Tell that to your grandmother.這個詞語在特定語言環(huán)境下很容易使人誤譯,那么你覺得Tell that to your grandmother.應(yīng)該怎么翻譯呢?Tell that to your grandmother.的原意又是什么呢?
[例句] A: You were so greedy.
B: Tell that to your grandmother .
[誤譯] A:你真貪婪。
B:你把這事告訴你祖母吧 。
[原意] A:你真貪婪。
B:胡說八道 。
[說明] Tell that to your grandmother 在某種語境下可以譯作“你把這事告訴你祖母”,但這種譯法不適用于本例?!昂f八道”才是本例的正確譯法。A句中的so(副詞,口語)意為“很”、“非?!薄ⅰ笆帧?。greedy(形容詞)意為“貪婪[心]的”。
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