諺語會有非一般嘅譯法。

 

今次搵黎以下嘅例子：

 

  • 入鄉隨俗

Do in Rome as the Romans do.

雖然話中嘅主角喺羅馬人，但意思就喺廣泛地指，如果你到了一個地方，就應該跟隨那裡嘅人做事嘅方式同禮儀習俗等，唔喺只適用於羅馬的。

 

You are a newcomer to this town, so you ought to keep the rule of “do in Rome as the Romans do” in mind.

你初來這個小鎮，所以應該要記住「入鄉隨俗」這四個字。

 

  • 錦上添花

Apples of gold in pictures of silver.

中西嘅藝術風格唔同，令佢地嘅諺語各有色彩。中文的美上加美喺錦緞上繡花，而西方則金銀為主，以金襯銀，閃閃生輝，兩者各有美態，一樣美輪美奐！

 

The new characters of your novel are like apples of gold in pictures of silver!

你小說的新角色簡直喺錦上添花！

 

  • 小題大做／大驚小怪

A storm in a teacup.

中英都有以大小作對比，中文直接對比，而英文則形象化地表示，一個茶杯內嘅風暴，表示無傷大雅，不必過分擔心嘅意思。

 

The minor setback is nothing but a storm in a teacup.

小小的挫折無須大驚小怪。

 

  • 惺惺相惜

Like knows like.

意思指相似嘅人自然會明白同互相欣賞，十分精妙！

 

We became friends in the first sight. It must be what called like knows like.

我們第一次見面就成為了朋友，這大概就是惺惺相惜的感覺。

 

  • 知足常樂

A contented mind is a perpetual feast.

這句說話指嘅喺有滿足的心就喺擁有永久嘅盛宴，中英也教會我們要適量地追求，知道何謂足夠。

 

If you truly understood the meaning of a contented mind is a perpetual feast, you would spend more time with your family instead of drowning yourself in work.

如果你真喺明白咩喺知足常樂，你就唔會只喺做野而唔理家人。

 

今集就講到呢度，大家記熟以上5個中英對譯嘅例子後，記得去睇埋「神翻譯！」嘅下集啊！