專題1顏色詞翻譯

Lesson15

TranslationofColorWordsPre-classexercise1Mr.whiteisavery_______(忠實可靠)man.2Hewaslookingrather______(臉色不好)theotherday.3Hehasbeenfeeling_______(悶悶不樂)today.4WhenIsawhim,hewasina_______mood(心事重重).5Ihopehe'llsoonbeinthe_______(振作起來)again.

whitegreenbluebrownpinkPartITheCharacteristics

ofEnglishcolorwordsA.Basiccolorwordsred──yellow──purple──black──blue──white──brown──green──紅，赤

黃紫黑，青藍白棕，褐綠，青greenhillsbrownsugarblackteatobebrownbrownbreadgreyhairblackinfacewhitecoffeetobelookinggreentobeblueinthefacewithcoldwhitemeatawhiteChristmas青山紅糖紅茶曬黑了黑面包白頭發(fā)臉色鐵青牛奶咖啡蒼白，臉上有病色凍得發(fā)紫色淺的嫩牛肉、豬肉或煮熟的雞鴨肉大雪紛飛的圣誕節(jié)B.Colorwordsconcerningobjects

grasssilverchestnutrosyvioletcanarysalmonjadepearlcoralivorybuttermilk──草綠色──銀白色──褐色，栗色──淡紅色──紫色──鮮黃色──橙紅色──綠色──灰白色──珊瑚色象牙白色──淡黃色──乳白色C.Affixes&Compounds1.附加deep,dark,表示顏色的深濃；Eg:deepblue;darkbrown2.附加light,pale,表示該顏色的淺淡；Eg:lightpink;paleblue3.附加bright,rich,vivid,表示該顏色的明艷Eg:brightyellow4.附加dull,pale,dirty,murkyordarkling,表示顏色的明暗Eg:dullpurple5.

-ish，則表示該色淺或微帶……色Eg：yellowish

6.

CompoundsEg:yellowgreen（黃綠色）7.and,則表示花色Eg：green-and-white（綠白相間的）D.Synonyms棗紅桔紅寶石紅桃紅櫻桃紅瑪瑙紅珊瑚紅鐵銹紅粉紅梅紅蓮紅猩紅胭脂紅

softred;rosebloomplum;crimsondarkred;dullredpeachblossomcherrysalmonpink;jujuberedlotusredironoxideredscarletred;bloodredrougeredrubyredagateredcoral

mulberry(桑葚紅)暗紅

海洋藍深湖藍紫藍墨藍孔雀藍天藍綠藍月光藍海軍藍寶藍鐵藍skybluemoonblueoceanbluevividbluepeacockblueironbluenavyblue;navyroyalbluepurplishblueblueblackturquoiseblue

PartII

TheComparisonbetweenChinesecolorwordsandEnglishcolorwordsI.RedInEnglishculture1.

“Celebration”redletterday“紀(jì)念日”或“喜慶的日子”topaintthetownred讓我們好好慶祝一下2.

“Indebt”red

figure赤字

in

the

red虧損

3.violence

redbattle

血戰(zhàn)4.Communalism（社區(qū)主義，地方自治主義）redbelt赤化區(qū)betterredthandead用于表示美國人民寧可受共產(chǎn)黨的統(tǒng)治，也不要死于核戰(zhàn)爭。InChineseculture

1.Happiness紅利dividend紅火prosperous紅包redenvelop紅運good

luck

紅事wedding

2.Success&Goodluck開門紅：haveagoodstart3.Revolution紅旗redflag紅軍redarmy又紅又專tobebothsocialist-mindedandvocationallyproficient紅旗red

flag

紅糖brown

sugar

紅茶

black

tea

紅榜

honor

roll

紅豆

love

pea

紅酒red

wine

Cross-cultureTranslation

賈寶玉神游太虛境，警幻仙曲演紅樓夢.Jiao

Baoyu

visits

the

Land

of

Illusion;

And

the

fairy

Disenchantment

performs

the

Dream

of

________

Days.賈寶玉品茶櫳翠庵，劉姥姥醉窩怡紅院。Jia

Baoyu

tastes

some

superior

tea

at_______

Bower

Hermitage;And

Grannie

Liu

samples

the

sleeping

accommodation

at

______

Delights.

GoldenGreenGreenIIGreen(inEnglishCulture)1.Jealousy

Eg：green

with

envy;

green-eyed

2.Money;financialpowerEg:In

American

political

elections

the

candidatesthat

win

are

usually

the

ones

who

have

green

power

backing

them.在美國政治競選中獲勝的候選人通常都是些有財團支持的人物。

3.Lackofexperience&knowledgeEg:The

new

typist

is

green

at

her

job.剛來的打字員是個生手。You

cannot

expect

Mary

to

do

business

with

such

people.

She

is

only

eighteen

and

as

green

as

grass.你不能指望瑪麗同這樣的人做生意，她只有十八歲，還毫無經(jīng)驗。

IIIYellow

(inEnglishculture)1.Timidness

a

yellow

dog

可鄙的人，卑鄙的人a

yellow

livered

膽小鬼He

is

too

yellow

to

stand

up

and

fight.他太軟弱，不敢起來斗爭。

2.DefinedmeaningsYellow

Pages

黃頁

（電話號碼簿，用黃紙印刷）Yellow

Book

黃皮書

yellow

boy

（俗）金幣

IVBlue

1.Depression&sadness

They

felt

rather

blue

after

the

failure

in

the

football

match.球賽踢輸了，他們感到有些沮喪。She

looks

blue

today.

What’s

the

matter

with

her?——

She

is

in

holiday

blue.她今天顯得悶悶不樂，出了什么事情？她得了假期憂郁癥。

2.

pornographic;vulgar

blue

talk

下流的言論

blue

video黃色錄象3.Havingprestigiousfamilybackground

Heisarealblueblood.他是真正的貴族。

4.Otheridiomaticexpressionsblue-skymarket露天市場out

of

theblue

意想不到once

in

a

blue

千載難逢drink

till

all’s

blue一醉方休

VWhite

（inChineseculture）白開水plain

boiled

water

白菜

Chinese

cabbage白字

wrongly

written

or

mispronounced

character白搭

no

use白費事

all

in

vain

InEnglishculture

a

white

lie

善意的謊言

the

white

coffee

牛奶咖啡white

man

善良的人，有教養(yǎng)的人white-livered

怯懦的white

elephant

昂貴又無用之物

VIBlack(inEnglishculture)1.Angerblack

in

the

face

臉色鐵青to

look

black

at

someone

怒目而視

2.Illegalness黑心

evil

mind黑手evil

backstage

manipulator黑幕

inside

story黑線

a

sinister

line3.Evil兇日black

day

暗淡的前途black

future

黑線

a

sinister

line害群之馬black

sheep

兇日black

day

暗淡的前途black

future

PartIIITranslationmethods1.Literaltranslation1）Thesunwasdroppingbehindthefarthestmountain,andthevalleyswerepurplewithsomethingdeeperthanaster.夕陽已漸漸沉沒在遠山的背后，壑谷間一片紫藹，顏色比紫菀還濃。2）Hisarmsandlegswerethicklysmeared（涂）withcalamine（爐甘石）lotiondriedtoachalkywhite.他四肢上涂得厚厚的爐甘石液已干成粉白色。3）Theclear,sharpclovenCarraramountainssentuptheirsteadfastflameofmarblesummitintoambersky.輪廓分明的卡拉拉山把永恒不變的火焰似的大理石山頂插入琥珀色的天空。2.Freetranslation

1）Youlookbluetoday.What'swrongwithyou?你今天看起來悶悶不樂，出了什么事？2）Heisgreenwithjealousy.他醋意大發(fā)。3）Heisablue-bloodedman.他出生貴族。4）HerstoryimmediatelyremindedmeofaChinesesaying"Theyoungbeautifulladywillalwaysbestar-crossed."聽了有關(guān)她的故事，我立刻想到中國的一句俗語;"紅顏薄命".3.Changing“color”1）Hisfacebecamebluewi