文革時(shí)期常用詞匯的英譯

蔣割荊

D（3）

到火熱的斗爭(zhēng)中去

go into the heat of the struggle

到群眾中去

go among the masses

到什么山上唱什么歌

Sing different songs on different mountains.

到頭來總是碰得頭破血流

bound to batter his head against a stone wall

盜竊中央名義

usurp the name of the Party Central Committee

盜名欺世，混淆視聽

hoodwink world public opinion by calling black white

“道高一尺，魔高一丈”

The evil is strong, but the good will eventually prevail over the evil.

道貌岸然

sanctimoniously

（人人）得而誅之

Every citizen has the right to punish.

登上上層建筑斗、批、改的政治舞臺(tái)

have mounted the political stage of struggle-criticism-transformation in the superstructure

登臺(tái)表演

come on the stage

等閑視之，掉以輕心

treat...casually or take it lightly

低估

underestimate

低級(jí)趣味

vulgar interest

低頭認(rèn)罪

hang (bow) one's head and admit one's guilt

敵對(duì)階級(jí)

hostile classes

敵人一天天爛下去，我們一天天好起來

The enemy rots with every passing day, while for us things are getting better daily.

敵我不分

fail to differentiate between the enemy and ourselves

敵我界限

dividing line between the enemy and ourselves

敵我矛盾

contradiction between the enemy and ourselves

敵、我、友

our enemies, our friends and ourselves

敵對(duì)分子

hostile elements

敵視

be hostile to

抵制

combat/reject/counteract/boycott/resist

抵賴

deny facts

底子薄

meager heritage

地方主義

localism

地富反壞，牛鬼蛇神

landlords, rich peasants, counter-revolutionaries, bad elements and monsters

第五縱隊(duì)

the Fifth Column

第一把手

those who are in primary responsibility

第二把手

someone who is in secondary responsibility

第一手材料

first-hand material

帝王將相

emperors, kings, generals and ministers

帝國主義走向全面崩潰，社會(huì)主義走向全世界勝利

The imperialism is heading for total collapse and the socialism is advancing to world-wide victory.

顛倒敵我友

reverse the relationships between the enemy, ourselves and our friends

顛倒歷史

turn the history upside down

顛倒了敵我關(guān)系

transpose the enemy and ourselves

顛倒是非

confound right and wrong

顛倒事實(shí)

turn things upside down

顛覆活動(dòng)

subversion/subversive activities

點(diǎn)火

kindle the flames/set afire

點(diǎn)名批判

criticism of a person by name

點(diǎn)面結(jié)合，以點(diǎn)帶面

link work at selected spots with that in entire areas

典型

typical example

典型人物

typical character

典型示范，逐步推廣

set up typical examples for the rest to follow and popularize them step by step

掉隊(duì)

drop off/fall out

掉以輕心

casual attitude

調(diào)動(dòng)一切積極因素

bring into play all positive factors

調(diào)干部

transfer cadres

跌到……邊緣

slide down to the brink of

頂?shù)米★L(fēng)浪

withstand any upheaval

頂風(fēng)

go against the wind

頂峰

acme/peak/summit/zenith

頂禮膜拜

prostrate oneself before

頂了他一下，也沒有哈

There wasn't much to...once we stood up to it.

頂天立地

upright and high-minded

頂住逆流

stand our ground in the face of this adverse current

訂成份

determine someone's class status

訂錯(cuò)成份

class status wrongly determined

定案

decision in a case

定調(diào)子

set the tone

定量供應(yīng)

on ration

東方不亮西方亮，黑了南方有北方

When it is dark in the east, it is light in the west; when things are dark in the south, there is still light in the north.

東風(fēng)勁吹，捷報(bào)頻傳

The East Wind blows strong. News of victory keeps pouring in.

東風(fēng)壓倒西風(fēng)

The East Wind prevails over the West Wind.

東山再起

stage a come-back

動(dòng)向

the trends of

動(dòng)搖分子

the hesitant elements

斗倒

strike down

斗倒、斗臭、斗垮

to refute, discredit and overthrow

（要）斗到臉上發(fā)燒，身上出汗，吃不下飯，睡不著覺

We must fight self until we blush with shame, swear and lose appetite and sleep.

斗、批、改

struggle-criticism-transformation

斗爭(zhēng)是團(tuán)結(jié)的手段，團(tuán)結(jié)是斗爭(zhēng)的目標(biāo)

Struggle is the means to unity and unity is the aim of struggle.

斗批會(huì)

exposure-criticism meeting

斗私批修

critize the private interests and repudiate the revisionism/fight self and repudiate revisionism

斗爭(zhēng)大方向

the main orientation (direction) of the struggle

斗爭(zhēng)會(huì)

public accusation meeting

斗爭(zhēng)鋒芒

the spearhead of the struggle against/the target of the struggle

斗爭(zhēng)重點(diǎn)

main targets of struggle

斗爭(zhēng)對(duì)象

targets of struggle

斗爭(zhēng)方式

form of struggle

毒草

poisonous weeds

（受）毒害

be poisoned by

獨(dú)立自主，自力更生，奮發(fā)圖強(qiáng)，艱苦奮斗

maintain independence and keep the initiative in our own hands and rely on our own efforts, wage arduous struggles and work hard

獨(dú)立思考

think things out for oneself

獨(dú)斷專行，發(fā)號(hào)施令

made dictatorial decisions and order others about

“讀書做官論”

"study in order to become an official"

讀報(bào)組

newspaper reading group

“鍍金”

"win a name"/"get gilded by"

斷章取義

a garbled of quotation

端正思想

correct one's thinking

端正階級(jí)立場(chǎng)

acquire a correct class stand

（一碗水）端平

treat equally/fair

對(duì)策

counter-measure/policies for coping with

對(duì)待同志要像春天般的溫暖，對(duì)待工作要像夏天一樣火熱，對(duì)待個(gè)人主義要像秋風(fēng)掃落葉一樣，對(duì)待敵人要像嚴(yán)冬一樣殘酷無情

be warm to comrades like the spring, be enthusiastic in work like the summer, treat individualism like the autumn wind sweeping away the withered leaves, and be merciless to the enemy like the fierce winter

“對(duì)敵和，對(duì)友狠”的政策

policy of "being friendly to enemies and tough with comrades"

對(duì)敵狠，對(duì)己和

ruthless towards the enemy, kind to one's own comrades

對(duì)反動(dòng)派造反理由

it is right to rebel against reactionaries.

對(duì)立的統(tǒng)一，對(duì)立的斗爭(zhēng)

the unity and struggle of opposites

對(duì)人馬列主義，對(duì)已自由主義

They apply Marxism to others but liberalism to themselves.

對(duì)牛彈琴

play the harp to a cow

對(duì)革命無限忠誠，為人民鞠躬盡瘁

Dedicate yourself to the revolution, work for the people until our dying day.

多行不義必自斃

A wicked person is sure to bring destruction to himself.

多一事不如少一事

the less trouble the better

多吃多占

eat and take more than they are titled to

奪權(quán)、掌權(quán)、用權(quán)

seize power, keep power and exercise power

奪“私”字的權(quán)

seize power from the "self-interest" from one's own mind

墮落到

descend to/become so degenerate

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