中英之鑒 中式英語(yǔ)之鑒373

[誤] You can rest assured. He is a man who knows inches and metres.

[正] You can rest assured. He is a man who knows his distance.

注：“分寸”二字在中文里是指“說(shuō)話或做事的恰當(dāng)限度”，它譯成英文時(shí)不可直譯。know one\'s distance 出自莎士比亞的《終成眷屬》，而且準(zhǔn)確表達(dá)了原文的含義。