中级笔译：汉译英难点解析(1)

 　　1. 一根筋儿 one track-minded.

　　别跟他较劲了。他一根筋，你还不知道?

　　Stop reasoning with him. Don’t you know he is one track-minded?

　　2.出众的人 a lulu

　　要说漂亮，我们公司新来的秘书可算是个相貌出众的女孩子了。

　　Talking about being pretty, our company’s new secretary is indeed a lulu.

　　3.两面派 two-faced

　　我知道怎样对付两面派，而且一眼就能看出谁是一贯两面讨好的人。I know how to handle two-faced people and can even tell at the first glance who are in the habit of running with the hare¹ and hunting with the hounds².(注：run with the hare and hunt with the hounds指人两面讨好，不得罪任何一方的做法。)4.傻大个儿 a lummox

　　听说那个傻大个儿把他们公司的买卖搞得一团糟。

　　It is said that the lummox has loused up their company’s whole business.

　　5.收破烂儿的人 a rag man

　　那些收破烂儿的人走街串户，有时也能挣不少钱。

　　Those rag men going from door to door sometimes may also earn quite a handsome sum of money.

　　6.乡巴佬 a hayseed

　　她说她决不会嫁给一个乡巴佬，不管他多有钱。

　　She insisted that she would not marry herself off to a hayseed, no matter how rich he was.

　　7.不三不四的人riff-raffs

　　老张的家里总来些不三不四的人，可想而知老张不是什么好东西。

　　There are always riff-raffs hanging around in LaoZhang’s home, which gives you the feeling that Lao Zhang is not a good guy.

　　8.受气包儿 doormat

　　她天生就是个受气包儿，什么事都不敢说个不字She’s born doormat ,afraid of going against anything.

　　9.面无表情的人 a deadpan³

　　和那些面无表情的人在一起工作真让人憋气。

　　You feel choked to work with those deadpans.

　　10.扫帚星 a jinx

　　有人说那个女人是个扫帚星，谁跟她结婚谁倒霉。

　　She’s said to be a jinx, who would bring bad luck to whoever she marries.

 

1 hare   

n.野兔

参考例句：

• The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping.兔子正睡觉时，乌龟赢得了比赛。
• I saw a hare in my backyard this morning.今天早晨我看见后院有一只野兔。

2 hounds   

猎狗，猎犬( hound的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The huntsman was whipping in his pack of hounds. 猎人正在用鞭子把他那群猎犬赶到一处。
• The hunter has twenty more hounds. 那猎人有二十几条猎狗。

3 deadpan   

n. 无表情的

参考例句：

• Some people don't catch his deadpan humor,that makes it even funnier.有些人不能了解他那种无表情的幽默，因此更有趣。
• She put the letter on the desk in front of me,her face deadpan,not a flicker of a smile.她把那封信放在我面前的桌子上，故意一 脸严肃，没有一丝的笑容。