【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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8 ?4 |2 ^8 H/ F' H3 qOthers feel worried at the sight of white hair,
I feel glad.
' |7 r0 E+ J/ j; KYou see, so many young men die before having hoary hair.
Walls have cracks,
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Good news never goes beyond the gate,
bad 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。
仅供参考，https://www.quora.com/Which-one- ... -hair-or-white-hair

mxh3698

evodiamine 发表于 2020-5-2 17:02
- D6 c& }$ x0 G' \; ^( u3 z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。
并没有想那么深，只是觉得white来得更有冲击力一些。
: `# Q6 R, t4 V8 X如果是gray hair的话，那么回译成汉语就是人见灰头嗔，呵呵。
let us agree to disagree.
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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。墙有缝，壁有耳。好事不出门，坏事传千里。 3 W1 w- ]& b4 s+ E& [. m& Y, h 8 i" g8 J4 g% `0 T$ hat the sight of white hair, , _# y- q  O7 uothers feel worried, ( L1 S" H( G8 k4 @7 bI feel glad— so many young men die before having hoary hair. 5 @9 \& Z7 a" k1 P. ^walls have cracks, walls have ears. / I' u8 _( x# j# Aill news travels apace, $ i1 D) t) y# z: o1 A& uwhile good news rarely + V( H0 F0 A! Y1 }/ @5 F6 `makes its way 8 ~+ c0 E( `- k9 I! s. }out 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。
White hair saddens some people,
but gladdens me,
for, you see,
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