假如听到朋友说他的小孩经常在‘birthday suit’的状态下到处跑,你就马上说:“我也想为我的小孩购一套‘生日服装’,哪里有卖呢?”那你的朋友不笑掉大牙才怪呢;假如你听到一位姑娘说“kiss-me-quick”,你就给了她一个“飞吻”,那你至少得挨耳光;假如你购了卖主声明要“unpeel”才能食用的瓜果,你去理解为“不要削皮”而连皮带肉吃下,那就可能损害了你的健康;假如……
这些词的意思究竟是什么,你都了解吗?千万不要误译误解闹了笑话哦!“每日一句英译汉”节目,专门挑选让中国读者容易误解的“英语陷阱”,每天一句,跟我一起学习地道翻译吧!
来听听、看看今天的句子吧!- A cat-o'-nine-tails is displayed in the museum.
沪江答题纸加载中……嘿嘿,简单吧?不知道你翻译的版本是啥呢?提交你的译本,来看看详尽的正确答案和解析吧!
【关键词】cat-o'-nine-tails
【误译】这个博物馆里陈列着一只
有九条尾巴的猫。
【原意】这个博物馆里陈列着一条
九尾鞭。
【说明】cat-o'-nine-tails(可数名词,单、复数同形)意为“九尾鞭”(由九条皮带编成的一种英国古代刑具)。
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