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四级翻译又爆了!“一日为师,终身为父”神翻译笑疯全网

每年英语四级考试结束后,翻译题总会因考生们脑洞大开的“神翻译”刷屏网络。

今年,“一日为师,终身为父”成为翻译考题,再次引发网友热议。各种中式英语版本层出不穷,让阅卷老师哭笑不得。

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其中,最出圈的莫过于“One day teacher, day day father”。这句翻译完美复刻了“good good study,day day up”的经典中式英语风格,简单直白、朗朗上口。

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除此之外,还有不少“摆烂式翻译”同样令人印象深刻。

例如极简版“A day you teach me, all life my dad”,“One day as a teacher, whole life be father”则属于典型的逐字硬译派,更有考生直接将其浓缩为“Teacher one day, dad forever”。

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事实上,“一日为师,终身为父”更符合英语表达习惯的译法可以是:

A teacher for a day is a father for a lifetime.

He who is a teacher for one day is a father for a lifetime.

One should respect a teacher as one respects one's father.

纵观历年四级考试,这类“脑洞翻译”从未缺席。尤其是涉及传统文化和古代典故的考题,往往成为网友们二次创作的重灾区。

例如成语“一言既出,驷马难追”,正经翻译庄重严谨,考生却脑洞大开,写出“One word go, jia jia jia”。规范译法通常为:
A promise once made cannot be retracted.
A word spoken is a word spoken.

而“三人行必有我师”,有人将其翻译为“Three people walk, one is my teacher”。虽然语法并不规范,但字面意思倒是表达得十分直接。更准确的译法应为:

Among three people walking together, there must be one who can teach me.

We can always learn from others around us.

你还见过哪些令人印象深刻的搞笑翻译?欢迎在评论区分享。

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