常用英语数字的翻译方法英语中的有些数词在汉译时可以等值翻译。
但是，也有不少数词在汉译中不能等值翻译，或者完全不译出来。
这种翻译处理方法是为了使汉译句子能符合汉语的表达习惯。
以下分别举例说明。
（1）等值翻译：a drop in the ocean沧海一粟within a stone…s throw一箭之遥ki11 two birds with one stone一箭双雕A fall into the pit， a gain in your wit.。
吃一堑，长一智。
（2）不等值翻译：at sixes and sevens乱七八糟on second thoughts再三考虑by ones and twos两两地，零零落落地Two heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠胜过诸葛亮。
-Can you come down a little？-Sorry，it…s one price for all.你能便宜一点卖吗？对不起，不二价。
He had one over the eight after be drank only half bottle of the wine.他才喝了半瓶酒就醉得七歪八倒了。
（3）不必译出One man…s meat is another man‟s poison.人各有所好。
I…ll love you three score and ten.我会一辈子爱你的。
Ten to one he has forgotten it.很可能他已经忘了。
His mark in math is second to none in the class.他的数学分数在班上是名列前茅的。
She is a second Lei Feng.她是雷锋式的人物。
I always believe my sixth sense.我总相信我的直觉。
He talks about you nine times out of ten when we have a chitchat.每次我们闲聊他几乎都谈及你。
The parson official1y pronounced that they became one.牧师正式宣告他们成婚。
I used to study in France in the year one.我早年曾在法国学习。
不定冠词a的翻译特点英语中不定冠词a（an）相当活跃，就连英美的作家有时对它也看法不一。
现用实例来说明在翻译中常出现的一些非常规用法。
（1）a day or two（＝one or two days）一两天但前者作主语时，谓语动词用单数、复数均可；后者作主语时，谓语用复数形式。
（2）more than a year一年多的时间（即一年零几个月）；比较more than one year不止一年的时间（即两年。
三年……）。
（3）a ten years l0年a dozen times l2次用在基数词前表示一个数量单位。
（4）once upon a time从前for a time暂时in a sense从某种意义上说in a measure有几分在某些口语中作“某一”“某些”讲。
（5）A cow is a domestic animal母牛是家畜。
主语中的a表示any“任何一个”，所以a可以表示一般性，代表全体。
（6）be of an age同岁we are just of an age.我们恰好是同岁。
（7）once a year一年一次three times a day一日三次其中的a近似于per，each，very用于计算价钱、时间和速度。
（8）have a look看一看need a wash洗一洗a good knowledge丰富的知识a crashing of gears变速箱发出的一阵阵碰撞声a screeching of tyres刹车时汽车轮胎发出刺耳的响声a有在与动词同形的名词前或名词化的动名词前，表示一定的量或一些响声。
（9）We need a Washington ioday.今天我们需要像华盛顿那样的人物。
The city is a London in miniature.那个城市就像是个“小伦敦”。
a可以表示借喻，表示“和……相似的人、事或地方。
（10）I have got a complete Shakespeare at hand.我手头有莎士比亚全集。
My wife is a Stuart.我的妻子是斯图亚特家的人。
A Mr.Smith called this morning.有位叫史密斯的先生今天早上来过电话。
His father bought an Uuderwood last week.上周他父亲买了台安德伍德牌打字机。
a可用在作家、画家、名家、发明家前表示其作品，用在姓氏前表示某家族的一员或不认识的姓。
（11）He settled in a China which every orie knows to have been completely changed for two years. 他在大家都知道的已经完全改变了面貌的中国定居了两年。
a用在带有定语的专有名词前，表示情况的改变。
（12）a glass一只玻璃杯- glass玻璃a hot coal一块烧红的煤-coal煤a heavy rain一阵大雨-rain雨a用在物质名词前，使物质名词变成普通名词（13）It is a bOther to me.这对我来说是件麻烦事。
She is an honour to her school，她是个为母校增光的人。
a用在抽象名词前，使抽象名词变为普通名词。
（14）a new moon一轮新月（c.f. the moon月亮）a world like ours像我们这样的世界（c.f. the world世界）原本the的名词改用a后，表示某种状态。
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