英语中有许多短语包含着一个国家或一个民族的名称。如Peking duck(北京鸭),Bel-gian hare(比利时家兔),Scotch terrier(苏格兰狗)等。对这类词汇翻译有些可直译,有些则不然。不能因为Peking duck是“北京鸭”而把guinea pig译成“几内亚猪”,因为guinea pig与猪毫不相干,而是“豚鼠”。在数学上,2+2=4,这是正确无疑的。可是搞翻译,就不能随便 There are many phrases in English that contain the name of a country or a nation. Such as Peking duck (Beijing duck), Bel-gian hare (Belgian rabbit), Scotch terrier (Scottish dog) and so on. Some of these vocabulary translations are literally translatable, while others are not. The guinea pig cannot be translated into a “guinea pig” because the Peking duck is a “peking duck” because the guinea pig is irrelevant to the pig but is a “guinea pig”. In mathematics, 2+2=4, which is correct. But if you engage in translation, you cannot