論壇熱貼：“孩子是父母的翻版”

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論壇熱貼：“孩子是父母的翻版”

在LT論壇上，看到了一個(gè)人氣巨旺的貼子 -- 如何譯“孩子是父母的翻版？” 看來(lái)，大家往往對(duì)地道的中文情有獨(dú)鐘！但愿，LT能與您共同探討出一個(gè)較為地道的英文表達(dá)。 “翻版”之參考譯文一：The kid is like a mirror image of his parent。口語(yǔ)中，尤其在八卦資訊中，“mirror image”常用來(lái)表達(dá)“孩子是父母的翻版”。顯然，物理現(xiàn)象中的“鏡像”在此有了比喻義“一模一樣”，如：The girl has long legs and enchanting lips exactly like her mother's; she's like a mirror image.（這個(gè)小姑娘簡(jiǎn)直是她媽媽的翻版，有著和她媽媽一樣的長(zhǎng)腿及迷人的嘴唇。） “翻版”之參考譯文二：The kid is a spitting image of his parent.“Spitting image”是個(gè)俚語(yǔ)，尤指“血緣關(guān)系上的相像”。關(guān)于其淵源，現(xiàn)存的版本很多：“spitting image”大致發(fā)展歷史為“spit（19世紀(jì)早期）-spit and image（19世紀(jì)晚期）-spitting image（現(xiàn)代）”。據(jù)記載，“spit”表“相似”最早可追溯到15世紀(jì)的古老諺語(yǔ)“as like as one as if he had been spit out of his mouth”。至于為什么酷似對(duì)方就像是從對(duì)方口里吐出來(lái)一樣，沒(méi)人能夠說(shuō)清楚。一種觀點(diǎn)認(rèn)為，“spit”在此表示“吐沫”；另一種說(shuō)法則指出，“spit”在此大概指男子的“精液”。在日常運(yùn)用中，古用法“spit”和“spit and image”已漸漸淡出歷史舞臺(tái)，人們更喜歡用“spitting image”來(lái)表達(dá)“酷似”或“翻版”。

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1) In the movie "The Man", the dental supplier tells the ATF agent "this is my wife Susan, holding our newest edition Emily, who just turned 2, ......" by walter202628 2007-06-24 10:38

2) "Kids are copies of parents."is better. by anniezhao960520 2007-06-24 10:38 3) To anniezhao960520: Have you consulted a foreign? I've just asked a foreign about "copy". And he said that the expression of "copy"is bad here. by Page 2007-06-25 15:20

論壇熱貼：“孩子是父母的翻版”

討論區(qū)：

1) In the movie "The Man", the dental supplier tells the ATF agent "this is my wife Susan, holding our newest edition Emily, who just turned 2, ......" by walter202628 2007-06-24 10:38