趣谈英语翻译：2011年秋季上海口译考试翻译技巧精华资料

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　　一、翻译技巧之明喻：
　　英文同中文一样有着各种各样的修辞手法，这些手法有的极为相近，容易混淆，比如明喻和暗喻，渐进和递减等。为了使大家更好的提高英语文学功底，在翻译和阅读上有进一步的提升，本人近期将会陆续突出有关修辞手法的专题介绍。今天先介绍直喻/明喻（simile)：
　　以下是smilie的英文解释：
　　Similie is the comparison of two distinctly unlike things using such words as seems to be, resemble, as, like or as if.
　　实例：
　　The old man’s hair is as white as snow.
　　O my love’s like a red, red rose. (Robert Burns)
　　A teacher is like a candle.
　　The politician speaks as eloquently as Socrates.
　　My love is as a fever, longing still. For that which longer nurseth the disease. (Shakespeare)
　　此外许多英语的习语也属明喻：（希望大家能把这些短语倒背如流）
　　talk like a book 说话文绉绉的
　　drink like a fish 痛饮
　　smoke like a chimney 烟鬼
　　as proud as a peacock
　　as timid as a mouse
　　as black as pitch
　　as blind as a bat
　　as brave as a lion
　　as busy as a bee
　　as poor as a church mouse
　　as straight as an arrow
　　as sly as a fox 像狐狸一样狡猾
　　as faithful as a dog
　　as slow as a tortoise
　　as high as a kite
　　as quiet as a lamb 像羔羊一样驯良
　　as sharp as knife
　　as light as a feather
　　as hungry as a wolf
　　as black as a crow
　　as motionless as a statue
　　as white as snow