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1 * 8）to live a cat-and-dog life 【译】过着不和谐的生活（过着猫狗般的生活Χ） 10）When in Rome, do as the Romans do. 【译】到什么山，唱什么歌。（入乡随俗） 习语翻译 补充练习 1 * 11) Blessings do not come in pairs and calamity never comes singly. / Luck comes but once but trouble comes in droves. 【译文】福无双至，祸不单行。 12) Two heads are better than one. 【译文】一人不及两人智。/三个臭皮匠，胜过一个诸葛亮。 习语翻译 补充练习 1 * 课堂互动1： 翻译下列习语（参考译文） 5. Too wise to live long. 【译文】人太聪明寿不长。 6. Courtesy costs nothing. 【译文】礼多人不怪。 1 * 课堂互动1： 翻译下列习语（参考译文） 7. A bird may be known by its song. 【译文】闻其言而知其人。 1 * 课堂互动1： 翻译下列习语（参考译文） 9．Old friends and old wine are best. 【译文】姜是老的辣，酒是陈的香。/ 陈酒味醇，老友情深。 1 * 课堂互动1： 翻译下列习语（参考译文） 10．We still love each other very much, but we fight like cat and dog. 【译文】我们常吵闹，但仍很相爱。 1 * 10.2 Proverbs and Their Translation谚语的翻译 Characteristics of proverbs A proverb is a brief familiar maxim of folk wisdom, usually compressed in form, often involving a bold image and frequently a jingle that catches the memory. For a proverb to become popular it must be outstandingly wise and it must contain enduring wisdom. So some people call them as the daughters of daily experience. Proverbs contain folk wisdom rather than scientific accuracy and therefore they provide interesting glimpses or clues to a peoples geography, history, social organization, social views and attitudes. 1 * 10.2 Proverbs and Their Translation谚语的翻译 In a word, proverbs reflect a peoples living and living environment. For this reason proverbs are culture-specific. People who live along sea coast and whose livelihood is dependent upon the sea will have proverbs about sailing and about the weather in the sea. Nomadic people will have proverbs about pasture-land, about castles, sheep, and horses and about wolves. * 谚语是人们经常使用的固定而简短通俗的话语，概括在劳动、生活和社会活动的体验与观察所得的经验和教训中，是语言财富。 谚语是实践经验的结晶，是社会经验的总结，是思想智慧的火花。 谚语具有诗歌的活泼，文学的凝重，熟语的简洁，道理的深刻，寓意的广远，因而在各种文体中常见。 10. 2 谚语的翻译 (Translation of Proverbs) * 谚语主要是在口头上广泛流传延用。内容往往是对客观事物现象的性质、状态、程度等进行具