笑话大王 地道英语笑话

地道英文——中文翻译

y is not everything. There's Mastercard & Visa.

钞票不是万能的,有时还需要信用卡.

the neighbor. But don't get caught.

要用心去爱你的邻居,不过不要让她的老公知道

nd every successful man, there is a woman. And behind every unsuccessful man,

there are two.

每个成功男人的背后都有一个女人，每个不成功男人的背后都有两个女人?

y man should marry. After all, happiness is not the only thing in life.

再快乐的单身汉迟早也会结婚,幸福不是永久的嘛.

wise never marry, And when they marry they become otherwise.

聪明人都是未婚的,结婚的人很难再聪明起来.

ess is a relative term. It brings so many relatives.

成功是一个相关名词,他会给你带来很多不相关的亲戚(联系).

r put off the work till tomorrow what you can put off today

不要等明天交不上差再找借口, 今天就要找好.

is photogenic. It needs darkness to develop.

爱情就象照片,需要大量的暗房时间来培养.

地道中文——爆笑英文翻译

1.有他这颗扫帚星，什么事情都办不成。

[误] With a comet like him, nothing can be accomplished.

[正] With a jinx like him, nothing can be accomplished.

注：“扫帚星”是中国人对“慧星”(comet)的俗称，因其后面拖着一条像扫帚一样的长尾巴而得名。在中国古代，“扫帚星”被认为是灾难的'预兆，并被用来比喻不吉利的人或事;祸根：(person or thing that is thought to bring)bad luck(to sb/sth);curse。英语的comet 虽然没有这层含义，但却有一个对应的说法，即jinx。

例：There's a jinx on/Someone's put a jinx on this car: it's always giving me trouble. (这辆汽车上有什么妨人的东西，总给我找麻烦。)

2.萝卜青菜，各有所爱。

[误] Some prefer radish but others prefer cabbage.

[正] Tastes differ。

注：Tastes differ/vary是句英语谚语，除此以外，原句还可翻译成 No dish suits all tastes 或 You can never make everyone happy 等。此外，我们还可以这样说：One man's meat is another man's poison. 总之，应采取意译。

3.老师很喜欢这个嘴甜的小姑娘。

[误] The teacher likes this sweet-mouthed little girl very much.

[正] The teacher likes this honey-lipped little girl very much.

注：中国人喜欢说“嘴甜”，但 honey-lipped 更符合英美人的语言习惯。

4.同学们都很讨厌他，因为他经常拍老师的马屁。

[误] The students all dislike him because he often pats the teacher's ass.

[正] The students all dislike him because he often licks the teacher's boots.

注：以前在欧洲，臣民见到国王与王后往往要亲吻他们的靴子。后来，人们将 lick the boots 引申为“为了某种目的而讨好某人”，它与汉语的“拍马屁”含义一样。在美国英语中，“拍马屁”还有另一种说法，即 polish the apple，源于以前的学生用擦亮的苹果来讨好老师。