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一、成语 例1、黛玉纳罕道：“这些人个个皆敛声屏气，恭肃严整如此，这来者系谁，这样放诞无礼？” 霍译：“Everyone else around here seems to go about with bated breath”, thought Dai-yu. “Who can this new arrival be who is so brash and unmannerly?” 杨译：Daiyu thought with surprise, “ The people here are so respectful and solemn, they all seem to be holding their breath. Who can this be, so boisterous and pert?” 解析：“敛声屏气”原意是抑制呼吸和声音，文中指贾府的人在贾母面前谨慎小心的样子。霍译用“with bated breath”,杨译用“hold one’s peace”，虽然二者使用了不同的英语习语，但其意义和用法与“敛声屏气”十分吻合。 例2、宝玉听了，如醍醐灌顶。 霍译：The scriptures tell us that the revelation of the Buddha - truth comes “ like ghee poured upon the head”. Bao-yu must have had some such feeling as he listened to. 杨译： Baoyu felt as if Buddha had suddenly shown him the light. 解析：“醍醐灌顶”是一个具有宗教色彩的成语，比喻听了高明的意见使人受到很大启发。霍译版本进行补充解释，而杨译版本简洁明了，但都增加了“Buddha”一词凸显了本词所具有的宗教色彩。 二、谚语 谚语是对各种生活现象进行综合概括并在群众中广泛流传运用的语言。谚语大多是人生经验，用浅显直白的话反映出深刻的道理。 | 
