早上看到圆月饼那个猜谜和翻译的帖子,很好玩。
后来我跟孩子一起,又找了些英文谜语来猜,也就顺手翻译成了中文的。
在记录翻译的时候,忽然想到这些谜语跟中国谜语很多都有异曲同工之妙,所以就把对应的中国谜语也记在这儿了。
这些中国谜语,有些是我一下想起来的,有些是我现在网上找的,有些还没想到,请各位帮忙,如果你们知道对应得更巧妙的,就也写上来吧。表情占位:s:135
这些翻译很多没有一字一句地按照意思翻,我想,就是猜着好玩吧。:)
1
In marble walls as white as milk,
lined with a skin as soft as silk,
within a fountain crystal clear,
a golden apple doth appear;
no doors there are to this stronghold,
yet thieves break in and steal the gold.
一座城,没门窗,
白石墙,轻纱帐,
里面的泉水真清亮。
金色苹果当中坐,
惹得贼儿手发痒,
一下砸碎白石墙。
对应中国谜语:城外壳,城内帐,里面住个黄和尚。
谜底:打一食物
2
Little Nancy Etticoat,
in a white petticoat,
and a red nose;
the longer she stands,
the shorter she grows.
有个小孩真奇妙,
身穿一件白衣袍,
小红鼻子翘呀翘
越长越矮真好笑。
圆月饼的那个谜语,找的对应的中国谜语:
红娘子,上高楼。心里疼,眼泪流。
3
Formed long ago,
yet made to-day,
employed while others sleep;
what few would like to give away,
nor any wish to keep.
生来世上日子长,
每天有人帮梳妆。
别人睡觉它工作,
不能背走不能藏。
谜底:打一物
对应的中国谜语: 有硬有软,有长有宽。白天空闲,夜晚上班。
4
Long legs, crooked thighs,
Little head and no eyes.
长腿粗腰
小头没眼儿。
谜底:打一物
对应的中国谜语:一只黑狗,两头开口。一头咬煤,一头咬手。
5
Two bodies have I,
Though both joined in one,
The more still I stand,
The faster I run.
我的身子真奇怪,
上下一起不分开。
看我越是站得稳,
越是嗖嗖跑得快。
谜底:打一物
对应中国谜语:没找到
6
Thirty white horses upon a red hill,
Now they tramp, now they champ, now they stand still.
What are we?
三十匹小白马,
站在红山崖。
一会儿齐步走,
一会儿大口塞,
得儿,得儿,得儿,
现在不动了。(liao,三声)
谜底:打身体的部位
对应的中国谜语:
小石碑,三十块,
竖在门口分两排。
7
Lives in winter,
Dies in summer,
And grows with its root upwards.
冬天生,夏天亡,
根儿直直倒着长。
谜底:打一自然现象
对应的中国谜语:冬长夏不长,要长根朝上。
8
As I went through a garden gap,
Who should I meet but Dick Red-Cap!
A stick in his hand, a stone in his throat,
If you'll tell me this riddle,
I'll give you a groat.
我到花园把景赏,
遇到个红头小和尚
他头上顶着一根棍儿,
小小的石头心里藏。
你若猜出他是谁,
我就请你尝一尝。
谜底:打一水果
对应的中国谜语:
像球样的圆,像血样的红,向珠样的亮,样蜜样的甜。
9
As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives,
Every wife had seven sacks,
Every sack had seven cats,
Every cat had seven kits -
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were going to St. Ives?
一二三四五六七,
我到城里去赶集。
七六五四三二一,
遇到个男人七个妻。
每个妻子七个袋,
每个袋里七只鸡,
每只母鸡七个娃,
娃,鸡,袋,妻,
到底几人去赶集?
谜底:这是个脑筋急转弯,:)我为了押韵把猫换成了鸡。
对应一首中国数数童谣:
一二三四五六七,
七六五四三二一。
七个阿姨来摘果,
七只篮子手中提。
七种果子摆七样:
苹果、桃儿、石榴,
柿子、李子、栗子、梨。
10
Little bird of paradise,
She makes her work both neat and nice;
She pleases God, She pleases man,
She does the work that no man can.
小小天堂鸟,
做工勤又好,
大家都满意,
无人与它比。
版本二
飞来小小天堂鸟,
做工勤劳快又好。
大人小孩都满意,
它的本领无人比。
谜底:打一昆虫
对应的中国谜语:
其一
有位小姑娘,身穿黄衣裳。谁要欺负她,她就戳一枪。这个的谜底跟上面有一点点不一样。
其二
兄弟七八千,住在屋檐边。日日做浆卖,浆汁更值钱。这个谜底很恰当。