中式英語之鑑:望子成龍

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90. 索菲婭望子成龍心切，給兒子報名參加了許多補習班。

[誤] Sophia hopes to see her son become a dragon, therefore she enters his name for many classes of
supplementary schooling.

[正] Sophia hopes that her son will have a bright future, therefore she enters his name for many classes of
supplementary schooling.

注：“龍”在中國人心目中象徵着神聖和萬能，但在西方人的印象中卻是可怕的，《聖經》裏就把“龍”描述成了罪惡的象徵。所以在翻譯“望子成龍”時需要意譯。