文革时期常用词汇的英译

蒋割荆

Z（2）

真不知人间有羞耻事: This is indeed the height of impudence.
真金不怕火: Genuine (pure) gold fears no fire.
“真理面前人人平等”: "Everyone is equal before the truth."
真理越辨越明: The more the truth is debated, the clearer it becomes.
真面目: true features
真、善、美: the true, the good and the beautiful
真相: reality/true features/actual state of affairs/real situation
真知灼见: real knowledge and deep insight/incisive judgment
真革命: real revolution/a true revolutionary
真理必须旗帜鲜明: Truth requires a clear-cut stand.
真凭实据: with factual evidence/indisputable evidence
甄别: the work of determining the nature of the case
斟酌办理: at one's discretion
针插不进，水泼不进的“独立王国”: a watertight and impenetrable "independent kingdom"
针锋相对: stand in sharp opposition to/contract sharply with
镇压反革命: suppression of counter-revolutionaries
镇压与宽大相结合的政策: a policy of combining suppression with leniency without neglecting either
症结所在: where the trouble lies
争夺青年一代: contend for the younger generation
争权夺利: fight among themselves for power and money
争名、争利、争权、争位、挣出风头: strive for fame, wealth, power, position or opportunity to be in the limelight
争取一切可以争取的力量: win over all the forces that can possibly be won over
睁着眼睛说瞎话: bare-faced lying/a plain lie
蒸蒸日上: ever more flourishing/greater and greater prosperity
整党: consolidation of the Party/consolidating the Party organization
整顿队伍: straighten out the ranks organizationally
整顿思想: straighten out the ranks ideologically/check up on the ranks ideologically
整顿组织: check up on the organizations/organizational consolidation
整顿作风: rectification of style of work
整风审干运动: the campaign to rectify incorrect styles of work and to examine cadres
整风运动: rectification campaign
整顿纪律: strengthen discipline
整死: to doctor a person to death
正确处理人民内部矛盾: correct handling of contradictions among the people
正面和反面的历史经验: positive and negative historical lessons
正气: uprightness/integrity
正人君子: "gentlemen"
政社合一: integrate government administration with commune management
政治背景: political background
政治标准: political criterion
政治表现: political showing
政治第一: politics first
政治赌博: political gamble
政治犯: political offender (prisoner)
政治方向: political orientation
政治攻势: political offensive
政治工作是一切经济工作的生命线: Political work is the life-blood of all economic work.
政治挂帅: place politics in command/with politics first and foremost
政治僵尸: political mummy/political corpse
政治交易: political transactions/political deal
政治结论: political conclusion
政治界线: political demarcation line
政治面目: political features
政治是不流血的战争，战争是流血的政治: politics is war with bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.
政治是经济的集中表现: Politics is the concentrated expression of economics.
政治是统帅，是灵魂: Politics is the commander, the soul of everything.
政治手腕: political dodges (maneuvers)
政治投机: political opportunism
政治嗅觉: political acumen
政治眼光: political judgment/political outlook
政治阴谋: political intrigue
政治资本: political capital
政府工作人员: government personnel (workers)
政府机关: government organizations/government apparatus
政治地位: political standing
政治觉悟: political consciousness
政治立场: political standpoint/political stance
政治路线: political line
政治倾向: political tendency
政治权利: political rights
政治热情: political fervor
政治生涯: political career
政治生活: political life
政治水平: political level
政治主张: political views
证据确凿的叛徒、特务、死不改悔的走资本主义道路的当权派: proven renegades, enemy agents, absolutely unrepentant persons in power taking the capitalist road
证据确凿，铁案如山: irrefutable (verified) evidence
证据确实: upon valid evidence
支持一方，压制一方: support one section in suppressing another
支左爱民模范: model in helping the Left and cherishing the people
支左不支派的原则: the principle of "helping the Left but not any particular faction"
枝节问题: minor issue/minor problem
知己知彼，百战不殆: Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.
知情人: insider
知人知面不知心: It is impossible to judge a man's heart from his face.
知识分子成堆的地方: places where intellectuals are predominant in number
知识分子出身的: with an intellectual background
知识分子劳动化: Intellectuals should integrate themselves with the working people.
知识青年: educated youth
知无不言，言无不尽: Say all you know and say it without reserve.
执迷不悟: refuse to come to one's senses/persist in one's wrong course
执勤: do guard duty
傎得引起警惕: merit the vigilance of
指标: quota/target
指标落实: fix targets in relation to specific measures for their fulfillment
指挥棒: the baton
指鹿为马: call a stag a horse/talk black into white
指名批评: criticize by name
指明正确的方向: chart the correct orientation and course
指日可待: just round the corner/the day is not far off
指桑骂槐: revile the locust while pointing to the mulberry/point at one and abuse another
指手画脚: to carp and cavil/criticize and gesticulate
指名攻击: assail... by name