文革时期常用词汇的英译

蒋割荆

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《海港》: On the Docks
海可枯、石可烂: even if the seas run dry and mountains crumble
海沽石烂，永不变心: Oceans may dry up and rocks may crumble, but their hearts will never change.
海内存知己，天涯落比邻: A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near./Bosom friends are close neighbors though separated by oceans.
海外关系: have relatives abroad
害怕得要死: mortally afraid/scared to death
害群之马: black sheep
害人虫: pest/vermin
害人害己: harm oneself and others
含恨死去: died without revenge
含沙射影: insinuate
汉奸卖国贼: traitor and collaborator
喊冤叫屈: complain about the injustice/call for redressing one's grievance
捍卫: defend
豪情: lofty sentiments/full of pride and enthusiasm
豪不利已专门利人的精神: utter devotion to others without any thought of self/doing everything for others and nothing for one's own
毫不留情: relentlessly
毫不动摇: unshaken in one's conviction
毫无悔过之意: show not the slightest intention of mending one's ways
毫无自私自利之心: absolute selflessness
号角: clarion call
好表现: be wont to show off
好吃懒做: fond of eating and averse to work/like to eat but not to work
好大喜功、急攻近利: crave greatness and success, seek quick success and instant benefits
“好汉不吃眼前亏”: "A wise man doesn't fight against impossible odds."
好话说尽，坏事做绝: say every fine word and commit every evil
好景不长: be short-lived
（不会有）好下场: come to no good end
浩浩荡荡的革命大军: mighty revolutionary contingent
何其相似乃尔: What a striking likeness (similarity)!
何去何从: decide on what path to follow/where to go
核实: verify/check up
核心力量: core of strength
核心作用: play the role as a core
和事佬: peace-maker
和平共处: peaceful coexistence
“和平过渡”: "peaceful transition"
“和平竞赛”: "peaceful competition"
和平麻痹思想: a false sense of peace and tranquility
“和平长入社会主义”: "grow into socialism peacefully"
和平演变: peaceful evolution
“合二而一”: "combine two into one"
合作医疗制度: co-operative medical service
赫鲁晓夫式的人物: person of Khrushchev type
黑帮: secret clique
黑帮爪牙: henchman (hatchet man) of a secret clique
黑报告: malicious report
黑材料: black list information
黑后台: sinister boss behind the scenes
黑话: malicious words/argot
黑会: sinister meeting
黑货: sinister stuff
黑“六论”: "six sinister theories"; “阶级斗争熄灭论”the theory of "the dying out of class struggle"; “驯服工具论”the theory of "docile tools"; “群众落后论”the theory that "the masses are backward"; “入党做官论”the theory of "joining the Party in order to climb up"; “党内和平论”the theory of "inner-Party peace"; “公私熔化论”the theory of "merging private and public interests"
黑名单: black list
黑旗: black ensign/sinister flag
黑手: vicious boss manipulating from behind/sinister tentacles
黑五类: the black five-category status (landlords, rich peasants, counter-revolutionaries, bad elements, rightists)
黑戏、黑电影: sinister plays and films
黑线上的人: follower of the sinister line
黑线总头目: ringleader of the sinister line
黑秀才: malevolent scholars
黑《修养》: the sinister book Self-Cultivation
黑样板: sinister example
“黑云压城城欲摧”: "The city might crumble under the mass of dark clouds."
黑指示: sinister instructions
黑暗即将过去，曙光即在前头: Darkness will soon pass and the sun break through.
黑店: sinister clique inn
黑风: evil wind/ill wind/foul wind
黑浪: sinister waves
黑心肠: diabolical nature