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A supplementary reading to 中式英语之鉴语短语

2007-03-28 09:25:00 / 个人分类:good good study

本材料选自林广寰先生编著的《常用汉语英译手册》和相关网络资料

1.      小儿科(戏谑语,不是pediatry或者baby doctor

建议一:译为mickey mouse最妙(来自华狄斯耐漫漫画家的米老鼠)。

例析:It is mickey mouse.或者It is mickey mouse stuff.

建议二:译为a little leaguer(来自垒球,意即比职业性的major leaguer来说,少青队当然是小儿科啦。)

例析:In my mind he is a little leaguer.

自谦时,可以使用I am only a little leaguer.相当于It’s nothing.或者It is not worth mentioning.

建议三:It’s child’s play, or, it is kid stuff.

其他类似的表达:trite, trival, petty stuff

2. 小意思(客气话,送礼物时的自谦语)

建议例析:This is my token appreciation of the help you have given me.

加注:在表达对某个任务的不以为然的时候,相关表达如下:

a piece of cake(口语)轻松的事, 愉快的事

a little potato




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