3/ 有的人却总是怡然自得，随遇而安。

a/ However, others are always happy with what they have and where they are.

b/ Others, however, can always satisfy themselves with the confined surroundings.

c/ But others are always contented and happy for he can adapt himself to different circumstances. 

对比三译，译a和译b给读者一种“夹生饭”的感觉。对原句没有做到“挖掘惟恐不尽，描写惟恐不周”，尤其是对“随遇而安”的翻译过于简单，草草过场，未能充分译出其中的“随遇”二字。

4/ 比海洋大的是天空，比天空大的是心灵，因为这小小的心灵内住着一只时起时落的想象鸟。

a/ The sky is broader than the ocean and the mind is broader than the sky, for, inside the small mind stays a bird of imagination that can fly freely.

 b/ What is larger than the ocean is the sky; what is larger than the sky is the heart, because in this small heart lives a bird of imagination that flies up and down.

 c/ However, though larger than the ocean is the sky, even larger is the human mind, for in it imagination can come and go on the wing without limitation.

汉语行文的逻辑往往是内含的，故行文之“意合”便大行其道，既然汉语读者能心领神会，就不太计较你是否运用connectives来显示内在逻辑关系。原句中的“比海洋大的是天空，比天空大的是心灵”就是一个典型的例子。译a和译b均作直译，没有运用connectives来表达两句间的递进关系。添加connectives，似乎令行文“繁”了些，但是，这是必需的。译b 的What is larger than the ocean is the sky; what is larger than the sky is the heart给人一种生硬艰涩的感觉。译c以though / even来“粘合”两句，英语味便浓郁起来。顺便指出，用heart译“心灵”也并不恰当。

译a和译b不谋而合，将“想象鸟”译成了a bird of imagination。

杨振宁教授曾经高屋建瓴地指出：中国的文化是向模糊、朦胧及总体的方向走，而西方是向准确而具体的方向走。他还说过：中文的表达方式不够准确这一点，假如在写法律是一个缺点的话，写诗却是一个优点。

汉语读者对“这小小的心灵内住着一只时起时落的想象鸟”不会提出异议，而且还能够欣赏作者的用心及表达。因为，在“模糊、朦胧及总体”中，汉语能够成功传递一种信息，给人一种印象，抑或联想。所谓“想象鸟”就是一种“写诗”的笔调。这对汉语而言，此乃强项。

然而，一旦将“想象鸟”直译成a bird of imagination，问题即刻产生。以英语为母语者会寻思：中国是否真有此鸟儿？还是中国神话传说中有此鸟儿？因为，讲究“准确而具体”的西方文化细微、精确、着眼微观、注重客观。

译c将“这小小的心灵内住着一只时起时落的想象鸟”一句译成in it imagination can come and go on the wing without limitation，似乎是舍简求繁，实际上，译文不仅通过成语on the wing（在飞行中）挽留了“鸟”的形象，而且由于巧妙添加了介词短语without limitation，这就与前面的议论（though larger than the ocean is the sky, even larger is the human mind）呼应并增强了译文的cohesion和 coherence。当然，英语也未尝没有把人的想象力比作自由飞翔的鸟的隐喻用法。但是，即使按照隐喻用法，“想象鸟”也宜译作the bird of imagination，而不是a bird of imagination，对于二者的细微差别，读者不妨仔细体会。 

5/ 大碗喝茶解渴，却说不上茶是怎样的好。

a/ One can get rid of thirst by drinking tea with a bowl but he cannot tell how wonderful 

the tea is.

b/ To drink a bowl of tea can soon dampen the thirst, however, the fragrance of the tea can hardly be tested.

c/ To drink at a gulp is a quick way to quench thirst, but it gives no taste of the high grade tea.

汉语，美在以神驭形。所谓“大碗喝茶解渴”，汉语读者能得其“神”（大口喝茶），而忘其“形”，并不十分注重“碗”及其材质。而英语则以形摄神。作为注重逻辑和分析的语言，对“形”倾注了更多的关注。比如，译a和译b均未能跳出“大碗喝茶解渴”之形，将“碗”老老实实译出（with a bowl / a bowl of）。而英语读者则不能从“形”（bowl）中跳脱出来而得其神（大口喝茶）。因此，英译“大碗喝茶解渴”时，与其紧扣其“形”，不如直探其“神”，而如译c译成To drink at a gulp is a quick way to quench thirst。

从本质言，将“以神驭形”的表达转换成“以形摄神”的表达，也是一种由简入繁的转换。

6/ 一心想得到的东西终于得到了，失去了却很多很多，而失去的原来比得到的可能还要好。

a/ One can get what he dreams to get but he loses a lot which may be better than what he has got.

b/ When a person has gained the thing that he has been eagerly longing for, he has also lost many things that might be better than the gained.

c/ One may eventually win what he has set his mind to, only to find that he has lost quite a lot. Perhaps what he loses is ever better than what he gains.

汉语原句为一句，译a和译b均照样译成一句。而译c偏偏译成了两句，由“简”入“繁”！

诚然，莎士比亚曾云，Brevity is the soul of wit. （言以简洁为贵）但却不能因“简”而挫其文气，损其文意。文气盎然，文意充盈，方为佳译。无独有偶，译a和译b均以定语从句来译原句中的“而失去的原来比得到的可能还要好”！虽然达意，但是文意就在“一笔带过”的表达之中显得有点苍白乏力，因为，原句三句并列，然末句毕竟是全句之“眼”。因此，译c将末句独立译成一句，文意显豁，重点突出。

另外，译c运用了习语only to，这个“繁”，真是“繁”得其所！因为，only to的含义是：不料竟会…… / 没想到会.…..。only to的添用，令译文有了文采，就表达的感情色彩而言，胜过了汉语原句，原句“失去了却很多很多”显得平淡，缺乏only to所含的感情涟漪。