文革时期常用词汇的英译

蒋割荆

L（2）

利令智昏: be blinded by lust for gain
“利润挂帅”: "Profit comes first."
“利润挂帅，钞票挂帅”: "put profit and money in command"
利用职权: take advantage of one's position and power
利欲熏心: reckless with greed
利用、限制、改造、消灭的政策: the policy of utilizing, restricting, transforming and eliminating...
利诱: lure one with position or money bribery
例会: regular meeting
例行公事: routine/regular procedure
立场不稳: lack a firm political stand
立场坚定，旗帜鲜明: have a firm and clear-cut political stand
立场问题: the problem of class stand
立竿见影: get quick results
立功赎罪: perform meritorious services to atone for one's crimes
立脚点: the foundation stone
立足于: base oneself on/keep a foothold
力不从心: strength not equal to the will
历史车轮: the wheel of history
历史的本来面目: the history as it actually occurred
历史的创造者: the makers of history
历史的垃圾堆: garbage heap of history
历史的审判: The history will eventually bring them before the bar of justice.
历史的罪人: the traitor of history
历史反革命分子: person with a history of counter-revolutionary activities/old-line counter-revolutionary
历史赋予: history has entrusted... with...
历史根源: the historical roots
历史上犯过错误: comrades who formerly committed errors
历史上遗留下来的边界问题: border questions which were left over by history
历史条件: historical conditions (settings)
（一般）历史问题: ordinary problems of a political nature in a person's history
历史使命: historic mission
历史属于人民: History is on the side of the people.
厉行节约，反对浪费: practicing strict economy and combating waste
连累: become involved in
连续三年: three years in a row/three successive years of
联系思想，联系实际: relate... with one's own thinking and practice
脸不变色，心不跳: without turning pale nor heart palpitating with fear
脸上无光: loss of face
“两耳不闻窗外事，一心只读圣贤书”: ""Do not pay attention to what is happening outside in the world, but concentrate on your studies.""
良药苦口: The remedy was tough, but it might be salutary.
粮食定量: grain ration
两参、一改、三结合: the system of cadre participation in productive labor and worker participation in management, of reform of irrational and outdated rules and regulations and of close co-operation among cadres, workers and technicians
两极分化: the bipolar differentiation
两面派: double-dealer
两面派的伎俩: double-dealing tricks
两面三刀: double dealing
两面手法: double-dealing
两面讨好: try to keep the favor of both sides in a dispute
两条腿走路: walk on two legs
两头小，中间大: small at both ends and big in the middle/a few at each extreme and many in between
列席代表: delegate without power to vote
临时抱佛脚: embrace Buddha's legs when in urgent need
淋漓尽致: most incisive
凌驾于其他党之上: lord it over other parties
灵丹妙药: panacea
灵魂深处闹革命: make revolution in the depths of our souls/make revolution in the very core of our being
领导班子: leading group
领导核心: the core of leadership
领导和群众相结合: linking of the leadership with the masses
领会: have a true grasp of/acquire an understanding of
领教过: have had experience of/have had occasion to sample...
流毒: poisonous influence
流言蜚语: stories and gossip/rumors and gossip
留党察看: place on probation within the Party
“留得青山在，不怕没柴烧”: "As long as the green mountains are there one need not worry about firewood."
留有余地: have an appropriate margin for unforeseen circumstances/leave some leeway/make allowance for
“龙生龙，凤生凤，老鼠生儿打地洞”: "A dragon begets a dragon, a phoenix begets a phoenix, and those begotten by rats are good at digging holes."
漏划地主: landlords escaped being classified as such
漏网: escape from the net/escaped undetected
庐山会议: Lushan meeting
庐山真面目: the real face of Mt. Lushan/one's true character (identity)
路线错误: a wrong line
路线斗争: line struggle
路线教育: line education
“路遥知马力，日（事）久见人心”: "A long journey tests a horse's strength, a long acquaintance shows a man's heart."
露马脚: reveal (show) one's cloven hoof (foot)/leave holes
露骨: bare-faced/undisguised
露骨宣扬: naked publicity
屡教不改: refuse to correct one's errors despite repeated education
（大开）绿灯: leave the door wide open to/give the green light to
乱戴帽子: stick labels at random
乱了敌人，锻炼了广大群众: It was only the enemy who was thrown into disorder while the broad masses were steeled.
乱了阵脚: be thrown into confusion
乱抓乱斗: unauthorized arrests and struggles
论调: argument/view
论战: open polemics/debate
“落花有意，流水无情”: While the drooping flowers pine for love, the heartless brook babbles on.
落得一个可悲的结局: head for a miserable end
落后分子: backward elements
落井下石: drop stones on the man who has fallen into a well
落实: carry out to the letter/fulfill
落实政策: fulfill the policy to...
（条条）落实，全面落实: all-round implementation of each and every one of them
落水狗: mad dog in the water
落汤鸡: as bedraggled as a drenched chicken
落脚点: underlying objective
（有）落空的危险: There is the danger that nothing may come of it.
落在无产阶级的肩上: has been placed upon the shoulders of the proletariat