业精神． We should vigorously foster the fine spirit, including dedication to work, and offering convenience and fine services to the masses.
汉语字正腔圆，英语却平白朴实
• 这些女式衬衣采用上等纯丝制成，价格 公道，工艺精湛，设计独特．
Our silk blouse are made of pure silk of best quality. They are moderate in price, excellent in craftsmanship and unique in desighn.
• Leave one’s native place(against one’s will )
• 他这一阵心头七上八下的，老是宁静不
下来．
His mind was in a turmoil these days and he was quite unable to think straight.
Be upset be in an unsettled mind be agitated
• 两幢办公楼形状对称，设备完善，并设有高效 率的中央服务中心．
coordination in operation and standardization in behavior.
２．To establish a high efficient, well-coordinated and standardized administrative system.
• 译文１“忠实”地对原文中的四字排比 结构进行了字字对应式的翻译，但译文 表达松散，行文也失之地道，是典型的 中式英语．
• 这支歌唱遍了神州大地，唱遍了５０年 悠悠岁月，余音缭绕，一曲难忘．
This song has been sung all over China for 50 long years.
The melody still lingers in the air.
• 他决心洗心革面，脱胎换骨．
He is determined to turn over a new leaf.
clothes than could be consumed
and more money than could be spent.
• 建立办事高效，运转协调，行为规范的行政管
理体系．
１．To set up an administrative system with high efficiency in work,
• 作为世界第一大洲，亚洲幅员广阔，人 口众多，资源丰富，有着巨大的发展潜
力．
Asia, the largest continent in the world, is a vast land with a huge population, abundant natural resources and enormous potential for development.
• 在翻译过程中，汉语工整对仗，抑扬顿 挫的四字排比结构在英语中却多半变得 长短不一，参差不齐．如果强求与原文 保持形式上的一致，反而会导致译文表 达松散堆砌，不符合英语表达习惯．
四字排比结构翻译
• 称心如意 • 惊天动地 • 唉声叹气 • 奇装异服 • 日新月异 • 深仇大恨 • 发号施令 • 街谈巷议
• 本店货色齐全，品种多样，任君挑选．
We have a good assortment of goods to choose from.
• 花园里面是人间的乐园，有的是吃不完
的大米白面，穿不完的绫罗绸缎，花不 完的金银财宝．
The garden was a paradise on earth, with more food and
汉语四字词组的翻译
• 汉语四字词组有两大类： 汉语成语的四字词，可随意拆散，重新组合．）
• 四字词组有三大优点： １．内容上讲，它言简意赅． ２．形式上讲，它整齐匀称． ３．语音上讲，它顺口悦耳．
• 英语是一种非常理性的语言，最重清楚 明白，最忌逻辑混乱与文字堆砌．
但我的事现在搞得满城风雨，人人皆知了。
But there had been too much publicity about my case.
• 年轻时代，他背井离乡，徒步来到首都， 几乎身无分文．
• When he was young, he quitted his home and travelled to the metropolis, where he reached in a state of utter poverty.
• 译文２摆脱了四字结构的形式束缚，去 掉了原文中的“办事”，“运转”， “行为”等纯粹为达到行文对称而添加 的词语，用简洁的英文传达出原文的核 心思想，即“建立高效，协调，规范的 行政管理体系．”
• 天气这么闷，十有八九要下雨．
With the weather so close and stuffy, ten to one it’ll rain presently.
• Satisfactory • Earth-shaking • Morn and groan • Strange clothes • Ever-changing • Deep hatred • Issue orders • Street gossip
四字排比结构汉译英赏析
• 大力培育爱岗尽责，方便群众，优质服务的敬
• 这里气候温和，四季分明，雨量充沛， 日照充足，适合多种农作物生长栽培．
It enjoys a temperate climate with well-marked seasons and has plenty of rainfall and sunshine, favorable for growing crops.