【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。

Others feel worried at the sight of white hair,
I feel glad.
% G4 b: g0 g+ u# Z1 z0 e9 d$ h! h0 dYou see, so many young men die before having hoary hair.
7 R) N/ Z7 w5 A( u5 ?) M' ]+ dWalls have cracks,
+ P3 s: |; r) I. G* K  ], j: I7 twalls have ears.
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。
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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 ...

7 k- L5 g5 g. ]! \0 ?, m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。
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.
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。   W5 X  {' k, J* n: ~ at the sight of white hair, others feel worried, I feel glad— so many young men die before ; M* [( {7 w  G& Thaving hoary hair. # t; d, f, j" h3 F9 L5 R3 I8 s8 `walls have cracks, 1 F0 u# a% u+ t' V9 E9 kwalls have ears. 5 `" t% g: G3 A+ ^. @ill news travels apace, while 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。
1 o. `. x0 m4 kWhite hair saddens some people,
but gladdens me,
for, you see,
2 W8 a0 E& }5 V9 M, Y8 sso many young men die
before their hair turns gray.
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