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汉英翻译TranslationfromChinesetoEnglish ThetranslationofiProverbsProverbscomefrompeople'severydaylifeandareinturnquitepopularly-usedbypeopleThecharacteristicsofbothEnglishandChineseproverbsare:vividness,beingdeepinmeaning,beingcolloquialandconciseness;ifitisasimplesentence,itusuallyhasrhythms,ifitiscomposedoftwosentences,itisantithetic.Itisveryeasytorememberthem HowtotranslatechineseproverbsintoEnglish?1.Literaltranslationeg明枪易躲,暗箭难防。Itiseasytododgeaspearintheopen,buthardtoguardagainstanarrowshotfromhiding城门失火,殃及池鱼。Afireonthecitywallbringsdisastertothefishinthemoat 路遥知马力,日久见人心。Asalongroadtestsahorse'sstrengthsoalongtaskprovesapersonsheart初生牛犊不怕虎。New-borncalvesmakelittleoftigers Culturedifferentstructuresleadtofreetranslation2.Freetranslationeg失之东隅,收之桑榆。Whatoneloseontheswingsonegetsbackontheroundabouts.compare:Losewherethesunrisesandgainwherethesunsets.塞翁失马,安知非福?Alossmayturnouttoeagain.(compare:Whentheoldmanonthefrontierlosthismare,whocouldhaveguesseditwasablessingindisguise?)