中英之鑒 中式英語(yǔ)之鑒109

　　[誤] Sophia hopes to see her son become a dragon, therefore she enters his name for many classes of

　　supplementary schooling.

　　[正] Sophia hopes that her son will have a bright future, therefore she enters his name for many classes of

　　supplementary schooling.

　　注：“龍”在中國(guó)人心目中象征著神圣和萬(wàn)能，但在西方人的印象中卻是可怕的，《圣經(jīng)》里就把“龍”描述成了罪惡的象征。所以在翻譯“望子成龍”時(shí)需要意譯。