【汉译英】增广贤文：人见白头嗔

mxh3698

人见白头嗔，我见白头喜。多少少年郎，不到白头死。墙有缝，壁有耳。好事不出门，坏事传千里。

9 P6 Z. K" g0 q8 ~' q3 ~Others feel worried at the sight of white hair,
I feel glad.
You see, so many young men die before having hoary hair.
Walls have cracks,
walls have ears.
Good news never goes beyond the gate,
6 Z+ U5 z4 o, t+ A: Q% abad news travels far and wide.

evodiamine

个人感觉这里的白头应该是指有些白发，有些还是黑发的状态，所以感觉白头翻译成gray hair似乎更准确些？White hair应该是指满头全是白发。
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mxh3698

evodiamine 发表于 2020-5-2 17:02
个人感觉这里的白头应该是指有些白发，有些还是黑发的状态，所以感觉白头翻译成gray hair似乎更准确些？Whi ...

谢谢指教。
9 {5 ?, b3 n5 q& Z1 c& C并没有想那么深，只是觉得white来得更有冲击力一些。
如果是gray hair的话，那么回译成汉语就是人见灰头嗔，呵呵。
/ @2 u) h4 o0 elet us agree to disagree.
再次谢谢参与，并顺致劳动节快乐！

mxh3698

人见白头嗔，我见白头喜。多少少年郎，不到白头死。墙有缝，壁有耳。好事不出门，坏事传千里。 1 [. @4 G* Q7 h# }9 v( [ + t; V9 @6 X) e$ u4 ^1 y. [' j6 J! Pat the sight of white hair, others feel worried, : l; N3 E- z  R/ u! w7 n* x  WI feel glad— ! W) m- n. _& `% T% B! Oso many young men die before & z8 u' j: ^' jhaving hoary hair. 5 e& n2 d. l9 |2 W9 lwalls have cracks, + W" h; D2 \+ A0 }! Ewalls have ears. ' d3 Q5 }* E" a8 H7 till news travels apace, + S( a- m% y5 s6 J" ]2 T$ Uwhile good news rarely 5 i9 X9 J% H$ l$ s8 I; _1 u0 hmakes its way # w6 _) g! O- X  C+ }8 u$ U  Sout of the front gate.

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mxh3698

人见白头嗔，我见白头喜。多少少年郎，不到白头死。
% M' C& C% r; P. F9 {White hair saddens some people,
but gladdens me,
for, you see,
so many young men die
before their hair turns gray.




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