(5)  a. seesaw / The Milky Way
          b. go jump in the lake / (go and) jump in the lake
        "You can go and jump in the river."
           George was tired of Tom’s advice and told him to go jump in the lake.
           (meaning go away and quit being a bother)
         c. I am not in a position to do so.
       (我没有这个地位…….)  --p.36翻译漫谈
           (上海现代外国语文出版社，1/1/1947)
  d. "I am not in a position to judge whether this impression is correct, what
    I can do, though, is try in this letter to exist reinforce what Secretary Baker
    told your Foreign Minister and eliminate any uncertainty or ambiguity that
 might exist in your mind about where we stand and what we are prepared to do.”
 (我现在并非站在评断此项后果对错的立场)-- 民国80/1/14
 (我并不是在论断这种印象是对是错)—民国80/1/13
                            --Bush's Letter That Iraq Rejected

   e. "Iraq must release immediately all coalition prisoners of
 war, third country nationals and the remains of all who have fallen.
 (伊拉克必须立即释放所有盟军战俘，第三国人民和沦于其
     掌中的其他所有的人。)-- 民国80/2/28
                            --Bush's Cease-fire Statement

   (6) Translation obviously is not a simple two-way street between
       two languages. Rather, it is a busy intersection at which at
       least five thoroughfares meet -- the two languages with all
       their eccentricities, the cultures of the two speech communities,
       and the speech situation in which the statement was uttered.
       a. university / college
      college student, college life
      College of Foreign Languages and Literature
      School of Foreign Languages and Literature
      Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literature
          my watch is five minutes slow. (五分钟慢 / 慢五分钟)
      at sixes and sevens  (乱六七糟 / 乱七八糟)
      more than nine years (九年多)
      more than ten years  (十多年)
          to drink like a fish  (鱼饮/牛饮)
          I know it like the back of my hand. (瞭如手背 / 了如指掌)
          There is no smoke without fire. (无火不生烟 / 无风不起浪)

b. red light district / green light district
     How old are you?
 
       c. Communist bandits -- Chinese Communist regime -- Chinese Communists
      -- Chinese Communist authorities
         Wuchang Uprising / this woman (知书达理，秀外慧中；
                     行为放荡，朝秦暮楚)
      Iranian gunboat attacked an oil tanker, but no one was hurt or killed.
         Our planes opened fire at the enemy planes, but missed them.
       junior high school / cut class
       He passed away last summer.
       It’ time to go aboard. (place: railway station, airport)
         It’s located on the first floor/the ground floor.

8.  Six Steps Towards Good Translation
     (1) 查生字及片语   
    (2) 找相等词句或相当词句
       The onlooker sees most of the game.
       There is no smoke without fire.
    (3) 初译

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