【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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% G, f% n" h; Y; U( m! G% y) BOthers feel worried at the sight of white hair,
I feel glad.
2 N# |& ~: h8 I; t; m& fYou see, so many young men die before having hoary hair.
# l7 r% i1 O8 u2 Q5 G! AWalls have cracks,
walls have ears.
- S1 r" _6 C; X' }Good news never goes beyond the gate,
4 O3 H1 C0 w& H4 G# P% tbad 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。
仅供参考，https://www.quora.com/Which-one- ... -hair-or-white-hair

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 ...

- V; o7 v: [2 C* [4 E- w谢谢指教。
/ M: a5 ~) p& Y, N+ Z  _& Y: A5 i/ ^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。
" f& M% `0 D; ]' u) Alet 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。 at the sight of white hair, ) d! o* O% A& K5 z1 n- k. jothers feel worried, I feel glad— so many young men die before ! B( Y' k6 C5 phaving hoary hair. walls have cracks, : N! y# o, j+ _3 v/ m/ t9 n3 M2 vwalls have ears. 3 B" A, G6 \. X& Oill news travels apace, while good news rarely makes its way 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。
3 S$ q: W5 d& [6 OWhite hair saddens some people,
; P* ]8 k" H/ t( Vbut gladdens me,
for, you see,
so many young men die
) l/ r; P6 s, X6 f: e5 \1 Vbefore their hair turns gray.



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