第二章 语言翻译错误

Rubber is not hard, it gives way to pressure.
橡胶质地柔软，受压就会变形。

The local press challenged the license of the TV station.
当地报纸要求吊销那家电视台的许可证。

The Australian football team challenged the Americans to meet them the next summer.
澳大利亚足球队邀请美国队明年夏天进行比赛。

challenge
要求吊销
邀请…进行比赛
引起了
对…有异议，认为…有问题

He put forward some new ideas to challenged the interest of all concerned .
他提出了一些新见解，引起了有关人士的兴趣

They didn't challenge the data, only the conclusions drawn from it.
他们对这些资料没有异议，只是认为由其得出的结论有问题。

My uncle always remembers me on my birthday.
叔叔总在我生日送我礼物。

remember
送礼物
酬谢

However ,many of the top brands then did not survive and most of the leaders in the PC industry today were not set up then .
然而当年的许多最知名品牌如今已荡然无存，而今天个人电脑业的大多数领头企业那时还未成立呢。

the leaders
领头企业

wind
(道路河流等)弯曲，蜿蜒
The path winds up the hillside.
那条小径沿着山坡蜿蜒而上

this is only one 这只是其中之一
there is only one 只有一个

the dirt floor泥土地 泥地

in old age 年老

sleepling late 睡懒觉

hero 主人公

liberal arts文科

in the rains在雨季
in the rain在雨中

one's father某人的父亲
one's fathers 某人的祖先

exchange a word说一句话
exchange words吵架

be on the board是董事会成员
be on the boards 当演员

some advice 一些忠告
some advices一些信息(情报)

to drink water喝水
to drink the waters喝矿泉水

cancer癌症
the Cancer 巨蟹座

the maker制造者
the Maker上帝

the creator创造者
the Creator上帝

the house房子
the House议院

a foreign country一个陌生的国家

Chief Brain最有才学的人

didn't care much about dressing不注重穿着

pork-pie hat平顶卷边圆帽

progressive发展

many different levels and phases全国上上下下在许多方面

confront the rest of the world with difficult problems
给世界带来种种棘手的问题

nuclear age 核时代

the presidential monuments总统纪念建筑物群

diggings矿区 矿山 金矿

I am denied that deeper understanding of them
我不能对他们有那种更深入的了解

辐射型的
radiating out in several directions
wheel-spokes pattern

上海的交通很拥挤
The traffic is very heavy in Shanghai

社会环境 circumstances
自然环境 environment

你把衬衫塞进裤子里
You should tuck your shirt into your trousers.

长(距离，宽度)breadth /distance
长度 length

公共危险 public hazards(公害)

登山充满了危险
Mountain climbing is full of hazards.

一年级 二年级的“级”grade
2006级 2007级的“级”enrolment

蛇毒 Snake venom

亚裔of Asian origin
加拿大籍华人 Chinese Canadians

词义的类型：概念意义conceptual meaning
内涵意义 connotative meaning
社会意义social meaning
情感意义affective meaning
反映意义 reflected meaning
搭配意义 collocative meaning
主题意义 thematic meaning

打了一条格子领带 wear a checkered tie
系红头绳 wear a red hair ribbon
抹昂贵的香水wear an expensive perfume
化了淡妆 wear light make-up
挂着微笑 wear a smile

打水fetch water
打猎 go hunting
打牌 play cards
打毛衣 knit a sweater
打行李 pack one's luggage
打票 buy a ticket

Improve Your Study Habits.
改进你的学习方法

And the body lay white and still beneath the pines.
这具苍白的尸体静静地躺在松树下。

The hum of the machines ended for ever the age-old silence on the virgin land.
机器的轰鸣声从此打破了这片处女地千百年来的寂静。

This is a rapidly rising modern enterprise.
这是一家正在迅速发展的现代企业。

He is employed in watering the garden.
他忙于浇花园。

be employed in doing something忙于做某事
be employed to do sth.被顾来做某事

The doctor is experimenting with the medicine.
医生正在实验这种药

experiment with sth.试验某物
experiment on sth.在某物上试验，用某物试验

His failure to answer questions made the police suspicious.
他未能回答问题使警察起了疑心

failure to do sth.未能，没有

The capacity to do sth.
有能力，能干什么

subject
学科

opened the door and her heart
打开自家的房门，敞开爱的心扉

weeping eyes and hearts
眼里流着泪，心中悲戚着

At noon Mrs. Turpin would get out of bed and humor, put
on kimono,airs,and the water to boil for coffee.
中午时分特宾夫人从床上起来，心情不佳，穿上和服，架子十足的灌上水去烧开冲咖啡。
put on airs 摆架子
put on water 非规范搭配

He halted in the district where by night are found the lightest street, hearts ,vows and librettos.
他一口气来到一个地方，一到晚上，最轻佻的灯光，最轻松的心灵，最轻率的盟誓，最轻快的歌剧都在这里荟萃。

请注意身体
Pay attention to your health,please.

来信写道:
The letter reads:

read写明
This ticket reads to Athens via Paris and Rome.
这张机票写明要经巴黎和罗马到雅典
The cake reads Happy Birthday
蛋糕上有生日快乐的字样
As the law reads, he is guilty.
如法律条文所示，他有罪
How does the contract read?
合同的措辞是怎样的
This paragraph reads as follows.
这一节的内容如下

提高质量 improve the quality of
提高价格 raise the price
提高效率 raise efficiency
提高租金 raise the rent
提高声音 raise one's voice

身体健康
he is healthy
he is in good health
his health is good

浓茶 strong tea
浓烟 thick smoke

中国外交 the turn of century

what …looked like
how…looked

生活水平 living standard
英语水平 English proficiency
游泳水平 swimming skill
游泳水平变得很不错 become quite good at swimming

分支主題

dependent on
independent of

与人分手 part from
与物分离 part with

抓紧时间
lose no time
make the best use of our time

抓紧学习 attend to your studies
义务教育必须抓紧
We must pay close attention to compulsory education.
对…抓的很紧 keeps a firm hand on