yuki 于 1999/11/09 23:14:47 发表在 汉英
Days back, somebody came up with a version "tunnel vision" for
井蛙之见. I somehow have difficulty accepting it.
About "tunnel vision", my American friend told me like this:
Tunnel vision means "someone who can only see straight
ahead, as if looking down a tunnel (like a tunnel in the
mountain that trains go through)." Basically, if someone is
stubborn and sees only his opinion and nobody else's,
then we say he has "tunnel vision". 直筒子 may be closer in meaning.
But 井底之蛙 seems to have different nuances.
Here are some Japanese versions for 井底之蛙:
A frog in the well knows nothing of the big ocean;
People, who live in a small community, know nothing of the world.
English versions from "The Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs"
(Compiled by William George Smith. Third Edition):
He that stays in the valley shall never get over the hill;
He that is in hell knows not what heaven is;
Homekeeping youths have ever homely wits;
They think calf a muckle beast that never saw a cow.
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我想这也许是牵强对应的又一例吧？ - 古月 19991107005531
Thanks! "a frog's vision from the bottom of a well" is great./ - yuki 19991107035114
我想这也许是牵强对应的又一例吧？
作者：古月 - 1999/11/07 00:55:31 ***
不过，你自己也给了好多模糊对应。其实直译并不影响理解呀？
井蛙之见：a frog's vision from the bottom of a well
难道还不够明了吗？
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Thanks! "a frog's vision from the bottom of a well" is great./
作者：yuki - 1999/11/07 03:51:14 ***
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A well is mostly cylindrical and so is a tunnel, so...
作者：ds - 1999/11/09 23:18:26
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A frog looking up from the bottom of a well is not much different from someone
looking down a tunnel except in the latter case this someone might get run over
by an incoming truck. Thus, the light at the end of a tunnel is not always a
good thing.:-)
At at rate, here is an excerpted from The American Heritage* Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition * 1996 by Houghton Mifflin Company. ( Bookshelf 98:Courtesy of Bill Gate's Monopolistic empire)
Tunnel Vision
1. Vision in which the visual field is severely constricted, as from within a tunnel looking out.
2. An extremely narrow point of view; narrow-mindedness.
I guess that is not much different from " the view of a frog from the bottom of a well."
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You got a point there. Thanks!
作者：古月 - 1999/11/09 23:19:12
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imho,
作者：yuki - 1999/11/10 00:09:45
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英语有很多短语、成语和惯用语，但不是所有的都可以望文生义的。有些意思不是每个字面
意义的总和，而是有“言外之意”或“深层涵义”的。imho, "tunnel vision" is an example.
"井底之蛙"在中文里不过是"那人没见识"的意思.
类似我在网上还找到如下
1. a busy-body多嘴爱管闲事的人（不是“忙人”a busy man）
2. at the eleventh hour在最後时刻（不是“在十一点时”）
3. what a shame!多可惜（不是“多可耻”）
4. to be taken in受骗（不是“被接纳”）
5. to pull up one's socks加紧努力（不是“拉扯袜子”）
6. to bring the house down全场喝彩（不是“把房子推倒”）
7. to think too much of oneself自视太高（不是“自己在胡思乱想”）
8. to eat one's words承认说错话（不是“食言”或“失信”）
9. to draw up a plan拟定计划（不是“画好计划蓝图”）
10. John is only too glad to let you go很乐意让你去是“太高兴了不肯让你去”）
11. one can't be too careful to do this kind of work做这种工作应该越小心越好（不是“……不应该过份仔细”）
12. the importance of productivity cannot be over-emphasized必须极力强调生产力的重要性（不是“不可过份强调……”）
13. to swim with the tide 是1.顺应潮流2.随波逐流可贬可不贬但中文多取贬意。
14. to wash one's hands of...”会有1.洗手不干2.断绝关系3.不再承担责任这三个意思。
然而中文只取“洗手不干” 一意范围比英语窄得多.
15. in the same boat”的意思是“处於同样不幸的境地”,可是这句惯用语的中文表面义
是“同舟共济”,有褒无贬,迥然不同。
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佩服你的钻研精神！谢谢！
作者：Newcomer - 1999/11/10 00:50:08
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please forgive me, i'm just "marble" and "tunnel vision", :-)
作者：yuki - 1999/11/10 00:54:55
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OK! A fault confessed is half redressed! Congratulations!
作者：Newcomer - 1999/11/10 01:02:47
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