应一位读者的要求,今天我们来讲一下“接地气”的英文:down to earth. “接地气”这个说法好像是最近五六年才开始流行起来的,原本在汉语中“接地气”指的是中医认为人应该多走路,多与土地接触,以接通人体气场和土地。中医有“水土不服”的说法,指的就是这个意思。用英语表达水土不服可以说 not acclimated to the food and water. 现在大陆汉语接地气的意思一般是“不脱离实际、接近生活、或者不高冷等“,用英语说就是down to earth. 其实我觉得英语的down to earth比“接地气”含义更丰富,也更好理解。 英语释义是:Practical or humble;
unpretentious; reasonable, simple, realistic, sensible and pragmatic 上面这几个注释的词很好,合在一起基本就包含了down to earth的全部意思了。我们可以分别来看。 down to earth可以指一个人很谦虚(humble),不吹嘘,很务实(practical),不脱离实际满嘴跑火车;也可以指一个人不装逼(unpretentious),很通情达理(reasonable),不胡搅蛮缠;也可以指一个人很简单(simple)不故意装复杂;或者很实际(realistic)不好高骛远;或者很明事理很切合实际(sensible)或很实用主义(pragmatic),这些特质其实都是down to earth的意思。你对照一下,其实大陆汉语的“接地气”也是这些意思。
来看个例句。 She is a very down to earth person, not at all attracted by the glamour world. 这句话该怎么翻译? 说实话,这句话离开了上下文语境是很难翻译的。 佛老不喜欢“接地气”这个词,太俗,语义不明也不雅,作为民间俗语和俚语可以,堂而皇之出现在正式文书中就不妥了。 写到这里,佛老想起一件往事来。
学生时代有一次接了个口译的活,雇佣方是某国驻沪领馆的大使,会面的对象是上海的某位市级领导。双方共进午餐时,领导大人说起自己去过领事先生国家的某个城市,说“那里的建筑很有特色”。领导身边的翻译说”The buildings there have got features.” 我这边的大使先生懵了,pardon了一遍还是不明白。我坐他身边,小声跟他把对方翻译的英语再翻译了一下说:He says the buildings in xx are very special. 大使先生明白了,说哈哈是吗你喜欢吗?宾主谈话继续。 想到这段小往事是因为佛老当年作过很多翻译,口译笔译都很多。有一个深深的感悟,翻译这件事,最重要的还不是译员的词汇量有多大,而是对上下文语境的理解,否则翻译出来肯定错。 Down to earth这个词也是这样,具体怎么翻译要看上下文。 欢迎大家留言贴出你的翻译版本: She is a very down to earth person, not at all attracted by the glamour world. 感谢你的阅读,我们明天见。 Related posts:今日短语Down to earth 接地气、务实今日短语“Down to earth” 是一个含有褒义的短语,用来描述一个人性格谦逊、为人友善、踏实务实。当它被用在名词前作定语使用时,“down to earth” 的词与词之间则应加上连字符,变成合成词 “down-to-earth”——脚踏实地的,实在的。 例句After winning the lottery and becoming a millionaire, Sarah didn’t change – she’s still very down to earth. I was anxious when I met my girlfriend’s parents for the first time, but they were very friendly and down-to-earth people. My new colleague is very down to earth – we had a great conversation over lunch and he was really easy to talk
to. 1、Down to earth 脚踏实地、接地气 释义: “Down to earth ”is used to describe someone who is really easy to talk to, casual, sensible and unpretentious. “接地气”用来形容某人容易交谈,好相处,明智、谦虚讲道理。 皮卡丘举一些例子你就知道了: ①I couldn’t believe how down to earth he was. 我简直不敢相信他竟然如此脚踏实地。 ②The boss of that company is really hard to talk to. A bit cocky and just not very down to earth. 那家公司的老板真的很难与之交谈。有点自大,不太接地气。 ③Otherwise those stock prices might very well come back down to earth. 否则,这些股票价格很可能会回到现实。 词汇学习: casual /'kæʒjʊəl/ adj.随便的;非正式的; sensible /'sensɪb(ə)l/ adj.明智的; 通情达理的; unpretentious /ʌnprɪ'tenʃəs/ adj.谦逊的;含蓄的; cocky /'kɒkɪ/ adj.自大的; 骄傲的 2、I got your back/To get/have someone's back 我挺你,我支持你 释义: “To get someone's back” means to show your support or to say that you'll be there for someone. “To get someone's back”的意思是对某人表示支持或者说你会支持他。 例句: ①I'm going to bring this up with our boss.You got my back? 我要跟老板提这件事。你支持我吗? ②You never have my back when I speak up in front of the others! 当我在别人面前说话时,你永远不会支持我! ③Not to worry--America's airports have got your back. 别担心—美国的机场会支持你的。 最后: 如果你想加入有外国人、大学生的微信群(英语角)练口语,关注微信公众号“竖起耳朵听”即可加入,那里会美音、伦敦腔、印度腔的小伙伴都有。 1、Down to earth 脚踏实地、接地气 释义: “Down to earth ”is used to describe someone who is really easy to talk to, casual, sensible and unpretentious. “接地气”用来形容某人容易交谈,好相处,明智、谦虚讲道理。 皮卡丘举一些例子你就知道了: ①I couldn’t believe how down to earth he was. 我简直不敢相信他竟然如此脚踏实地。 ②The boss of that company is really hard to talk to. A bit cocky and just not very down to earth. 那家公司的老板真的很难与之交谈。有点自大,不太接地气。 ③Otherwise those stock prices might very well come back down to earth. 否则,这些股票价格很可能会回到现实。 词汇学习: casual /'kæʒjʊəl/ adj.随便的;非正式的; sensible /'sensɪb(ə)l/ adj.明智的; 通情达理的; unpretentious /ʌnprɪ'tenʃəs/ adj.谦逊的;含蓄的; cocky /'kɒkɪ/ adj.自大的; 骄傲的 2、I got your back/To get/have someone's back 我挺你,我支持你 释义: “To get someone's back” means to show your support or to say that you'll be there for someone. “To get someone's back”的意思是对某人表示支持或者说你会支持他。 例句: ①I'm going to bring this up with our boss.You got my back? 我要跟老板提这件事。你支持我吗? ②You never have my back when I speak up in front of the others! 当我在别人面前说话时,你永远不会支持我! ③Not to worry--America's airports have got your back. 别担心—美国的机场会支持你的。 最后: 如果你想加入有外国人、大学生的微信群(英语角)练口语,关注微信公众号“竖起耳朵听”即可加入,那里会美音、伦敦腔、印度腔的小伙伴都有。 |