中英之鉴 中式英语之鉴27

　　[误] Doingshi imitates Xishi.

　　[正] The ugly imitates the beautiful in such a distorted way that the ugliness of the ugly becomes worse.

　　注：把原文按照字面意思直译过来，恐怕只有中国人能够理解。要想让外国人明白这个中国成语，就要对译文

　　进行解释性加工了。同样，“情人眼里出西施”不是 Xishi is in the eye of the beholder，而是Beauty is in the eye of the beholder。