大学英语拓展课程基础翻译.ppt

动车 bullet train 开微博 to open a microblog 农家乐 agritainment / agri-tourism 招牌菜 signature dishes 保健食品 dietary supplement/food supplement 阳刚男生 macho boys 豆腐渣工程 jerry-built project 黄牛党/票贩子 ticket scalper 实名购票制 ID-based ticket booking system to pull sb’s leg (俚语的翻译）【译文】开某人的玩笑（误：拉某人的后腿） John can be relied on, he eats no fish and plays the game. 【译文】约翰为人可靠，诚实又正直。 Watch out for Harlow, he’s full of Mickey mouse ideas.（词义的引申） 【译文】要提防着哈洛，他满脑子歪门邪道。 Catch her telling lies again!（按内涵意义译） 【译文】她再也不敢撒谎了！ It is a gesture of recognition of your personal qualification.（兼动名词的翻译） 【译文】这表示承认你个人的资格。 Unit 10 Translations of Idioms, Slang Proverbs 希腊神话中的习语--Greek gift 存心害人的礼物 Greek gift： a gift with some sinister purposes of the enemy; one given with intent to harm; a gift sent in order to murder sb; It’s similar to a English saying “When the fox preaches, take care of your geese”. Origin Meaning It derives from “Odyssey” compiled by Homer and “Agenesis” written by Virgil (a Roman outstanding poet) about the fall of Troy. Origin Meaning The Trojans had a hot debate about how to dispose of the horse that the Greek left to them. They have three proposals: to use the spear to pierce the hollow wooden; to throw it onto the rocks; to move it into the city as a landscape to bliss the God. Finally the adopted the third proposal and moved the wooden horse to the Troy. At last Troy was destroyed. Usage Example The setter Shek Kin gave them proved to be a? Greek gift: it killed their child when they were out.石坚送给他们的猎狗害了他们。他们外出时，那只狗把他们的孩子咬死了 It is a Greek gift to you.这是图谋害你的礼物。 He is always buying you expensive clothes, Im afraid they are Greek gifts for you.他经常给你买昂贵的衣服，我觉得他不安好心。 谢敬涛：当初选这门课时一方面是因为它有助于考研，另一方面自己对这门课很感兴趣。通过这几个月的学习，自己真的长了不少见识，也确实学到了好多东西。 丁序栋：把翻译的思路用到写作中也很实用，相当于既学了翻译又学了写作，还赚到了呢。 刘稚贤：课上学到了很多以前大学英语课上接触不到的内容，了解了很多谚语习语，很有趣，......，很喜欢这门课！ 王利：因为自己英语基础不是很好，这门课相对其它课更有利于提高英语水平。不后悔自己的选择，因为真的学到了很多。 COME WITH US AND YOU DESERVE IT! * * * * 大学英语拓展课程