In Chinese, it’s very common for people to talk about “face”. However, when we try and translate that into English it can sound pretty awkward. Take a look at how one student translated the following：“I give you face, you don’t want a face, you lose your face, I turn my face! ”
在漢語中，談?wù)摗懊孀印笔呛芷匠５?。但是，?dāng)我們想把它翻譯成英語的時候，聽起來是那么的尷尬。看一下一個學(xué)生翻譯的句子：“I give you face, you don’t want a face, you lose your face, I turn my face（我給你臉，你不要臉，你丟臉，我翻臉）!”
提示：
A better way of expressing the above sentence would be, “I’m giving you a chance to redeem yourself and yet you won’t take it. You shame yourself and you anger me.”
與“面子”相關(guān)的詞匯：
embarrassedly [ im'bærəstli ] adv.尷尬地，難堪地
embarrassing [ im'bærəsiŋ ] adj.令人為難的
awkward [ 'ɔ:kwəd ] adj.別扭的；笨拙的
shameless [ 'ʃeimlis ] adj.不知羞恥的
shameful [ 'ʃeimful ] adj.不體面的
honour [ 'ɔnə ] n.尊敬，光榮
reputation [ .repju(:)'teiʃən ] n.名譽(yù)，名聲
disgraceful [ dis'greisful ]adj.可恥的，不名譽(yù)的
be well thought of 深思熟慮的
在漢語中，談?wù)摗懊孀印笔呛芷匠５?。但是，?dāng)我們想把它翻譯成英語的時候，聽起來是那么的尷尬。看一下一個學(xué)生翻譯的句子：“I give you face, you don’t want a face, you lose your face, I turn my face（我給你臉，你不要臉，你丟臉，我翻臉）!”
提示：
A better way of expressing the above sentence would be, “I’m giving you a chance to redeem yourself and yet you won’t take it. You shame yourself and you anger me.”
與“面子”相關(guān)的詞匯：
embarrassedly [ im'bærəstli ] adv.尷尬地，難堪地
embarrassing [ im'bærəsiŋ ] adj.令人為難的
awkward [ 'ɔ:kwəd ] adj.別扭的；笨拙的
shameless [ 'ʃeimlis ] adj.不知羞恥的
shameful [ 'ʃeimful ] adj.不體面的
honour [ 'ɔnə ] n.尊敬，光榮
reputation [ .repju(:)'teiʃən ] n.名譽(yù)，名聲
disgraceful [ dis'greisful ]adj.可恥的，不名譽(yù)的
be well thought of 深思熟慮的