false friends in English

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1、FalseFriendsinTranslationAIM:Bytheendofthislecture,studentsshouldhaveabettercommandofsomefalsefriendsinEnglish.FOCUS:falsefriendsAPPROACH:AnalysisandpracticeFalseFriends：DefinitionFalsefriendsarewordsorexpressionswhichhavethesameformintwoormorelanguagesbutconveydifferentmeanings(Baker).(字面意义、语

2、义结构上相似或相同,但含义却截然不同的词汇或句子结构)。TheyareoftenassociatedwithhistoricallyorculturallyrelatedlanguagessuchasEnglish,FrenchandGerman,butinfactfalsefriendsalsoappearamongtotallyunrelatedlanguages.Welistfalsefriendshereforthepurposeofattachingenoughattentiontothem.Mostofthefalsefriendsarenoteasytorecogni

3、zeandwilleasilybetranslatedintotheirliteralmeaning.Thisrequiresthetranslatortocommandalargeamountofknowledgeandkeepalertintranslating,especiallywhenthereareawkwardconnectionsbetweensentences.1.FalseFriendsinVocabularyandIdiomsoilskin油布(并非油性皮肤);Americanbeauty红蔷薇（并非美国美女）;fish-wife卖鱼女(并非雌性鱼);poli

4、ticalcampaign竞选活动（并非政治活动）;whiteday吉日(并非白色的天);smellarat怀疑(并非嗅到了老鼠);redmeat牛、羊肉(并非红色的肉);bluecoat警察(并非兰色上衣);red-cap搬运服务人员(并非红帽子);tableknife餐刀(并非桌子上的刀);maddoctor精神病医生(并非发疯的医生);dogear书的折角(并非狗耳朵);familiartalk庸俗的交谈(并非熟悉的谈话);badsailor晕船的人（并非糟糕的水手）pullupone’ssocks鼓起勇气(并非拉上袜子);busboy餐馆勤杂工（并非公汽售票员）husban

5、dlike善于管理农活的(并非像丈夫的);goodseats好票(并非好的席位)cock-and-bullstory无稽之谈(并非鸡和牛的故事);blueblood贵族血统（并非蓝血）bitethethumbsat对...嗤之以鼻(并非咬大拇指);streetwoman妓女（并非街道妇女）twice-toldtale老掉牙的故事(并非讲过两次的故事);bull’seye靶心(并非牛的眼睛)divorcelawyer办理离婚案件的律师(并非离婚的律师);yellowbook黄皮书(法国政府报告书,黄色纸封面)(并非黄色书刊)Whenadogisdrowningeveryoneoffe

6、rshimdrink.（狗若落水人人救，强调人人伸出援之手。Lockthestable-doorafterthehorseisstolen.贼去关门。（不宜译作"亡羊补牢"，其原意是"马盗锁厩门，为时已太晚".）亡羊补牢（强调受到损失后想法弥补，以免再受损失。）Johnlikestopathimselfontheback.约翰喜欢捶自己的背。（正确译法：约翰喜欢自吹。）Inchoosingawifeandbuyingaswordweoughtnottotrustanother.择妻如选剑，不能靠别人。（不宜译为"择妻和选剑不能靠别人。"）Therewasneveranightora

7、problemthatcoulddefeatsunriseorhope.黑夜不能阻止日出，5难题无法抹杀希望。（不宜译为"黑夜和难题无法击败日出和希望）Peoplewillbelongforgettingher.人们会长久记住她的。（不宜译为"人们在很长时间内会忘记她".）2.FalseFriendsinNegativeConstruction2.1cannot...too/over-再怎么样或无论怎样也不为过，越...越好Icannotthankyoutoomuch