外交部翻译有多绝？连 “呵呵” 都译出灵魂！外交天团神级翻译盘点

“外交天团” 金句频频出圈，发言字字铿锵、有理有据，尽显大国不卑不亢的格局。而紧随其后的外交部翻译，更是一大亮点。

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译文：They should know better than to bite the hand that feeds them.

2021 年 3 月 29 日，记者会谈及部分外企听信虚假说辞抵制新疆棉花。赵立坚指出，部分企业一边赚取中国市场红利，一边抹黑中国、损害中方权益。天下哪有这般好事？

解析

bite the hand that feeds them 是英语流传已久的地道习语，精准对应 “忘恩负义、恩将仇报”，无需额外长篇解释，海外受众一眼就能读懂其中批评意味。

完整现场译文：They should know better than to bite the hand that feeds them. There is no way to get away with this.

译文：play dumb and feign innocence

2021 年 5 月 25 日，针对日本福岛核污染水排海问题，赵立坚表态：日方自私的决定，将贻害全球生态与后代子孙。倘若日方揣着明白装糊涂，国际社会绝不会坐视不理。

完整译文：If the Japanese side can’t understand this, the international community will help it to get this point. If it still plays dumb and feigns innocence, the international community will never allow it.

译文：paying them back in their own coin

2021 年 6 月 8 日，记者问及《反外国制裁法》立法初衷。中方持续出台反制举措，捍卫国家主权、尊严与核心利益，反对霸权主义与强权政治，正是以其人之道，还治其人之身。

完整译文：In order to resolutely safeguard national sovereignty, dignity and core interests and oppose Western hegemonism and power politics, the Chinese government has launched multiple corresponding countermeasures against entities and individuals of relevant countries since the beginning of 2021. It’s paying them back in their own coin.

解析

pay someone back in their own coin 地道谚语，代表 “以同样方式回击对方”，完美契合 “以牙还牙、以其人之道还治其人之身” 的内涵。

译文：they will only be shrugged off by people around the world

2021 年 7 月 12 日，记者提问彭博社发布全球抗疫榜单、将美国排在首位一事。赵立坚评价，这份榜单颠倒黑白、罔顾事实，世人只能表示 “呵呵”，权当茶余饭后谈资。

完整译文：The so-called ranking makes black look white, and white look black, and perhaps it will call the dead alive. They will only be shrugged off by people around the world and offer something for small talk.

亮点赏析

拟声词 “呵呵” 很难直译，翻译选用 shrug off，意为不屑一顾、淡然漠视，把无语、嘲讽、懒得争辩的情绪精准还原，被无数网友称赞译出精髓。

译文：be made up out of thin air; measuring others’ corn by one’s own bushel

2021 年 7 月 29 日，外交部发布美方编造谎言逼迫中方关闭驻休斯敦总领馆事实文件。美方揣测中方外交官在盟友开展情报活动，纯属无中生有、以己度人。

完整译文：The US allegation that Chinese diplomats at the Consulate-General in Houston have carried out espionage in Australia and other US allies is made up out of thin air. It is like measuring others’ corn by one’s own bushel.

解析

measuring others' corn by one's own bushel，字面意为拿自己的斗衡量别人的谷子，形象对应中文成语 “以己度人”。

译文：True gold doesn’t fear the test of fire.

2021 年 6 月，普京总统受访公开在涉疆、台湾议题支持中国，驳斥破坏中俄关系的企图。赵立坚回应：真金不怕火炼。奉劝各方不要试图挑拨中俄关系，一切图谋注定落空。

完整译文：As a Chinese proverb says, “True gold doesn’t fear the test of fire.” We have to tell those who try every means to drive a wedge between China and Russia that any attempt to undermine China-Russia relations is doomed to fail.

补充拓展：同义译法 True gold can stand the test of fire

短语 drive a wedge between：挑拨离间，形象生动。

译文：taking pride in instead of feeling ashamed for something

有报道提及日本前首相安倍晋三就涉台不当言论被中方回应，还称 “倍感荣幸”。2021 年 12 月 6 日赵立坚回应：个别日本政客对错误言行不以为耻、反以为荣，暴露出扭曲的是非观。

完整译文：Certain Japanese politicians’ taking pride in instead of feeling ashamed for their erroneous deeds and words once again reveals their problematic sense of right and wrong.

译文：The stone they are lifting will end up falling on their feet.

2021 年 9 月 10 日，针对澳大利亚政客大肆炒作 “中国威胁论”，赵立坚提醒澳方：刻意树立假想敌、渲染对立，只会搬起石头砸自己的脚。

完整译文：We hope Australian politicians will stop sensationalizing the so-called China threat and seeing China as the “imagined enemy”, or else the stone they are lifting will end up falling on their feet.

译文：Nothing could be further from true democracy than this travesty of democracy.

2021 年 11 月 30 日谈及美国所谓 “民主峰会”。美方想用单一标准垄断民主定义，无视各国文明差异，自封民主裁判，这本身就是对民主的嘲讽，是最大的不民主。

完整译文：The US insists on depicting the multicolor world in black and white film and monopolizing the definition of democracy with its own standard in disregard of the huge differences in culture, history and civilization of different countries. It acts as the judge of democracy in its self-choreographed play. Nothing could be further from true democracy than this travesty of democracy.

拓展句式：nothing could be further from the truth 事实远非如此，英语高频实用句型。

译文：Those offering platform to “Taiwan independence” forces will find themselves in an awkward place.

2021 年 11 月 24 日，针对美方邀请台湾地区参与所谓 “民主峰会”。赵立坚警告：为 “台独” 势力搭台，只会让自己下不来台；同 “台独” 玩火，终将引火烧身。

完整译文：Those offering platform to “Taiwan independence” forces will find themselves in an awkward place. Those playing with fire with “Taiwan independence” forces will end up getting burned.

经典谚语：Those playing with fire will get burnt. 玩火者必自焚

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