核心问题
She could get away with anything because she looked such a baby.
[原译]她能渡过任何风险,因为她看上去简直还像是个娃娃模样。(《英译汉翻译教
程》)
译文很费解,请分析。
词典解答
汉语“风险”是指“很大的困难或危险”。“像是个娃娃模样”，怎么就能“渡过任何风险”呢？读者实在看不出其间有什么必然的联系，也就是说，译文提出的用以支持中心论断的理由是不充足的。一查原文，原来是译者误解了 get away with 的含义。get away with 是“逃避处罚（责备）”的意思，并不是“渡过风险”的意思。
[试译]因为她看起来简直像个娃娃，所以事事都能逃避责备或处罚。
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How did he get away with cheating? (LDCE) 他骗了人,怎么没有受惩罚呢?
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The child ought to be punished. You shouldn't let him get away with telling lies. (EL) 这个孩子应当受处罚。你不应当让他撒谎而不受处罚。
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He thinks he can get away with everything. (CGEL) 他认为他做一切事都能逃脱惩罚。请做下面的英语试题：
Half the excuses she gives are not true, but she always seems to ____ them.
A. get on with B. get away with C. get up from D. get in on(全国英语专业四级,96-61)