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第10章 补充内容成语、习语翻译Translation of Idiomatic Phrases;在段云礼主编的《实用商务英语翻译》中，习语、成语翻译在第三章第三节。请在课后参考课本47页至51页的内容。;Please try to translate the following idioms into Chinese: Tom is a cool cat. He Hardly ever flies of the handle. Of course he is getting on. His hair is pepper and salt. However he knows how to make the best of a bad job and take every thing easy. ;翻译中的成语处理: 套用汉语成语: 1.They wisely kept their own counsel and did not express their opinion too loudly. 他们明哲保身，决不大声议论。 2.I am not talking about castles in the air, the donkey’s carrot. 我说的并不是空中楼阁 叫大家望梅止渴。 3.Maybe it won’t come of. There’s many a slip,”Pamela said. “也可能不会成功，说不定功亏一篑”，帕米拉说。 ;4. Well there is no need to beat around the bush. 我们现在没有理由旁敲侧击。 5. Don’t believe about him for he is only a sugar coated. 不要相信他，因为他只是一个口蜜腹剑的人。 6. The saying “to throw pearls before swine” implies a gibe at the audience. 对牛弹琴这句话，含有讥笑听者的意思。 ;B.原文是成语不一定都翻译成成语： 1 . I simply told Stephen that the only way to do business with Mr Blillmeyer was to beard the lion in his den. 我只是告诉史蒂芬，和比尔莫耶先生打交道的唯一方法是和他面对面斗争。 2. He is nearly sixty years old, not yet quite at the end of his tether. 他年近花甲，还满有精神呢。 3. Don’t try to flog a dead horse. I’ve told you that you cannot go to Paris, and that is the end of the matter. 不要试着做无用的事（鞭打死马），我已告诉你， 你不能去巴黎，這就是事情的结果。;原文中性成语译成带贬义含义的译文。 Unfortunately, John had excellent reason to find fault with the private life of his sovereign. Herod, the Tetrarch, was a chip of the old block. 不幸的是，约翰掌握了谴责国王私生活的充分理由，分封西率和他的父亲乃是一丘之貉。 ;常用汉语成语（习语）之英译； 板是板，眼是眼（What he says） is well presented. 不成功，便成仁 succeed, or die to preserve virtue 拆东墙，补西墙 borrow from Peter to pay Paul 吃不了，兜着走 get more than one has bargained for;吃一堑，长一智 a fall into a pit, a gain in your wit (Semantic translation) 穿大街，走小巷 through a maze of streets and crooked lanes 辞旧岁，迎新年 ring out an old ring in the new ;此一时，彼一时 other time, other manner 当面锣，对面鼓 debate face to face 刀子嘴，豆腐心 a sharp-tongued person with a kind heart 飞鸟尽，良弓藏 Danger past, God forgotten ;干打雷，不下雨 all talk