【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,
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$ D/ z" b1 t9 t% m$ u( vYou see, so many young men die before having hoary hair.
Walls have cracks,
walls have ears.
  w5 g# H. t. @6 x; DGood news never goes beyond the gate,
) `7 t9 o) H  \" |( t5 L; }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。
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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 ...

. r1 H" f$ ]4 }! E! [谢谢指教。
: R9 K! M5 S: \- X6 L4 d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。
8 d# S; e: M' q# g) X, x4 Y; x3 glet 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。 : m  i# H! h2 A4 d at the sight of white hair, " @7 }5 O6 e' s' C4 Z5 Q" Wothers feel worried, I feel glad— so many young men die before having hoary hair. $ _; U) ^+ H, Zwalls have cracks, walls have ears. 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。
White hair saddens some people,
but gladdens me,
for, you see,
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