2. 直譯和轉(zhuǎn)換相結(jié)合

對一些結(jié)構(gòu)上對應(yīng)或部分對應(yīng)，比喻相似、意思相近的習(xí)語應(yīng)采用直譯和轉(zhuǎn)換相結(jié)合的方法，對等部分直譯，不對等部分進(jìn)行適當(dāng)轉(zhuǎn)換。按照英漢兩種語言各自的習(xí)俗、比喻和習(xí)慣表達(dá)方法譯出，做到既能確切表達(dá)原意，又符合譯入語的習(xí)俗和比喻。 以下習(xí)語就是采用這種方法互譯的。

as blind as a bat 有眼無珠

as timid as a hare 膽小如鼠

on pins and needles 如坐針氈

as poor as a church mouse 一貧如洗

to kill two birds with one stone 一箭雙雕

to wake up a sleeping dog 打草驚蛇

to beat the dog before the lion 殺雞給猴看

Lock the door after the horse is stolen. 亡羊補(bǔ)牢。

He who takes charge knows the responsibility. 不當(dāng)家不知柴米貴。

Poor by condition，rich by ambition. 人窮志不短。

Where there is a will ，there is a way. 事在人為。

It takes two to make a quarrel. 一個(gè)巴掌拍不響。

As a man sows，so he shall reap. 種瓜得瓜, 種豆得豆。

Don't wash your dirty linen in public. 家丑不可外揚(yáng)。

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 情人眼里出西施。