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1、Aphorisms and Proverbs 格言、谚语、警句说明： 谚语翻译以直译为主（保持原作风姿和异域情调），意译为辅（传达内涵引申义，帮助理解）。谚语翻译要注意民族性即民族特色，汉译时不宜过分汉化，即为追求“顺”与“地道”而夹带具有汉民族鲜明特色的专名、典故与成语；同时要注意适当的口语化。他喜欢在作文中引用谚语。He likes to quote proverbs in his compositions.谚语说，早起的鸟有食吃。As the saying goes the early bird catches the worm.在这一方面我记得有一句谚语。In this connect
2、ion I remember a proverb.pearls of wisdom 至理名言Proverbs are common sayings. 谚语是通俗的格言。A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. 谚语可以反映一个国家的文明程度。A good maxim is never out of season. 好箴言永远不过时。A good quotation is never out of season. 至理名言永不过时。A great mans foolish sayings pass for wise ones.
3、 大人物的傻话常被当做明智的格言。A proverb has contents of gold. 谚语里有黄金。A proverb is an ornament to language. 谚语为语言增色。All old proverbs are spread abroad. 古老的谚语四海流传。All old sayings have something in them. 古老的谚语都有一些道理。There is something wise in every proverb. 每条谚语都有哲理。Old proverbs are the children of truth. 古老的谚语是真理的
4、产儿。Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶。 Proverbs are so called because they are proved. 谚语经过检验，里面包含真理。Proverbs are the echoes of experience. 谚语是经验的回声。Proverbs are the peoples wisdom. 谚语是人民的智慧。Proverbs are the wisdom of the ages. 谚语是时代的智慧。The proverb comes from the intellect, an
5、d the intellect from the proverb. 智慧出谚语，谚语出智慧。That a proverb is to speech what salt to food. 交谈用谚语犹如菜肴加食盐。What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven, such are proverbs interwoven(交织) in speech. 言谈用谚语犹如花园开鲜花，食品加香料，衣服配装饰，天空现繁星。In a proverb you buy with your ear
6、s a good lesson at the cheapest price. 听谚语可得到教益，所付出的代价十分低。Nothing tells us more of the spirit of a people than its proverbs. 一个民族的谚语最能说明这个民族的精神。Patch grief with proverbs. 用谚语平息悲伤。A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit. 吃亏的和解强如赢了的诉讼。（指诉讼有消耗时间及金钱的麻烦。）A bad conscience is a snake in ones heart.
7、做贼心虚。A bad excuse is better than none. 强辩总好过不辨。A bad padlock invites a picklock. 开门揖盗。（给人可乘之机。）A bad penny always comes back/turns up. 缺损的便士总会被人发现。（工作不努力，处处会碰壁。）A bad man in office is a mischief to the public. 坏人当官，公众受害。A bad thing never dies. 坏事遗臭万年。A bad thing is dear at any price. 不好的东西任何价格都是贵的。(
8、指差的商品不经久耐用，不管价格多便宜，总是不合算的。)A bad tree does not yield good apples. 长势不好的树长不出好苹果。A bad woman is worse than a bad man. 女人使坏比男人更甚/最毒莫过妇人心。A bad workman always quarrels/blames with his tools. 手艺不好赖家什。A bald head is soon shaven. 秃头剃得快。（易做的事情不费劲。）Abundance, like want, ruins many. 富裕与贫穷同样害人。A barber does no
9、t shave himself. 理发师不能为自己理发。A barber learns to shave by shaving fools. 理发师的手艺是为傻子理发练出来的。A bargain is a bargain. 合约必须严格遵守/说定的事不可反悔。A barking dog never bites. 会叫的狗不咬人。A bashful dog never fattens. 害羞的狗养不胖。A beard well lathered（剃胡须前涂肥皂泡沫）is half shaved（剃胡须）. 良好的开端是成功的一半。（=A good lather is half the shave
10、.）A beaten track is a safe one. 很多人走的路才安全。A beautiful thing is never perfect. 美好的事物总是不完美的。A beautiful woman smiling, bespeaks（预先要求，预约） a purse weeping. 美人一微笑，就有人破财。A beggar can never be bankrupt. 乞丐永远不会破产。A/The beggar may sing before the thief. 既是穷光蛋，何忧窃贼偷。A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
11、. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。A bird is known by its note. 闻其声知其鸟。（听其言知其人。）A bird never flew on one wing. 鸟不能只靠一个翅膀飞翔。（孤掌难鸣。）A black hen lays a white egg. 黑母鸡下白蛋。（丑妇生俊儿。）A bleating sheep loses a bite. 爱叫的羊少吃食。（说话太多，错失良机。）A blind man may perchance hit the mark. 盲人偶尔也会打中目标。A blind man wont thank you for a mirror. 盲人不会
12、因为你送镜子而感谢你。（盲人不需要镜子。）A blustering(吹大风) night, a fair day. 夜间大风呼啸，白天阳光普照。A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. 书本如一所随行的花园。A book that remains shut is but a block. 有书关闭不读，无异于一块木头。A book tightly shut is but a block of paper. 闭卷不读，书同废纸堆。A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm. 借来的斗篷不保暖。A borrow
13、ed loan should come laughing home. 向人借贷应微笑返还/借钱乐还，再借不难。A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near. 海内存知己，天涯若比邻。A bow long bent at last waxeth weak. 弓弯久了会没劲/弓张久必弛。（人过劳则疲。）A brave and honest man will speak out. 勇敢诚实的人能够挺身而出。A brave arm makes a short sword long. 勇者手中的短刀也会变长剑。A brave retreat is a br
14、ave exploit. 勇敢的退却也是勇敢的业绩。A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. 手断尚能行动，心碎无法可救。Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones. 离别会抵销一些热情，却增添更多的激情。Absence is mother of disillusion. 疏离为觉悟之母。Absence sharpens love; presence strengthens it. 相聚爱益切，离聚情更深。Absence makes the heart grow fond
15、er. 离别增情谊。Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. 离别加深爱恋，相聚增加情意。Absent in body, but present in spirit. 肉身虽不在，精神却犹存。Abstinence is the best medicine. 节制是最好的良药。A bully is always a coward. 欺善怕恶者是懦夫。（色厉内荏。）A burden of ones choice is not felt.爱挑的担子不嫌重。A burnt child dreads the fire. 被火伤过的孩子最怕火。（一遭被
16、蛇咬，十年怕井绳。）A busy man is plagued with one desire, but an idle one with a thousand. 忙人为一个欲望而苦恼，闲人被无数欲望所折磨。A busy mother makes a lazy daughter. 忙碌的母亲女儿懒。A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛燃烧自己照亮别人。A carrion kite will never make a good hawk. 吃腐肉的鸢决不会成为雄鹰。（鸢永远变不成鹰。）A carper will cavil at anything. 吹毛求疵者对任何事都要
