中西操作里，最重要的是文化的差异。就如每一中国人知道孙子兵法的36计，每一老外都知道Murphy’s Law“墨菲定律”。在此，我将墨菲定律作为我们2007年的开春翻译比赛。请有兴趣的人士，在3月14日下午8点到14日晚上9点前，贴在我的博客上。这个翻译，有的地方可以加上注解。我会请我们纽约的翻译大师，宋至（Bill Song）先生在3月20日评出第一名，第二名，与第三名。第一名奖金￥1000元，第二名奖金￥700，第三名奖金￥300。这次的奖金内包括￥10元的汇款费用。

如果有的人技痒，不能忍到3月14日，而想立即写出，贴上，可以。但是他的翻译不当成得奖翻译参选。

祝福各位有个好时光。Have Fun！

饶及人，2007年2月16日星期五

（注：本文在我新浪博客与搜狐焦点博客一起刊出。发表的人不能是同一个人，否则不算。我们是两边的人一起统计名次。不能一文两投，或是一人两投！）

Murphy’s Law

1. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
2. You will always find something in the last place you look.
3. No matter how long or how hard you shop for an item, after you've bought it, it will be on sale somewhere cheaper.
4. The other line always moves faster.
5. In order to get a loan, you must first prove you don't need it.
6. Anything you try to fix will take longer and cost you more than you thought.
7. If you fool around with a thing for very long you will screw it up.
8. If it jams - force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
9. When a broken appliance is demonstrated for the repairman, it will work perfectly.
10. Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will use it.
11. Everyone has a scheme for getting rich that will not work.
12. In any hierarchy, each individual rises to his own level of incompetence, and then remains there.
13. There's never time to do it right, but there's always time to do it over.
14. When in doubt, mumble. When in trouble, delegate.
15. Anything good in life is either illegal, immoral or fattening.
16. Murphy's golden rule: whoever has the gold makes the rules.
17. Nature always sides with the hidden flaw.
18. A Smith & Wesson beats four aces.
19. In case of doubt, make it sound convincing.
20. Never argue with a fool, people might not know the difference.