【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。
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Others feel worried at the sight of white hair,
6 K+ D# E: M+ Z( o5 jI feel glad.
9 _& i  @) f& vYou see, so many young men die before having hoary hair.
+ w+ ^/ W5 `; e" b6 O) U8 P% UWalls have cracks,
walls have ears.
Good news never goes beyond the gate,
7 j# n% T  T- w  B$ gbad news travels far and wide.
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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 ...

% w+ }, e0 x0 J6 k7 G" e5 J0 _谢谢指教。
/ s  c* b6 B' e" \并没有想那么深，只是觉得white来得更有冲击力一些。
* _, _% `0 Y( F' G) |如果是gray hair的话，那么回译成汉语就是人见灰头嗔，呵呵。
. H- X. M" w' J. W9 d$ T8 Olet 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。 ' f! \; }( W5 G: `$ Q: }: U2 |' c . a7 l1 `! W# u5 ^8 Nat the sight of white hair, others feel worried, I feel glad— so many young men die before having hoary hair. walls have cracks, walls have ears. ill news travels apace, : D* y6 `, u6 G, N4 B% Qwhile good news rarely makes its way out of the front gate.

mxh3698

人见白头嗔，我见白头喜。多少少年郎，不到白头死。
3 ^% ^. H8 \4 M0 v& M& HWhite hair saddens some people,
but gladdens me,
for, you see,
so many young men die
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