翻译打卡（1）

（以下英文原句来自网络，中文翻译来自本人，凭个人理解而译，或与网络译版有出入。每日翻译8句话，积少成多，在此打卡。）

1. It is impossible to love and to be wise .

①爱与智慧，不可兼得 ；②情场无智者。

2. Poor people have big TV 's .Rich people have big libraries.

头脑空空，家财万贯依旧穷；腹中满满，书房一间值万金。

3. The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates . The great teacher inspires.

mediocre 中等偏下的，普通的    demonstrate 论证，证明

庸师述之，良师阐之，高师证之，伟师启迪之。

4. Life is too short to be small.

人生实短，不可无为。

5. What a sad era when it is easier to smash an atom than a prejudice.

smash  打碎，撞击

当人的偏见比原子核更难击破时，这将是个何其悲哀的年代。

6. If someone betrays you once, it's their fault; if they betray you twice, it's your fault.

人初胜我，是人之过；我再败人，是我无能。

7. Love is an obsessive delusion that is cured by marriage.

①爱是被婚姻治愈的痴心妄想症。②爱是让人着迷的错觉，唯婚姻可以破解。

8. It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

与其咒骂黑暗，不如燃烛一盏。

第二句翻译确有理解偏差，经大师指正后改为：穷人享乐，富人好学。