在英语学习的过程中，我们经常会碰到英语谚语。如果稍加留意，不难发现许多修辞方法在英语谚语里得以运用。下面，我们一起来看看英语谚语里的修辞吧。
1． 明喻 (Simile)
明喻就是用 as, like或其他比喻词指出两个截然不同的事物之间相似之处的修辞方法。如：
Use a book as a bee does flowers. 读书如蜜蜂采蜜。
Wit without learning is like a tree without fruit. 没有学识的机智犹如没有果实的树。
2． 暗喻 ( Metaphor)
暗喻和明喻一样也是在两个不同类对象之间进行比较。但暗喻不用比喻词as或like等，而是直接把本体说成喻体。如：
Time is money. 时间就是金钱。
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 好书如相伴终生的挚友。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. 经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。
3． 换喻 ( Metonymy)
换喻不像明喻、暗喻等比喻形式那样利用不同类对象的相似或类同点构成比较，而是利用对象之间的某种联系来唤起他人的联想，从而避免直说。如：
A cat in gloves catches no mice. 戴手套的猫捉不到耗子。（意即四体不勤的人办不好事情。）
One swallow does not make a summer. 独燕不成夏。（意即一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。）
4． 提喻 (Synecdoche)
提喻是指用部分代表整体，或用整体代表部分的修辞方法。如：
Two heads are better than one. 三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。
Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同。
这里head, mind均是以人体的某部分来代表"人"这一整体。
5． 拟人 ( Personification)
拟人是把无生命的东西或抽象的概念赋予人的个性的修辞方法。如：
Facts speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
Fields have eyes, and woods have ears. 隔墙有耳。
Riches serve a wise man, but command a fool. 财富是智者的奴隶，愚者的主人。
6. 夸张 ( Hyperbole)
运用丰富的想象，在数量、形状或程度上加以渲染以增强表达效果，这就是夸张。如：
A thousand years cannot repair a moment's loss of honor. 一失足成千古恨。
Money makes the mare go. 有钱能使鬼推磨。
The world is but a little place, after all. 海内存知己，天涯若比邻。
7. 头韵 (Alliteration)
英语是一种韵律丰富的语言。两个或更多的词以相同的辅音字母开始，便构成头韵。如：
Look before you leap. 三思而后行。
Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。
Time and tide wait for no man. 岁月不等人。
8. 双关 ( Pun)
双关是巧妙地利用同音异义或同形异义等现象使词或句子具有两种不同的含义，显得含蓄、幽默而新奇。如：
Measure yourself by your own foot. 用自己的脚来量自己。/ 用自己的标准来衡量自己。
这里foot有两层含义：（1）脚；（2）英尺。构成语义双关。
Rue and thyme grow both in one garden. 芸香和麝香长在同一个园子里。/ 悔恨与日俱增。
rue有两层含义：（1）芸香；（2）悔恨。构成语义双关。thyme与time发音相同，构成语音双关。
9. 重复 ( Repetition)
重复是指某词或词组的重复使用。如：
Little things amuse little minds. 小人无大志。
Measure for measure. 以牙还牙。
Who chatters to you, will chatter of you. 来说是非者必是是非人。
(英语系毕业论文)英文谚语的文化场景在中译文中的缺失与弥合
摘 要
本文从谚语文化角度着手，分析谚语中的文化因素，以及英汉谚语中的文化差异，尝试研究在谚语的英汉翻译过程中发生文化缺失时如何弥合。最终通过意译手段实现英语谚语的可译性，从而顺利完成跨文化交际活动，实现国际间的文化交流与传播。
关键词 谚语文化; 文化缺失; 意译; 翻译补偿
Contents
Abstract Ⅰ
Keywords Ⅰ
摘要 Ⅱ
关键词 Ⅱ
Introduction 1
I. The Brief Introducton to Proverb 3
II. Proverb Culture 5
A.Cultural Factors in Proverb 5
B.The Different Cultures Between English and Chinese Proverb. 5
1.Custom 5
2.Religious Belief 6
3.Different Living Conditions. 8
III. English Proverb Translation 9
A.Attentions in English to Chinese Translation 9
1.Misinterpretation of English Proverb 9
2.The National Feature 10
3.The Art of Language 10
B.Transliberation 11
C.Translation Compensation 12
Conclusion 14
Acknowledgements 15
Bibliography 16
1.You have to be first, best or different.
—— Loretta Lynn
你必须是第一， 或者最好的， 或者与众不同。
——洛莱特·林恩
2.Confidence doesn't need any specific reason. If you're alive , you should feel 100 percent confident.
自信不需要理由,生活应该保持100分的自信
3.There is nothing sexier than being confident and taking care of yourselves.
充满自信，爱护自己，魅力无以过之。--碧昂斯.
4.Be confident, not arrogant. ------PA Teacher Miss Tan
自信 但是别骄傲
5.I believe i can fly.
我相信我可以飞
6.Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.---Sam Walton
杰出的领导人特例独行不随大流.相信自己,你会惊奇于自己无所不能。
7.Jim Rohn
Whatever good things we build end up building us.
8.Maxwell Maltz
Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.
缺乏自信,就好象没拉手刹地在人生道路上行驶
9.Self-confidence and self-reliance are the mainstays of a strong character.自信和自力更生是坚强品格的柱石。
Where there is great love, there are always miracles.
哪里有真爱存在，哪里就有奇迹。
Love is like a butterfly. It goes where it pleases and it pleases where it goes.
爱情就像一只蝴蝶，它喜欢飞到哪里，就把欢乐带到哪里。
If I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden.
假如每次想起你我都会得到一朵鲜花，那么我将永远在花丛中徜徉。
Within you I lose myself, without you I find myself wanting to be lost again.
有了你，我迷失了自我。失去你，我多么希望自己再度迷失。
At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
每一个沐浴在爱河中的人都是诗人。
Look into my eyes - you will see what you mean to me.
看看我的眼睛，你会发现你对我而言意味着什么。
Distance makes the hearts grow fonder.
距离使两颗心靠得更近。
I need him like I need the air to breathe.
我需要他，正如我需要呼吸空气。
If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me.
如果没有相等的爱，那就让我爱多一些吧。
Love is a vine that grows into our hearts.
爱是长在我们心里的藤蔓。
If I know what love is, it is because of you.
因为你，我懂得了爱。
Love is the greatest refreshment in life.
爱情是生活最好的提神剂。
Love never dies.
爱情永不死。
The darkness is no darkness with thee.
有了你，黑暗不再是黑暗。
We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.
如果没有人爱我们，我们也就不会再爱自己了。
There is no remedy for love but to love more.
治疗爱的创伤唯有加倍地去爱。
When love is not madness, it is not love.
如果爱不疯狂就不是爱了。
A heart that loves is always young.
有爱的心永远年轻。
Love is blind.
爱情是盲目的。
Love is like the moon, when it does not increase, it decreases.
爱情就像月亮，不增则减。
The soul cannot live without love.
灵魂不能没有爱而存在。
Brief is life, but love is long.
生命虽短，爱却绵长。
Who travels for love finds a thousand miles not longer than one.
在爱人眼里，一千里的旅程不过一里。
Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.
爱比大衣更能驱走寒冷。
Take away love, and our earth is a tomb.
没有了爱，地球便成了坟墓。
My heart is with you.
我的爱与你同在。
I miss you so much already and I haven't even left yet!
尽管还不曾离开，我已对你朝思暮想！
I'll think of you every step of the way.
我会想你，在漫漫长路的每一步。
Wherever you go, whatever you do, I will be right here waiting for you.
无论你身在何处，无论你为何忙碌，我都会在此守候。
Passionate love is a quenchless thirst.
热烈的爱情是不可抑制的渴望。
The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart.
在这个世界上，男人最珍贵的财产就是一个女人的心。
One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life.That word is love.
有一个词可以让我们摆脱生活中所有的负担和痛苦，那就是"爱情"。
Every day without you is like a book without pages.
没有你的日子就像一本没有书页的书。
Love is hard to get into, but harder to get out of.
爱很难投入，但一旦投入，便更难走出。
Love is a light that never dims.
爱是一盏永不昏暗的明灯。
May your love soar on the wings of a dove in flight.
愿你的爱乘着飞翔的白鸽，展翅高飞。
She who has never loved, has never lived.
人活着总要爱一回。
Life is the flower for which love is the honey.
生命如花，爱情是蜜。
No words are necessary between two loving hearts.
两颗相爱的心之间不需要言语。
Precious things are very few in this world. That is the reason there is just one you.
在这世上珍贵的东西总是罕有，所以这世上只有一个你。
You make my heart smile.
我的心因你而笑。
The road to a lover's house is never long.
通往爱人家里的路总不会漫长。
Why do the good girls, always want the bad boys?
为何好女孩总喜欢坏男孩？
Being with you is like walking on a very clear morning.
和你在一起就像在一个清爽的早晨漫步。
It is never too late to fall in love.
爱永远不会嫌晚。
To the world you may be just one person. To the person you may be the world.
对于世界，你可能只是一个人，但对于某个人，你却是整个世界。
Where there is love, there are always wishes.
哪里有爱，哪里就有希望。
You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her.
你不会因为美丽去爱一个女人，但她却会因为你的爱而变得美丽。
Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essence.
爱是永恒的，外表可能改变，但本质永远不变。
Love is not a matter of counting the days. It's making the days count.
爱情不是数着日子过去，它让每个日子都变得有意义。
With the wonder of your love, the sun above always shines.
拥有你美丽的爱情，太阳就永远明媚。
Love is a fabric that nature wove and fantasy embroidered.
爱情是一方织巾，用自然编织，用幻想点缀。
First love is unforgettable all one's life.
初恋是永生难忘的。
In the very smallest cot there is room enough for a loving pair.
哪怕是最小的茅舍，对一对恋人来说都有足够的空间。
Love without end hath no end.
情绵绵，爱无边。
Love's tongue is in the eyes.
爱情的话语全在双眼之中。
In love folly is always sweet.
恋爱中，干傻事总是让人感到十分美妙。
There is no hiding from lover's eyes.
什么也瞒不过恋人的眼睛。
The only present love demands is love.
爱所祈求的唯一礼物就是爱。
The heart that once truly loves never forgets.
真挚恋爱过的心永不忘却。
Love warms more than a thousand fires.
爱情的炽热胜过千万团的火。
Your smiling at me is my daily dose of magic.
你嫣然的微笑是我每日享受到的魅力。
Your kiss still burns on my lips, everyday of mine is so beautiful.
你的吻还在我的唇上发烫，从此我的日子变得如此美丽。
Love understands love; it needs no talk.
相爱的心息息相通，无需用言语倾诉。
Love me little and love me long.
不求情意绵绵，但求天长地久。
First impression of you is most lasting.
对你最初的印象，久久难以忘怀。
When the words "I love you" were said by you for the first time, my world blossoms.
第一次听到你对我说"我爱你"，我的世界一瞬间鲜花绽开。
Tell me you are mine. I'll be yours through all the years, till the end of time.
请告诉我你是我的。岁岁年年，我都属于你，永远永远。
Love is a fire which burns unseen.
爱情是无形燃烧的火焰。
I feel happy at times we have had angry words but these have been kissed away.
我们生气争执时，爱的双唇把它们吻得无影无踪，我的心也顿觉甜蜜。
You cannot appreciate happiness unless you have known sadness too.
不知道什么是忧伤，就不会真正感激幸福。
But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, all losses are restored, and sorrows end.
只要我一想起你，亲爱的人，所有的失落和遗憾烟消云散.
A light heart lives long .( William Shakespeare , British dramatist )
豁达者长寿。 (英国剧作家 莎士比亚. W.)
Early to bed and early to rise , makes a man healthy , wealthy and wise
.(Benjamin Franklin , American president )
早睡早起会使人健康、富有和聪明。 (美国总统 富兰克林. B.)
Sloth , like rust , consumes faster than labor wears .(Benjamin Franklin ,
American president)
懒惰像生锈一样，比操劳更能消耗身体。 (美国总统 富兰克林. B.)
The first wealth is health .( Ralph Waldo Emerson , American thinker )
健康是人生第一财富。 (美国思想家 爱默生. R. W.)
All is but lip-wisdom that wants experience. (Philip Sideney, British satesman)
凡是没有实际经验的，都只是口头智慧。(英国政治家 锡得尼 D .)
Expericence is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards. (Law Vernon, British writer)
经验是一位先行测试然后才授课严厉的教师。(英国作家 弗农. L.)
Experience is not interesting till it begins to repeat itself, in fact, till it does that ,it hardly is experience. (Elizabeth Bowen, British novelist)
经验直到自我重复时才变得有意义，事实上，直到那时才算得上经验。(英国小说家 鲍恩 E.)
Expericence is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him. (Aldous Leonard Huxley, American writer)
经验不会从天而降；经验只有通过实践才能获得。(美国作家 郝胥黎.A.L.)
Experience is the child of thought , and thought is the child of action. We cannot learn men from books. (Benjamin Disraeli, British statesman)
经验是思想之子，思想是行动之子，了解他人不可以书本为据。(英国政治家 迪斯雷利 B .)
Experience is the na me give their mistakes. (Oscar Wilde, British playwriter and poet)
经验是每个人为其错误寻找的代名词。(英国剧作家、诗人 王尔德 O.)
Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want. (Dan Stanfort, American brsinessman)
经验是当你没得到想得到之物时所得到的东西。(美国实业家 斯坦福。D.)
Expreience keeps a dear school, yet fools will learn in no other. (Benjamin Franklin, Americna president)
经验始终是收费高的学校，然而，笨汉非进此学校不可。(美国总统 富兰克林 B )
Experience more than sufficiently teaches that men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues. (Bendict de spinoza, Dutch philosopher)
经验给我们太多的教训，告诉我们人类最难管制 的东西，莫过于自己的舌头。(荷兰哲学家 斯宾诺沙 B)
Experience never misleads; what you are missed by is only your judgement, and this misleads you by anticipating results from experience of a kind that is not produced by your experements. (Leonardo Da Vinci, Italian painter)
经验永远不会对你做错误的引导；把你引导错的只是你自己的判断，而你的判断之所以对你发生误导的作用，乃是由于它根据那种并非借着实验而产生的经验来预料的结果。(意大利画家 达芬奇)
Experience without learning is better than learning without excperi-ence. (Bertuand Russell, British philosopher and mathematician)
有经验而无学问胜于有学问而无经验。(英国哲学家、数学家 罗素.B.)
I have but one lamp wait which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. (Patrick Henry, Americna statesman)
我只拿一盏灯来指引我的脚步，而那盏灯就是经验，对于未来，我只是能以过去来判断。(美国政治家 享利.P.)
Mistakes are an essential part of education. (Bertrand Russell, Bdritish philosopher)
从错误中吸取教训是教育极为重要的一部分。(英国哲学家 罗素 . B .)
Neither beliver nor reject anything, because any other person has rejected of believed it. Heaven has given you a mind for judging truth and error, Use it. (Thomas Jefferson, American president)
不要因为别的人相信或否定了什么东西，你也就去相信它或否定它。上帝赠予你一个用来判断真理和谬误的头脑。那你就去运用它吧/ (美国总统 杰斐逊 .T.)
One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. (James Russell Lowell, British Poet and critic)
一次痛苦的经验抵得上千百次的告诫。(英国诗人、批评家 洛威尔 .J. R .)
Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. (Samuel Smiles, British writer)
实用的知识只有通过亲身体验才能学到。(英国作家 斯迈尔斯 . S .)
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience. (Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish writer)
谚语是从长期经验中获得的短句。(班牙作家 塞万提斯.M.)
The tragedy of the world is that those who are imaginative have but slight experience, and those who are experienced have feeble imaginations. (Alfred North Whitehead, British philosopher and nathematician)
世界的悲剧就在于有想象力又缺乏经验，而有经验的人又缺乏想象力。(英国哲学家、数学家 怀特海 .A . N.)
The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas. (Grorge Santayana, Spain-born American philosopher and poet)
教育之艰苦在于从意念中获得经验。(西班牙裔美国哲学家、诗人 桑塔亚那.G.)
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes. (Winston Churchill. British statesman)
傻瓜有时候也是对的。(英国政治家 丘吉尔 .W.)
To make good use of life one should have in youth the experience of advanced years, and in old age the vigor of youth. (Stanislars I, Polish king)
青年而有老年之经验，老年而有青年之朝气，就能使人生发挥更大的作用。(波兰国王 斯坦尼劳斯一世)
To most men , experience is like the stern light of a ship which il-luminates only the track it has passed. (Samuel Tylor Coleridge, British poet)
对于大多数人，经验像是一艘船上的尾灯，只照亮船驶过的航道。(英国诗人 柯勒津治. S .T .)
Too much experience is a dangerous thing. (Oscar Wilde, British dramatist)
经验过多反而危险。(英国剧作家 王尔德 . O.)
We know nothing of what will happen in future , but by the analogy of past experience. (Abraham Lincoln , American president)
除了凭着对过去的经验加以类推之外，我们对今后的事一无所知。(美国总统 林肯 . A .)
Absence to love is what wind is to fire. It extinguishes the small; it inflames the great. (Roger de Bussy-Rabutin, French writer)
离别之于爱情好比风之于火，它能将小火熄灭，使大火熊熊燃烧。(法国作家 比西-拉比旦.R.)
Every man is a poet when he is in love. (Plato ancient Creek philosopher)
每个恋爱中的人都是诗人。(古希腊哲学家 柏拉图)
First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity. (George Bernard Shaw)
初恋就是一点点笨拙外加许许多多好奇。(英国剧作家 肖伯纳.G)
Friendship is like earthenware: once broken, it can be mended; love is like a mirror: once broken, that ends it. (Josh Billings. American humorist)
友谊就像陶器，破了可以修补；爱情好比镜子，一旦打破就难重圆。(美国幽默作家 比林斯 .J.)
Friendship is love without his wings. (George Gordon Byron, Bdritish poet)
友谊是没有羽翼的爱。(英国诗人 拜伦.G,G)
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. (Albert Einstein, American scientist)
并非地球引力使人坠入爱河。(美国科学家)
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. (Burke Edmund, British statesman)
权力越大，滥用职权的危险就越大。(英国政治家 埃德蒙.B.)
The greatest of evils and the worst of crims is poverty. (George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist)
最大的恶和最凶的罪是贫穷。(英国剧作家 肖伯纳.G.)
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