[误] We will build our motherland into a socialist modern powerful country.
[正] We will build our motherland into a modern powerful socialist country.
注:形容词作为修饰语在汉语和英语中都很常用,但使用的先后次序却有所不同。在英语中我们一般遵循靠近原则,即越能说明本质属性的修饰词越靠近它所修饰的名词,当从这一点看不出区别时,就靠词的长短来决定,短的在前,长的在后。原文中最能说明国家本质的定语是社会主义的,所以 socialist 要最靠近它所修饰的中心词。
8.人都是这山望着那山高,对自己的现状没有满意的时候。
[误] Almost all people think that the other mountain is higher than the one hes standing on. They never feel satisfied with what theyve already got.
[正] Almost all people think that the grass is greener on the other hill. They never feel satisfied with what theyve already got.
注:这山望着那山高是指人不满足于现状的心理,它在英语中已经有了现成的说法,即 the grass is greener on the other hill(他山的草更绿),因此我们借用即可,这样既方便又更有利于与西方人沟通。
9.转战南北
[误] fight south and north
[正] fight north and south
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