走自己de路 发表于 2007-7-16 19:50:42

进京火车上令人惊愕的英语错误

<span class="bold">进京火车上令人惊愕的英语错误</span><br><br>
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这一幅，“垃圾在此投放，烟头切勿投入”。译文是“The garbage throws in here. The cigarette butt
throws in absolutely not
to.”别的错误先不说，因为逐字翻译，这两句话在译成英语后，都将宾语放在了主语的位置。在报纸上，好像会看见类似的用法，作为标题。所以我有些拿不
准，请我们外教看了一下。外教一边笑一边冲我摇头，显然是错误的。正确的应该是：“Throw garbage in it. Don’t throw
cigarette butts in it.”当然，删掉“it”也是可以的。<br>
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上半句中，“车辆”一词，翻译为“vehicle”。根据Longman Dictionary of Contemporary
English（《朗文当代高级英语词典》，2004年3月第一版，外语教学与研究出版社）上关于“vehicle”一词的解释是“especially
formal, a thing such as a car, bus etc that is used for carrying people
or things from one place to
another.”其意思是“尤正式，像轿车、巴士等用于将人或货物从一个地方运到另一个地方的东西”。所以，用这个词作为火车车厢的翻译是不妥的。而另
一个词“carriage”则是专门用来指火车车厢的。下半句，“注意”一词用“watch for”也是错误的，朗文字典上“watch
for”的意思是“to wait and be ready for
something”是“等待，期待”之意。若将警示牌上的英文再翻译过来，是“请等待一个安全”。<br>
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“keep out”的解释是，“used on signs to tell people to stay away from a place
or not enter
it.”意思是“用于警示牌，切勿靠近（进入）。”老外若看了这个牌子，还不知道前方是什么呢，竟会如此之凶险。“危险！请勿动。”翻译为
“Danger！ Don’t touch it.”即可。<br>
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这一幅警示牌是贴在卫生间的门把手处的。不知是翻译者的粗心还是印刷者的原因，抑或是其它什么。“Be careful”明明是两个单词，而警示牌上，却将它们写成了一个词。作为中国唯一的铁路运营商，是不是对于这类错误也应该Be careful呢？ <br>
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第一句“For the sake of your
safety”没有问题，但是，第二句就开始乱来了。先不说在这类祈使句中用到现在进行时态“noticing”的错误，两个单词“sew”与
“clip”都是不可饶恕的错误。“sew”是“缝”的意思，可那是作动词用的，比如“缝衣服、缝裤子”之类。翻译者不查字典，连意思都没搞懂，便想当然
地以为中文中“门缝”是“缝”，英文便也一样，真是滑天下之大稽。<br>
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<br>
这一幅，“垃圾在此投放，烟头切勿投入”。译文是“The garbage throws in here. The cigarette butt
throws in absolutely not
to.”别的错误先不说，因为逐字翻译，这两句话在译成英语后，都将宾语放在了主语的位置。在报纸上，好像会看见类似的用法，作为标题。所以我有些拿不
准，请我们外教看了一下。外教一边笑一边冲我摇头，显然是错误的。正确的应该是：“Throw garbage in it. Don’t throw
cigarette butts in it.”当然，删掉“it”也是可以的。</div>

明明 发表于 2007-7-16 20:03:39

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