谚语翻译中的无规则对应性探析.docx

以“有志者事竟成”为例应当是举一反三，起到谚语学习事半功倍的效果。恶有恶报。自作自受。（自己挖坑自己埋。）he that makes his bed ill, lies there. /（自食其果。）as a man makes his bed, so must he lie./（自食其果。）as one has made ones bed，so one must lie in it./（自食其果。）as you make your bed, so you must lie in/on it. /you have made your bed, you must lie in it. /多行不义必自毙。搬起石头砸自己的脚。/（冤冤相报。）all the tracys have the wind in their faces. /the tracys have always the wind in their faces./恶有恶报。搬起石头砸自己的脚。害人反害己。the bitter is bitten./the bitter is sometimes bit. /多行不义必自毙。搬起石头砸自己的脚。/恶有恶报。（冤冤相报。）one ill turn deserves another./a bad penny always comes back. 伪币迟早归原主。/a wicked man is his own hell./ /every ill man has his ill day./he that does evil shall find evil. /who sows ill reaps ill./wickedness does not go altogether unpunished./恶有恶报。搬起石头砸自己的脚。作茧自缚。害人反害己。自作自受。自家掘坑自家埋。自讨苦吃。he makes a rod for his own back./be hoist with ones own petard./harm hatch, harm catch./harm watch, harm catch./throw stones at ones own house./whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein./harm set,harm get./he that mischief hatches,mischief catches./when you plot mischief for others youre preparing trouble for yourself./he who digs a pit for others, falls in himself./he brings a staff/stick to break his own head./let his own wand ding him./hoist with his own petard./恶有恶报。多行不义必自毙。a bad life, a bad end./an ill life, an ill end./give a thief enough rope and hell hang himself./ / /自食其果。self do, self have. /作茧自缚。i have brought an ill comb to my own head. / /恶有恶报。损人必害己。he that hurts another hurts himself. /锄一恶，扬十善。邪气衰则正气盛。as vice wanes,virtue waxes. /自己酿的苦酒自己喝。自食其果。one must drink as one brews./自食其果。drink as you have brewed. /自食其果。搬起石头砸自己的脚。as you brew, so shall you drink.自己酿的苦酒自己喝。/恶人自有恶人磨。the devil is good to his own./the devil looks after his own./every sin brings its punishment with it./who swims in sin shall sink in sorrow. /自作孽，不可活。（自作自受最难受。）the evil we bring on ourselves are the hardest to bear./多行不义必自毙。此地无银三百两。做贼心虚。a bad conscience is a snack in ones heart./a guilty conscience feels continual fear./a guilty conscience is a self-accuser./a guilty conscience is a thousand witnesses./a guilty conscience never feels secure./guilty consciences always make people (men) cowards./ a guilty person gives himself away by conspicuous./多行不义必自毙。a guilty conscience needs no accuser.自己问心有愧，无需别人责备。/咒人反咒己。chickens come home to roost./骂人如骂己。curses, like chickens, come home to roost. /骂人如骂己。curses come home to roost./恶有恶报。种一恶，收十恶。恶有恶报。恶人必有恶人治。he that sows the wind (will) reap the whirlwind. /恶人必有恶人治。（恶有恶报。）sow the wind and reap the whirlwind./ they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind./ 世上无难事，只怕有心人。有志者，事竟成。a man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.只要有无限的热情，一个人几乎可以在任何事情上取得成功。/（决心成功，一半成功。）he who will success is half way to it. /a wilful man will have his way.顽强者定会成功。/to him that wills, ways are not wanting. /世上无难事，只怕有心人。精诚所至，金石为开。nothing is impossible for/to a willing mind/heart.心之所愿，无所不成。/世上无难事，只要肯攀登。坚持到底就是胜利。（锲而不舍，金石可镂。）有梦就有希望。where there is a will, there is a way. /只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。elbow grease gives the best polish. /little strokes fell down strong oaks. /many little strokes fell down strong oaks. /perseverence spells success. /锲而不舍，金石可镂。（水滴穿石。）滴水穿石。little strokes fell great oaks./世上无难事，只怕有心人。（有志者，事竟成。）nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it. /nothing is difficult to the man who will try. /its dogged that does it. /锲而不舍，金石可镂。（水滴穿石。只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。）little by little and bit by bit./滴水穿石。功到自然成。spit on a stone, and it will be wet at last./只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。绳可锯木断，水可滴石穿。水滴石穿，绳锯木断。constant dripping wears away a stone./锲而不舍，金石可镂。只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。）绳可锯木断，水可滴石穿。水滴石穿，绳锯木断。constant dripping will wear away a stone./a drop hollows out a stone./water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away./功到自然成。constant effort yieds sure success./oft ettle, whiles hit./功夫不负有心人。苍天不负有心人。all things come to him who waits.成功属于有准备的人。/heaven rewards the faithful./功到自然成。成功属于有准备的人。all things will come round to him who will but wait.只要肯等待，一切都会按时来。/耐得住，必有福。he that can stay obtains./耐得住，必有福。everything comes to him who waits. 凡事要肯等待。久等必有一得。/耐得住，必有福。everything comes if a man will only wait./锲而不舍，金石可镂。坚持不懈，必定成功。坚持就是胜利。成功属于坚持不懈的人。success belongs to the persevering.胜利属于坚忍不拔的人。/坚持到底就是胜利。it is dogged as does it./坚持就是胜利。drive/dree out the inch as you have done the span./坚韧不拔是成功之本。perseverance is the only road to success.不屈不挠是取得成功的唯一道路。/坚韧不拔是成功之本。perseverance is vital to success.不屈不挠是成功之本。/世上无难事，只要肯登攀。nothing is too difficult(in the world) if you put/set your heart/mind into it. / a mouse in time may bite in two a cable./有志者事竟成。with time and patience the leaf of the mulberry becomes satin. 时不待我，岁月无情。岁月不待人。you may delay, but time will not. /岁月不留人。age and time do not wait for people. /岁月既往，一去不回。时光不能倒流。one cannot back the clock. /时光如流水，岁月不待人。时不待我，岁月无情。（时不待我。）时间不等人。时不我待。机不可失，失不再来。岁月不待人。time and tide wait for no man./时光一去不复返。take time while time is, for time will away./时间不能倒流。光阴似箭，日月穿梭。life is short and time is swift./光阴似箭，一去不回。lost time is never found again./光阴似水流，一去不回头。时光永不回头。time marches on./光阴一去不复返，无人能唤昨日回。no man can call again yesterday./光阴似箭，一去不回。机不可失，时不再来。all time is no time when it is past./时光流逝，不可复得。time lost cannot be won again./岁月既往，不可复追。时光一去不复返。time lost cannot be recalled./昨日不再来。时间不能倒流。time past cannot be called (back) again./时间不能倒流。时钟不能倒转。one cannot put back the clock./昨日不会重现。光阴一去不复返，无人能唤昨日回。no one can call back yesterday. /昨日不再来。（光阴一去不复返。）yesterday will not be called again. /时光如流水，岁月不待人。机不可失，失不再来。/an occasion lost cannot be redeemed./he loses all who loses the moment./when an opportunity is neglected, it never comes back to you./（此时不干，更待何时？）时不待我，岁月无情。（时不待我。）时间不等人。岁月不等人。now or never！/he that will not when he may, when he will he shall have nay./lets take the instant by the foreward top./opportunity do not wait. 机会不等人。/机不可失，时不再来。opportunity knocks but once./seize time by the forelock./take time by the forelock./take time when time comes, lest time steal away./此时不干，更待何时？ now for it! /过了这个村，就没了这个店。he who will not when he may, when he will he shall have nay./切莫错过良机。everything has its time and that time must be watched./说干就干。do it now./机不可失。there is no time to lose./当断不断，必受其患。过了这个村，就没了这个店。（机不可失，时不再来。）he who hesitate is lost./opportunity seldom knocks twice./时光易逝。光阴似箭。日月如梭，光阴似箭。time flies.金无赤足，人无完人。智者千虑，必有一失。人非圣贤，孰能无过。the brightest of all things, the sun, has its spots./every bean has its black./no garden without its weeds.没有不长草的园子。/there are lees to every wine./there is no garden without its weeds. /美不至绝，福不至幸。（无喜不带忧，有乐必有苦。）no rose without a thorn./玫瑰皆有刺，乐中必有苦。（没有十全十美的幸福。）吃蜜别怕蜂蛰人，摘花别怕花带刺。there is no rose without a thorn. 没有不长刺的玫瑰。there are spots (even) in the sun.太阳也有黑点。/the sun has its spots. /he is lifeless that is faultless./人非圣贤，孰能无过。no man is without his faults. /all men are fallible./every man has his weak side./every man has the defects of his own virtues/qualities. 每一个人都有美中不足的地方。/every man is mad on some point. /everybody has some weak spot./金无足赤，人无完人。every man has his faults. /no man is infallible (here on earth).没有人不犯错误。/no one is without his faults. /nobody but has his faults. /nobody is without faults./人无完人，孰能无过。/there is no man but errs. /there is no man but has his faults./there is no man without faults./a better man never trod this earth. /没有十全十美的朋友。a friend without faults will never be found. /是人就会犯错误。to err is humane./智者千虑，必有一失。(老虎也有打盹的时候。）人非圣贤，孰能无过。even homer sometimes nods./ the best of us can make mistakes. /a best car may overthrow. /a good marksman may miss.好射手也有失手的时候。/even the wise are not free from error. /it is a wise man that makes no mistakes. /it is a wise man that never makes mistakes.从不犯错的人是聪明人。/the best man stumbles.伟人也有犯错时。/ a best marksman may miss./死人不出错。人人都有缺点。人无完人。/凡人皆有错。there are faults from which none of us is free. /工匠再好，难免差错。the best workman sometimes blunders. /好瓦匠难垒不透风的墙。it is a skillful technician that never blunders. /老虎也有打盹的时候。even the worthy homer sometimes nods. /老虎也有打盹的时候。homer sometimes nods. /马有失蹄，人有失误。（老虎也有打盹的时候。）聪明一世，糊涂一时。no man is wise at all times. /智有一时之失，人无一世聪明。no one wise at all times. /人都有弱点。人人都有弱点。every man has his weakside. /人非圣贤，孰能无过。死人无过错。lifeless, faultless.只有死人才不犯错误。/人有糊涂一时，无人糊涂一世。none is a fool always, every one sometimes. /人有糊涂一时，无人糊涂一世。聪明一世，糊涂一时。every man is a fool sometimes, and none at all times. /no one is a fool always, everyone sometimes. 没有终身的傻瓜，也没有终身不当傻瓜的人。/每个人都有糊涂的时候。every man has a fool in his sleeve./人有失足，马有失蹄。好马亦有失蹄时。it is a good horse that never stumbles./马有失蹄，人有失误。（老虎也有打盹的时候。）a horse may stumble on four feet. /（老虎也有打盹的时候。）a horse stumbles that has four legs./金无足赤人无完人。玫瑰皆有刺，乐中必有苦。roses have thorns. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。交什么人，学什么人。什么人交什么友。he that sleeps with dogs rise up with flees. / evil communications corrupt good manners. 交恶友，损德行。/跟好人学好人。keep good men company and you shall be of the number./休与恶人为伍。keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number. /跟坏人，学坏人。（近墨者黑。）who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl./good man teach good; companionship with bad will but corrupt the good mind that you had./he that lies down with dogs, must rise up with fleas./he that touches pitch shall be defiled./交什么人，学什么人。跟什么样的人学什么样。he that lives with cripples learns to limp./近朱者赤。a boy living next to a temple knows the litany by heart./near vermilion one gets stained pink./the finger that touches rouge will be red./跟好人，学好人。with the good we become good./ if you go a year with a cripple, youll limp at the end of it./近墨者黑。they that touch pitch will be defiled./常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋。touch pitch, and you will be defiled./跟着坏人难学好。he who keeps company with a wolf will learn to howl. /久在河边走，焉能不湿鞋。老子偷瓜盗果，儿子杀人放火。the cask savours of the first fill./he who scrubs every pig he sees will not long be clean himself./he who touches pitch must expect to be defiled./he who touches pitch will be defiled./one cannot touch pitch without being defiled./老子偷瓜盗果，儿子杀人放火。（近朱者赤，近墨者黑。）every cask smells of the wine it contains. /三人行，必有我师。he that walks with wise men shall be wise. /与有智之人同行，你会变得聪颖。walk with the wise men and you shall be wise. 人心不足蛇吞象。贪多必失。covet all and lose all. /dogs that run after many hares bill none. /样样都要，全都失掉。样样要，样样掉。grasp all, lose all. /样样要，样样掉。he that will have all, lose all. /贪多嚼不烂。认命之人不曾有。no man is content (with his lot)./贪得无厌，终将尽失。much wants more and lose all./ avarice is never satisfied. /贪得无厌；越富越贪。avarice increases with health. /贪多嚼不烂。a shoe too large trips one up. /bite off more than one can chew. /dogs that put up many hares kill none. /he who begins many things, finishes but few. /never bite off more than you can chew. /不要揽事过多。dont have too many irons in the fire. / covetousness breaks the bag/sack./a mans discontent is his worst evil. 不知足是最大的祸害。/they need much whom nothing will content./too much breaks the bag./得陇望蜀，越有越贪。（越有越想有。越有心越贪。）欲壑难填。much shall have more./much will have more./得陇望蜀。得寸进尺。give him an inch and he will take a yard/ mile./give knaves an inch and they will take a yard./give him an inch and hell take an ell./if you agree to carry the calf, theyll make you carry the cow./得陇望蜀。越有越贪。appetite comes with eating. 胃口越吃越大。/得陇望蜀；贪得无厌。得一望十，得十望百。as wealth grows, care and greed for greater wealth follows after./勿自不量力。dont bite off more than you can chew. /欲速则不达。all covet, all lose. /贪多嚼不烂。眼大肚子小，贪多嚼不烂。（眼馋肚子饱。）eyes are bigger than the belly. /the eye is bigger than the belly. /心有余而力不足。eyes are bigger than ones stomach./贪多嚼不烂。欲速则不达（忙中出错）。匆忙必有失。揠苗助长。haste makes waste. /a short cut is often a wrong cut. /no haste but good speed. /no more haste than good speed. /the more haste, the less speed. /the shortest way round is the longest way home. /too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. /匆忙必有失。more haste, less speed. /贪多嚼不烂。 he that doth most at once doth least. /瞎忙乎等于白忙乎。fools haste is no speed. 时不待我，岁月无情。岁月不待人。you may delay, but time will not. /岁月不留人。age and time do not wait for people. /岁月既往，一去不回。时光不能倒流。one cannot back the clock. /时光如流水，岁月不待人。时不待我，岁月无情。（时不待我。）时间不等人。时不我待。机不可失，失不再来。岁月不待人。time and tide wait for no man./时光一去不复返。take time while time is, for time will away./时间不能倒流。光阴似箭，日月穿梭。life is short and time is swift./光阴似箭，一去不回。lost time is never found again./光阴似水流，一去不回头。时光永不回头。time marches on./光阴一去不复返，无人能唤昨日回。no man can call again yesterday./光阴似箭，一去不回。机不可失，时不再来。all time is no time when it is past./时光流逝，不可复得。time lost cannot be won again./岁月既往，不可复追。时光一去不复返。time lost cannot be recalled./昨日不再来。时间不能倒流。time past cannot be called (back) again./时间不能倒流。时钟不能倒转。one cannot put back the clock./昨日不会重现。光阴一去不复返，无人能唤昨日回。no one can call back yesterday. /昨日不再来。（光阴一去不复返。）yesterday will not be called again. /时光如流水，岁月不待人。机不可失，失不再来。/an occasion lost cannot be redeemed./he loses all who loses the moment./when an opportunity is neglected, it never comes back to you./（此时不干，更待何时？）时不待我，岁月无情。（时不待我。）时间不等人。岁月不等人。now or never！/he that will not when he may, when he will he shall have nay./lets take the instant by the foreward top./opportunity do not wait. 机会不等人。/机不可失，时不再来。opportunity knocks but once./seize time by the forelock./take time by the forelock./take time when time comes, lest time steal away./此时不干，更待何时？ now for it! /过了这个村，就没了这个店。he who will not when he may, when he will he shall have nay./切莫错过良机。everything has its time and that time must be watched./说干就干。do it now./机不可失。there is no time to lose./当断不断，必受其患。过了这个村，就没了这个店。（机不可失，时不再来。）he who hesitate is lost./opportunity seldom knocks twice./时光易逝。光阴似箭。日月如梭，光阴似箭。time flies.水滴穿石。世上无难事，只怕有心人。有志者，事竟成。a man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.只要有无限的热情，一个人几乎可以在任何事情上取得成功。/（决心成功，一半成功。）he who will success is half way to it. /a wilful man will have his way.顽强者定会成功。/to him that wills, ways are not wanting. /世上无难事，只怕有心人。精诚所至，金石为开。nothing is impossible for/to a willing mind/heart.心之所愿，无所不成。/世上无难事，只要肯攀登。坚持到底就是胜利。（锲而不舍，金石可镂。）有梦就有希望。where there is a will, there is a way. /只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。elbow grease gives the best polish. /little strokes fell down strong oaks. /many little strokes fell down strong oaks. /perseverence spells success. /锲而不舍，金石可镂。滴水穿石。little strokes fell great oaks./世上无难事，只怕有心人。（有志者，事竟成。）nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it. /nothing is difficult to the man who will try. /its dogged that does it. /锲而不舍，金石可镂。（水滴穿石。只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。）little by little and bit by bit./滴水穿石。功到自然成。spit on a stone, and it will be wet at last./只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。绳可锯木断，水可滴石穿。水滴石穿，绳锯木断。constant dripping wears away a stone./锲而不舍，金石可镂。只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。）绳可锯木断，水可滴石穿。水滴石穿，绳锯木断。constant dripping will wear away a stone./a drop hollows out a stone./water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away./功到自然成。constant effort yieds sure success./oft ettle, whiles hit./功夫不负有心人。苍天不负有心人。all things come to him who waits.成功属于有准备的人。/heaven rewards the faithful./功到自然成。成功属于有准备的人。all things will come round to him who will but wait.只要肯等待，一切都会按时来。/耐得住，必有福。he that can stay obtains./耐得住，必有福。everything comes to him who waits. 凡事要肯等待。久等必有一得。/耐得住，必有福。everything comes if a man will only wait./锲而不舍，金石可镂。坚持不懈，必定成功。坚持就是胜利。成功属于坚持不懈的人。success belongs to the persevering.胜利属于坚忍不拔的人。/坚持到底就是胜利。it is dogged as does it./坚持就是胜利。drive/dree out the inch as you have done the span./坚韧不拔是成功之本。perseverance is the only road to success.不屈不挠是取得成功的唯一道路。/坚韧不拔是成功之本。perseverance is vital to success.不屈不挠是成功之本。/世上无难事，只要肯登攀。nothing is too difficult(in the world) if you put/set your heart/mind into it. / a mouse in time may bite in two a cable./有志者事竟成。with time and patience the leaf of the mulberry becomes satin. /绳可锯木断，水可滴石穿。the soft dropps of rain perce tha hard marble.万丈高楼平地起。冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。habit is a cable: we weave a thread of it every day, and at last we cannot break it./万丈高楼平地起。the highest tower begin from the ground. /万物皆有时。everything has its time. / a high building, a low foundation./凡事都得从头做。凡事总有一个开头。everything must have a beginning. /伟大始于渺小。from small beginnings come great things. 大事起于微小的开头。/万物起于毫末。the beginning of all things are small. /伟业非一日之功。（一日造不出洛阳桥。）坚持必成。rome was not built in a day. /伟业非一日之功。a strong town/castle is not won in an hour. /冰冻三尺非一日之功。an oak is not felled at one stroke./it is not the last blow of the axe that fells the oak./千里之行，始于足下。he who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom./a thousand mile trip begins with one step./he that climbs a ladder must begin at the first step./the longest journey starts with a single step. /万丈高楼平地起。合抱之木，生于毫末。（大始于小，有始于无。）要干大事，先干小事。great oaks from little acorns grow./the greatest oaks have been little acorns./要干大事，先干小事。every oak must be an acorn. 亡羊补牢，为时未晚。悬崖勒马，回头是岸。迟干总比不做好。亡羊补牢，为时不晚。迟到总比不到好。晚来总比不来好。迟干总比不干好。（迟到总比不到强。）晚做总比不做强。better late than never./ its never to late to mend./never too late to mend. /亡羊补牢，犹未晚也。过而能改，善莫大焉； its never too late to mend. /亡羊补牢，犹未为晚。有错就改，永不嫌晚。it is never too late to mend. / youd better wake up before its too late. 亡羊补牢，为时已晚。it is too late to lock the stable when the horse has been stolen. 马已被盗，锁圈已晚。/it is too late to lock the stable when the horse is stolen./it is too late to shut the stable door after the horse has been stolen./it is too late to shut the stable-door when the steed is stolen./lock the barn door after the horse is stolen. /lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen./the trojans became wise too late. /when the calf is stolen, the farmer mends the stall. /when the horse is stolen, you lock the stable door. 一人难称百人心。众口难调。it is hard to please all (parties). /（一人难称百人心。）no pipes can please all ears. /all feet tread not in one shoe. /all things fit not all persons./一把钥匙开一把锁。you cannot put the same shoe on every foot./一履难适百足。one shoe will not fit all feet. /一把钥匙开一把锁。every shoe fits not every foot. /一人难称百人意。he that all men will please, shall never find ease./you cannot please everyone./众口难调。he who please everybody died before he was born. /萝卜白菜，各有所爱。穿衣戴帽，各有所好。all meat is not the same in every mans mouth./some prefer turnips and others pears./众口难调。all meat pleases not mouths. /a black plum is as sweet as a white. 黑梅白梅一样甜。/人各有所好。one mans meat is another mans poison. 一人之美味，他人之毒药。/（各有所好。