中国文革时的“下乡知青”,英文怎么说呢? 讲到习近平的背景时, 报上这样说:
Xi went to work in the poor northwest Chinese countryside as a "sent-down youth" during the chaos of the Cultural Revolution.
女儿考AP 生物前,她老师的电邮鼓励大家说: "Kick butt on the test!"
女儿说 "Kick butt on the test!" = "Do a good job on the test!" (把试考好!) 但我觉得不够传神。
kick butt 怎么译呢? 网上找到的是 "踢屁股",哈哈哈! 我想可以译成 "打个漂亮仗!" 你说呢?
最近有条新闻说,调查显示美国將近一半的妇女担心沦落为流浪街头者,这些人有过半是单身或离婚者,不过已婚者也占43%。有此隐忧的女士居然有27%的年收入超过20万。According to a new survey, almost half of U. S. women fear becoming bag ladies. bag lady: a homeless woman who wanders the streets lugging her meager belongings in a shopping bag. 无家可归、流浪街头的妇女。
那天开会,有同事建议让新的人去别的学校观摩 "This time, we should send people who have not been there before. We need fresh eyes to see what they are doing that is working." A fresh pair of eyes: another pair of eyes,直译 “一双新眼睛”,意指再找一个新人来看,通常会有不同的发现或好建议。
有些提供校对或编辑服务的网站就取名于"Free Eyes", 很贴切。