专家谈翻译“八戒”(3)_口译笔译
由于汉英结构不同，表达方式迥异，“硬性翻译”不仅读起来别扭，而且会闹出笑话。这就要求译者在翻译时灵活使用整合的技巧，将句子整合，凸显汉语中所隐含的层次，补充所缺失的成分。有时要将简单句译成并列句，有时将并列句译成主从句。
在纪念大学毕业20周年聚会时，我忽然问起原来的：“我个子又不矮，怎么把我安排在了第一排呢？”
at the reunion party for 20 anniversary of graduation from university, i suddenly asked my former teacher in charge of our class then:" since i am not of short stature, how did you arrange me at the first row?"
一个高度近视的女博士去擦鞋店擦高统靴，秃头老板亲自蹲下来给她效劳。
when a woman doctor who suffers a severe myopic went to shoes-polishing shop for her buskins，the bald boss squatted down to serve her personally.
黑体字部分，正是契合了的表达习惯。
六、戒“愚忠”，不谙增减之道
我们耳熟能详的东西外国人可能会感到一头雾水，译者需要增加必要的说明和补充或者减译。否则，外国人会不知所云。毕竟，汉译英最终是给外国人看的。
例如：风水
fengshui——the location of a house or tomb, supposed to have an influence on the fortune of a family.
例如：（美国对台）“三不政策”
会当凌绝顶，一览众山小。
one day i shall climb
clear to the summit,
see how small surrounding
mountain tops appear as they lie below me
（新西兰人路易·艾黎译《杜甫·望岳》）
i can't open my eyes to watch you jumping into the fiery pit, for i will shut my eyes at the time.