李总理的记者会大白话多，但其实要用英语翻译出汉语原文的韵味来也不容易，因为李总理特别喜欢“打比方”。
比如说下面这几个句子的现场翻译，有直译，比如“壮士断腕”；也有意译，比如“天大的事”，也有半直译半意译，如“打断骨头连着筋”：
——（政府削权）“我们要有壮士断腕的决心”= We should have the determination to cut the wrist like brave warriors.
——“腐败和我们政府的信誉应该说水火不容”= Corruption is incompatible to reputation of the government, like fire to water.
——（两岸同胞）“打断骨头还连着筋”= Bones may be broken, but they are not split, because we are compatriots.
——（两岸关系）“使其花团锦簇，我想花好总有月圆时”= ...so that it will be full of flowers. When flowers are in full blossom, there will be a time for the moon to be full again.
——“至于食品安全，那可以说是天大的事”= Food safety is of utmost importance.
——（查处）“假冒伪劣和黑心食品”= punish the heartless producers of substandard and fake food
——“绿水青山贫穷落后不行，但殷实富裕环境恶化也不行”= It is no good to be poor in a beautiful environment, nor is it good to be well-off and live with environmental degradation.
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这么多比喻中，最难翻译的应该是“（改革贵在行动）喊破嗓子不如甩开膀子”，翻译很巧妙地借用了英语Talking the talk is not as good as walking the walk的习惯说法，很自然，外国人一下子就能听懂，应该是本次记者招待会上最出彩的翻译之一。
来源：中国日报网站网 日期：2013年3月25日
