当代汉语热词英译选
• • • • • • • 动车 bullet train 高铁 high-speed train 拼车 car pooling 山寨 copycat; knock-off 钉子户 holdout 骚扰电话 nuisance calls 广场舞 open-air fitness dancing
• • • •
喔，如果你是小鸟，你一定要起早， 把那虫虫捉到，好把早饭吃饱。 如果你是小鸟，你一定要起早， 可如果你是虫虫，最好睡个懒觉。
• Man for the field and woman for the hearth; • Man for the sword and for the needle she. • Man with the head and woman with the heart; • Man to command and woman to obey.
• • • • • • •
躺着也中枪 be swept up in 露脐装 midriff 秋裤 long johns 炫富 flaunt wealth 地沟油 hogwash oil 别装嫩了 Act your age 强拆 forced demolishing
• Oh, if you’re a bird, be an early bird breakfast plate. • If you’re a bird, be an early bird--• But if you’re a worm, sleep late.
• -----Alfred Tennyson