總理的記者會(huì)大白話(huà)多，但其實(shí)要用英語(yǔ)翻譯出漢語(yǔ)原文的韻味來(lái)也不容易，因?yàn)槔羁偫硖貏e喜歡“打比方”。
比如說(shuō)下面這幾個(gè)句子的現(xiàn)場(chǎng)翻譯，有直譯，比如“壯士斷腕”；也有意譯，比如“天大的事”，也有半直譯半意譯，如“打斷骨頭連著筋”：
——（政府削權(quán)）“我們要有壯士斷腕的決心”= We should have the determination to cut the wrist like brave warriors.
——“腐敗和我們政府的信譽(yù)應(yīng)該說(shuō)水火不容”= Corruption is incompatible to reputation of the government, like fire to water.
——（兩岸同胞）“打斷骨頭還連著筋”= Bones may be broken, but they are not split, because we are compatriots.
——（兩岸關(guān)系）“使其花團(tuán)錦簇，我想花好總有月圓時(shí)”= ...so that it will be full of flowers. When flowers are in full blossom, there will be a time for the moon to be full again.
——“至于食品安全，那可以說(shuō)是天大的事”= Food safety is of utmost importance.
——（查處）“假冒偽劣和黑心食品”= punish the heartless producers of substandard and fake food
——“綠水青山貧窮落后不行，但殷實(shí)富裕環(huán)境惡化也不行”= It is no good to be poor in a beautiful environment, nor is it good to be well-off and live with environmental degradation.
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這么多比喻中，最難翻譯的應(yīng)該是“（改革貴在行動(dòng)）喊破嗓子不如甩開(kāi)膀子”，翻譯很巧妙地借用了英語(yǔ)Talking the talk is not as good as walking the walk的習(xí)慣說(shuō)法，很自然，外國(guó)人一下子就能聽(tīng)懂，應(yīng)該是本次記者招待會(huì)上最出彩的翻譯之一。
