【汉译英】增广贤文·路遥知马力日久见人心

mxh3698 · 发表于 2020-5-4 06:49:43

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路遥知马力，日久见人心。
两人一般心，无钱堪买金；
一人一般心，有钱难买针。
相见易得好，久住难为人。
Distance tests the strength of a horse,
times shows the shape of a heart.
United, there is nothing you can't do,
divided, there is nothing you can do.
getting along is easy when you first meet,
staying together is difficult.

mxh3698 · 发表于 2020-5-4 08:02:14

路遥知马力，日久见人心。
两人一般心，无钱堪买金；
一人一般心，有钱难买针。
相见易得好，久住难为人。
Distance will tell if
a horse is a steed or not.
Time is the best test
of a human heart.
Nothing is impossible
for two persons of one heart.
Nothing is possible
for people
each with his axe to grind.
When you first meet,
getting along is easy.
Things get difficult,
when you stay together.

喬治兄 · 发表于 2020-5-4 08:30:37

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mxh3698 发表于 2020-5-4 08:02
路遥知马力，日久见人心。
两人一般心，无钱堪买金；
一人一般心，有钱难买针。

路遥知马力
Long-winded will demonstrate how a stallion would be.

mxh3698 · 发表于 2020-5-4 09:00:01

喬治兄发表于 2020-5-4 08:30
路遥知马力
Long-winded will demonstrate how a stallion would be.

long-winded词义词性都不对——
long-winded
[ADJ] usu v-link ADJ
If you describe something that is written or said as long-winded, you are critical of it because it is longer than necessary.
The manifesto is long-winded, repetitious and often ambiguous or poorly drafted...
I hope I'm not being too long-winded.

喬治兄 · 发表于 2020-5-4 09:04:58

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mxh3698 发表于 2020-5-4 09:00
long-winded词义词性都不对——
long-winded
[ADJ] usu v-link ADJ

若改成
Long-windedness will demonstrate how a stallion would be.
是否可免強過關

long-winded

adj.

1 (of speech or writing) tediously lengthy (演讲或文章)冗长乏味的

2 able to run a long distance without rest 一口气跑完长距离的

Phrases & Derivatives
long-windedly adv.

long-windedness n.

mxh3698 · 发表于 2020-5-4 09:34:19

喬治兄发表于 2020-5-4 09:04
若改成
Long-windedness will demonstrate how a stallion would be.
是否可免強過關

何不直接用distance？
字典上有这个意思，并不意味着这个意思就是合适的
proper word in proper place，不够proper的话，不光有词义的原因，还有register等其他的原因

喬治兄 · 发表于 2020-5-4 09:55:54

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mxh3698 发表于 2020-5-4 09:34
何不直接用distance？
字典上有这个意思，并不意味着这个意思就是合适的
proper word in proper place， ...

mxh3698 兄:
不知道這個是什請指點迷津一下, Thanks a lot

还有register等其他的原因

是否是指文法上
補語或受詞....類似此類的問題

mxh3698 · 发表于 2020-5-4 11:24:08

喬治兄发表于 2020-5-4 09:55
mxh3698 兄:
不知道這個是什請指點迷津一下, Thanks a lot
是否是指文法上

8 [N-VAR]
In linguistics, the register of a piece of speech or writing is its level and style of language, which is usually appropriate to the situation or circumstances in which it is used. (TECHNICAL)

汉语，语域。

喬治兄 · 发表于 2020-5-4 11:44:07

mxh3698 发表于 2020-5-4 11:24
8 [N-VAR]
In linguistics, the register of a piece of speech or writing is its level and style of l ...

Brother mxh3698 :
Thanks a lot.

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