爆笑中式英语笑话
经典Chinglish来一套: How are you? How old are you? 怎么是你?怎么老是你? You ask me, me ask who? 你问我，我问谁? We two who and who? 咱俩谁跟谁? 看过这一套经典的Chinglish，小伙伴们是不是都快笑翻了?学了新单词明白意思却不知该咋用，一个不小心你就会闹出貌似说得过去，其实更加逗比的 Chinglish笑话。下面这些Chinglish已得正解，小伙伴们不如先试试自己会怎么翻，再看答案! 萝卜青菜，各有所爱。 [误] Some prefer radish but others prefer cabbage. [正] Tastes differ. 注：Tastes differ/vary 是句英语谚语，除此以外，原句还可翻译成 No dish suits all tastes 或 You can never make everyone happy 等。2. 他一向嘴硬，从不认错。 [误] He has always got a hard mouth and never admit a fault. [正] He never says uncle. 注：say (cry) uncle: to give up or in; to surrender; to admit defeat. Mainly used by boys, as when fighting。主要是男孩们打架时的用语，当一方想制服另一方时，就用命令的口气说：“Say uncle!”这时，有的孩子为了表示不服输，就是不说。后来，say uncle 就成了“服输”的'代名词，而 not say uncle就相当于“嘴硬”了。
3. 这个教授教得很烂。 [误] The professor teaches badly. [正] The professor is so terrible. 注：有人认为第二句的意思是“这个教授很可怕”，其实不然。英语中 terrible 意思很灵活，例如：feel terrible 指身体“不舒服”; The food is terrible 则是说食物“难吃极了”。而第一句纯属中文式的表达。
4. 我们这儿的人都觉得他有婚外恋。 [误] People around here all feel that he has affairs outside his own marriage. [正] People around here all feel that he is leading a double life. 注：affair 本身就指“私通”或“暧昧关系”，当然是“婚外”的事，所以 outside one's own marriage 无疑是多此一举了。英语中“有婚外恋”的地道说法应该是 lead a double life。
5. 别看别人不把她当回事，在家里她可是父亲的掌上明珠. [误] Although other people never take her seriousy, she is the pearl on her father's hand at home。 [正] Although other people never take her seriousy, she is the apple of her father's eye at home。 注： 中英文常用不同的喻体表明相同的喻义，“掌上明珠”与 the apple of one's eye 就是一个很好的例子。这种情况我们一般应尊重各国文化和习俗，翻译时取目的语的固定说法，而不必直译，这有助于将意思更有效地传达给读者。the apple of one's eye 源自圣经《旧约》，当时人们用apple指人的瞳孔。尽管瞳孔现在已经用 pupil 来表示，不再是 apple 了，但这一用法却延续了下来。
6. 我希望你不要拖我的后腿。 [误] I hope that you won't pull my leg. [正] I hope that you won't hold me back. 注：pull one's leg 是“愚弄某人，开某人的玩笑”的意思，相当于 make fun of sb.。英语中与“拖后腿”相对应的表达是 hold sb. back 或 be a drag on sb. 等。