【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,
4 q- v) D  u1 l3 gI feel glad.
" P, J! W9 A* }! o8 X; YYou see, so many young men die before having hoary hair.
Walls have cracks,
; R# M7 E/ X) a0 ]0 dwalls have ears.
Good news never goes beyond the gate,
bad 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 ...

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并没有想那么深，只是觉得white来得更有冲击力一些。
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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。 # Q7 i  a) g" P& _4 h at the sight of white hair, others feel worried, I feel glad— so many young men die before . b( ?( _& C& X4 shaving hoary hair. 4 Z# N1 {+ Q# W8 w! [. Zwalls have cracks, 4 [; v6 U' i" [. `& Pwalls have ears. , k7 V5 g  s" ^# n0 ^2 j  |ill 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。
) C& w5 D  n1 S7 @4 W+ gWhite hair saddens some people,
but gladdens me,
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so many young men die
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