中英之鑒 中式英語之鑒109
索菲婭望子成龍心切，給兒子報名參加了許多補習班。
[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”在中國人心目中象征著神圣和萬能，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”時需要意譯。
