易錯翻譯解析：120 年齡可以“穿”嗎？

120 年齡可以“穿”嗎？

原 文：

Mr. Smith is wearing well.

原 譯：

史密斯先生穿得筆挺。

辨 析：

wear的基本意思是“穿”、“戴”，所以將wear well 譯成“穿得筆挺”似乎理所當(dāng)然。但是wear和中文的“穿”、“戴”還是有所不同，除了衣服鞋帽外，還可以有其他賓語（wear不能譯成“穿”、“戴”）：

He sat there wearing what Terry called his "work face". 他坐在那兒，臉上一副特里稱之為“工作相”的樣子（一本正經(jīng)的樣子）。

He was probably wearing a gun. 他也許帶 / 佩帶著槍。

She usually wears her hair in a bun. 她通常將頭發(fā)綰成一個髻。

She still wore the same perfume that evening. 那天晚上，她身上仍然散發(fā)著同樣的香水味。（wear譯成“噴”、“灑”、“抹”、“搽”、“用”似乎都不好。）

Most of the people you profiled are really entrepreneurs, a title to wear proudly. 你描寫的人物大多數(shù)是實業(yè)家，這是個頗讓人感到自豪的頭銜。

She wears the slimness of her mother. 她（的身材）和她媽媽一樣苗條。（不能譯成“遺傳了她媽媽苗條的身材”。）

Nor is he a fellow who wears his faith on his sleeve. 他也不是那種讓人一眼就能看得出來有什么信念的人。

當(dāng)然wear也可以是不及物動詞，意為“磨損”或“經(jīng)久耐用”，如：The cloth won't wear.（這種布不耐磨。）原句中的wear well應(yīng)作“不顯老”、“顯得年輕”講，所以應(yīng)譯成：史密斯先生一點也不顯老/保養(yǎng)得很好。不過wear用做及物動詞也可表示此意：Mr. Smith wears his age / his years well. 當(dāng)然也可用其他句型，如：Mr. Smith doesn't look his age.（Mr. Smith looks younger than his real age. 則太直， 不是最佳選擇。）至于“史密斯先生穿得筆挺”可譯為：Mr. Smith is well dressed.

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