生命诚可贵,爱情价更高,若为自由故,二者皆可抛 --- 怎么翻译

生命诚可贵,爱情价更高,若为自由故,二者皆可抛 --- 怎么翻译

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• First try: Life is sure precious, Love's even more so. If for liberty I am to die,Both of them I'll let go. - YECAO 20000605160055
  • Thanks - thanks 20000605164806
• Modified a bit: Life's precious for sure, Love's even more so. If for liberty I'm to die though, Both of them I'll let go. - YECAO 20000605162947
  • Excellent! 戏译：Life's dear/Love's fear/Cry'em no tear/If freedom's near. - clown 20000605181343
• Alt: Life is valuable,Love values even more; If they cost my freedom, I'll just let them go.( But why can't I have all three of them ?! ) - XY 20000605181517
  • Easy! Have life and live it/Have love and love it/Have freedom and free it/Have your cake and eat it :) - clown 20000605183927
    • THERE IS A ENGLISH PROVERB：YOU CANNOT HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT AS WEEL - HONEYBOX 20000605210125
      • Don't worry, as long as you can keep your honey in the box and swallow it :) - clown 20000605211000
      • AN English proverb! - Last Hermit 20000605211602
        • 笨死，我自己掌嘴 - HONEYFOX 20000605212210
          • 何须如此？咱们中国人学英文最初都有这个毛病，只要慢慢改了就行了嘛！ - Last Hermit 20000605213757
  • The use of "COST" here is great! I like it. - 野草 20000605221402
    • Thanks for your correction and suggestion, - XY 20000606114709
• 东坡先生戏译 - HONEYFOX 20000605225632
  • Good try. Change one place: Three hundred lichees for a dish - pedant 20000606032130
• I will gladly trade love and life for liberty (or freedom). - The Yeti 20000606010845
  • Inspired by you all. 戏译 - tian xin 20000606170807
• All the above traslations sound so Chinglish - Imagination3 20000606063806
  • How do you put “知耻近乎勇”into English, Master? - yk 20000606074500
  • How come? Would you cast me some enlightening insight? - Last Hermit 20000606093349
  • I think your version is the closest to the original. - XY 20000606115427
• 再戏译一下 - HONEYFOX 20000606075318
  • 错了一点：Yet I have to pay a ransom to gain freedom - HONEYFOX 20000606080700
    • Well, I can see through you, you - xy 20000606115909
      • Let me tell you a secret - HONEYFOX 20000606141744
        • Another sharp-turn of the brain workout? You know I am - XY 20000606142638
        • SPELLING ERROR：HUNGRY - HONEYFOX 20000606145201
• Life is truly precious.... - 民办 20000606160841
  • Great! Just to add one word you must have missed... - YECAO 20000606163653

First try: Life is sure precious, Love's even more so. If for liberty I am to die,Both of them I'll let go.

Thanks

Modified a bit: Life's precious for sure, Love's even more so. If for liberty I'm to die though, Both of them I'll let go.

Excellent! 戏译：Life's dear/Love's fear/Cry'em no tear/If freedom's near.

Alt: Life is valuable,Love values even more; If they cost my freedom, I'll just let them go.( But why can't I have all three of them ?! )

Easy! Have life and live it/Have love and love it/Have freedom and free it/Have your cake and eat it :)

THERE IS A ENGLISH PROVERB：YOU CANNOT HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT AS WEEL

Don't worry, as long as you can keep your honey in the box and swallow it :)

AN English proverb!

笨死，我自己掌嘴

何须如此？咱们中国人学英文最初都有这个毛病，只要慢慢改了就行了嘛！

The use of "COST" here is great! I like it.

Thanks for your correction and suggestion,

东坡先生戏译

Good try. Change one place: Three hundred lichees for a dish

I will gladly trade love and life for liberty (or freedom).

Inspired by you all. 戏译

All the above traslations sound so Chinglish

How do you put “知耻近乎勇”into English, Master?

How come? Would you cast me some enlightening insight?

I think your version is the closest to the original.

再戏译一下

错了一点：Yet I have to pay a ransom to gain freedom

Well, I can see through you, you

Let me tell you a secret

Another sharp-turn of the brain workout? You know I am

SPELLING ERROR：HUNGRY

Life is truly precious....

Great! Just to add one word you must have missed...